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Germany: Aldi Süd continues to promote regional agriculture and focuses on German strawberries
Discount Retail Chain Aldi Süd Germany (German family owned) has only been buying German asparagus in the season, now the discounter is...
May 9, 20232 min read


Netherlands: Aldi Nord tests self-scanning and self-checkout with Shopreme
Aldi Netherlands (German family owned) will open a first store this week offering shoppers the option to scan their purchases with their...
May 9, 20232 min read


Denmark: Lidl will remove all tobacco products from shelves by 2029
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Denmark (owned by the German Schwarz Group) will be the first grocery chain in Denmark, Lidl will phase out...
May 9, 20233 min read


Germany: BrewDog and Aldi brew private label Hop Fiction beer
Discount Retail Chain Aldi Süd Germany (German family owned)and the experimental beer brand BrewDog are continuing their successful...
May 4, 20232 min read


UK: Lidl to expand with “no ceiling on our ambition or growth potential”
Discount Retail Chain Lidl UK (owned by the German Schwarz Group) welcomed a record number of new shoppers to its stores in 2022, as over...
May 4, 20232 min read


Spain: DIA Sales Increase 3.2% in Q1 2023, Spain drives results
Discount Retail Chain DIA (listed BMAD: DIA) has reported sales worth €1.78 billion in the first quarter of its financial year, up 10%...
May 4, 20232 min read


South-Africa: Don’t underestimate discount low-cost retail in South Africa
Discount Retail Chains like Boxer, QualiSave to Cambridge Food stores enable consumers to ‘buy two’, ‘buy three’, even ‘buy more’, to...
May 4, 20233 min read


USA: Five Below to open 200-plus stores, convert 400 locations to higher-price format
Discount Variety Retail Chai Five Below (listed NASDAQ: FIVE) has laid out ambitious store plans for 2023. The tween and teen discounter...
May 4, 20232 min read


Spain: Aldi avoids wasting 6,400 tons of food
Discount Retail Chain Aldi Spain (German family owned) has avoided the waste of more than 6,400 tons of perishable products during the...
May 4, 20231 min read


Portugal: Jerónimo Martins' profits grow 59% between January and March
Jerónimo Martins, owner of discount retail chains ARA in Colombia and Biedronka in Poland, saw net income rise across the group to 140...
May 4, 20233 min read


Poland: Woolworth will enter Poland this year
Discount Variety Retail Chain Woolworth bets on the Blix Group. The first Woolworth store will be opened in Poland in May this year,...
May 2, 20232 min read


UK: Britons flock to Discount Grocers as Food Inflation persists
Kantar Research shows that Discount grocers are winning over more British shoppers as a tenth month of double-digit food-price inflation...
Apr 28, 20232 min read


Australia: Aldi doubles down on Price Promise, delivering billions of dollars in savings
More and more Australians are filling their trolleys at Aldi and sharing $3.1 billion in annual savings. Grocery shopping data released...
Apr 26, 20233 min read


Germany: Aldi Süd launches its first own apple variety
Discount Retail Chain Aldi Süd (German family owned) will exclusively bring its own apple variety from the Altes Land to its stores....
Apr 26, 20232 min read


Poland: Poundland-owner Pepco sales jump as shoppers seek value
Discount Non-food Retail Chain Pepco Group (listed WSE:PCO) has reported a 22.8% increase in first-half revenue, driven by strong demand...
Apr 20, 20231 min read


Sweden: Rusta reaches 200 stores and wants to grow further
Discount Home and Leisure Retail Chain Rusta from Sweden (privately owned) celebrates the opening of the 200th store in Kerpen (near...
Apr 20, 20232 min read


USA: Cash strapped consumers
Research of the Retail Cities team is currently asking the important question, “How are consumers who live pay-event to pay-event doing...
Apr 18, 20232 min read


Germany: What would Germany be without Aldi?
The Albrecht brothers made history with the invention of the discounter. And the high inflation even increases the attractiveness of...
Apr 6, 20233 min read
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