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Netherlands: Fresh produce from local Dutch growers central to ALDI's latest 'Net Zo' campaign
Discount Retail Chain Aldi Netherlands (German family owned) will launch the new 'Net Zo' (translated as 'just as') campaign in the...
May 4, 20222 min read


Poland: Discounter Pepco in price pledge as first-half sales rise
Discount Variety Retail Chain Pepco Group (owner of European discount retailer brands Pepco, Poundland and Dealz, listed on the WIG and...
Apr 24, 20222 min read


Germany: Lidl brings self-checkouts with 4POS and GK
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Germany (owned by the German Schwarz Group) is installing self-checkouts in its German stores. Unlike in Great...
Apr 18, 20223 min read


Netherlands: this is why the Action is so cheap
Investigative journalist Rens Lieman worked in the midst of mostly Polish colleagues for four weeks in discount variety retail chain...
Apr 17, 202218 min read


Germany: More biodiversity in conventional fruit and vegetable cultivation
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Germany (owned by the German Schwarz Group), the certifier GLOBALG.AP and other partners have developed an...
Apr 8, 20222 min read


Italy: MD to increase its turnover by 1 billion in five years.
Discount Retail Chain MD SpA (Italian family Podini owned) is the third player on the market in the discount convenience format but is...
Apr 8, 20221 min read


Austria: Lidl sees growth in net sales, market share in FY 2021
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Austria (owned by Schwarz Group) has reported net sales growth of 2% to around €1.5 billion (US$ 1.65Bn) in...
Apr 7, 20222 min read


UK: Poundland brings frozen food to more stores to help shoppers save money
Discount Variety Retail Chain Poundland has announced the rollout of its new look stores, with new openings and revamps that bring wider...
Apr 7, 20222 min read


France: Aldi has opened its largest Parisian store
Discount Retail Chain Aldi France (German family owned) inaugurates its largest Parisian store and opens a new point of sale in the 13th...
Apr 7, 20222 min read


China: Lidl wants to buy its own container ships
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Asia Pte. (owned by the German Schwarz Group) now wants to protect itself against the upheavals on the freight...
Apr 4, 20222 min read


Germany: Aldi founder Theo Albrecht - The discount idea is gaining relevance again
With the istart of Aldi, the entrepreneur revolutionized the food trade. 100 years after his birth, inflation could give the discounters...
Mar 30, 20223 min read


Germany: Cloud service from the supermarket giant?
Discount Retail Chain Lidl's mother the Schwarz Group, also the owner of Kaufland wants to succeed with cloud services. Initially, the...
Mar 30, 20221 min read


Belgium: 7 out of 10 Belgians more often opt for private labels
As a response to rising inflation, more and more Belgians are opting for private labels, supermarket chain Aldi claims. A survey...
Mar 30, 20222 min read


Serbia: MERE developing in Serbia
Discount Retail Chain MERE (owned by the Russian Schneider family) is one of the Russian companies operating in Serbia, for a little over a year. They arrived on the Serbian market at the end of 2020, and in a very short time they managed to attract a large number of customers. This retail chain operates under the Svetofor brand and is owned by the Torgservis Group, which, before the war, operated in more than 2,000 locations in 25 countries and which has existed since 2009.
Mar 30, 20225 min read


UK: Bestway Wholesale boosts revenues by 10%
Discount Wholesale and Retail Chain Bestway Wholesale (owned by Anwar Pervez) has reported 10% growth in revenues during 2021 to £2.66...
Mar 29, 20222 min read


Germany: Lidl sells almost 4 times more than Kaufland
Discount Retail Chain Lidl (owned by the German Schwarz Group) and Kaufland, recorded revenues of EUR 125.3 billion (US$ 138Bn) in the financial year 2020/21, which is a 10% increase compared to the previous year (EUR 114.3 billion, US$ 126Bn). The group said Lidl achieved a 9.9% increase in sales to EUR 96.3 billion (US$ 106Bn), while Kaufland grew by 7.5% to EUR 25.5 billion (US$ 28Bn). Both signs have approximately 12,900 stores. On the other hand, the company PreZero deal
Mar 28, 20221 min read
UK: Lidl to create over 1,200 warehouse jobs as it opens largest global DC in Luton
Discount Retail Chain Lidl GB (owned by the German Schwarz Group) will create over 1,200 new warehouse jobs by the end of 2025 as it...
Mar 27, 20222 min read


Poland: 250 Netto transformed of 301 Tesco stores and 2 DCs. Cost: US$176 million
Discount Retail Chain Netto Poland (owned by Danish Salling Group) acquired 301 stores in and two distribution centers from Tesco in...
Mar 27, 20223 min read
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