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Nigeria: Hard discounter Bokku Mart opens 25th store
Discount Retail Chain Bokku Mart (owned by Nigerian Atreos Ltd.) opened last weekend its 25th store in Lagos. The copy-cat of the...
Aug 27, 20231 min read


Ireland: Unlike in the UK Lidl performing better than Aldi in Ireland
Lidl and Aldi ranked fourth and fifth place with 13.8% and 12.6% respectively. Worldpanel by Kantar data for 12wks to 06/08/23 sees...
Aug 27, 20232 min read


UK: Sainsbury expands its Aldi Price Match campaign
Sainsbury’s has expanded its Aldi Price Match campaign with its ‘biggest ever’ value offering, passing on price cuts to customers as...
Aug 27, 20231 min read


USA: Aldi opens first-ever store in Miami
Aldi opened its first store in Miami, Florida. The discount retailer has six other stores in Miami-Dade county, but this will be the...
Aug 16, 20231 min read


USA: Aldi takes over Winn-Dixie and Harvey's and acquires 400 locations
Aldi expansion has reached historical heights, as the company announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement the acquire...
Aug 16, 20232 min read


UK: Aldi prints 21,2% more sales
Aldi continues to grow at the highest rate at 21.2% (and this is growth on growth with +14.4% reported in the same period last year)...
Aug 16, 20232 min read


Netherlands: After cutting down the number of DCs, Aldi is expanding the selected DCs
Aldi will continue to optimize its distribution network in the Netherlands. The sub-decentralization at Aldi in the Netherlands is still...
Aug 1, 20231 min read


EU: Aldi completes European roll-out of reusable crates for fruits & vegetables
Logistical efficiency, greater sustainability - extended freshness! With reusable crates for fruits and vegetables, the Aldi Nord Group...
Jul 30, 20232 min read


Workshop: DRC at Coca Cola event
Today (22.06.2023), DRC was hosted at the Coca Cola Global Discounters Accelerate workshop. We are happy with the enthusiastic feedback...
Jun 25, 20231 min read


UK: Discounters keep on making big double digits in UK
Aldi and Lidl were the best-performing retailers in the UK in the 12-week period to 11 June, new data from Kantar has shown, with Aldi...
Jun 21, 20232 min read


UK: DRC interview with The Grocer magazine
With discounters booming in the cost-of-living crisis, what’s motivating Lidl’s move to slow down expansion in the UK? What’s going on at...
Jun 17, 20237 min read


Germany: Aldi Nord expands truck fleet with electric trucks
The Aldi Nord Group of Companies is a pioneer in testing sustainable delivery vehicles with long-term partner, Volvo Trucks. 10 new FM...
Jun 2, 20232 min read


UK: Lidl raises staff pay for third time in a year
The British arm of German discount supermarket Lidl has raised pay for store and warehouse staff for the third time in 12 months, Lidl GB...
May 24, 20231 min read


UK: Discount market share 4 times higher than in 2011
Continuing discounter dominance and sales switching to private label are the headlines from the Kantar UK data for 12 w/e 14th May 2023,...
May 23, 20231 min read


UK: Aldi extends self-service checkouts to more UK stores
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK (German family owned) has added self-service checkouts to many of its existing stores in a bid to “further...
May 12, 20231 min read


Colombia: In less than 15 years, hard discount stores revolutionized the supermarket business.
Discount Retail Chains D1, ARA, Olympic or Jumbo, increase their competition in Colombia to serve consumers looking for the lowest...
May 11, 20236 min read


UK: Aldi UK named "Food Retailer of the Year"
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK (German family owned) was officially named Grocer of the Year at the 2023 Retail Week Awards, which took...
May 11, 20231 min read


Germany: Lidl and Aldi drastically reduce pasta price
Discount Retail Chains Aldi and Lidl Germany are currently outbidding each other when it comes to lowering the price of basic items to...
May 10, 20232 min read
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