Lidl removes cartoon characters from cereal packaging
Lidl GB is today announcing that it will stop displaying cartoon characters on its own-brand cereal ranges by spring 2020, to help parents tackle pester power in the supermarket aisles.
Lidl launches Pigs in Blanket Festive Sourdough Pizza
It’s now officially acceptable to eat pizza at Christmas thanks to Lidl, with the launch of its brand new Pigs in Blanket Festive Pizza.
Lidl to invest over £10m in employees as it announces increase in hourly wages
Lidl GB has today announced that it will invest over £10 million in its employees, through increases to its hourly wages.
Lidl’s new Christmas advert to air tonight
Tonight, Lidl GB reveals the first creative from its highly anticipated 2019 Christmas advertising campaign.
Lidl to donate 250,000 meals to good causes over Christmas
Lidl GB is set to donate a selection of festive food items as part of their regular food donations to local charities and community groups this Christmas, which will equate to over 250,000 meals.
Lidl commits to install rapid electric vehicle chargers at all new stores
Lidl has today announced its commitment to install rapid electric vehicle chargers at all of its new stores, helping to give drivers easier access to charging points.
Lidl to open 10 new stores in Greater Manchester
Lidl GB has today announced plans to open ten new stores across Greater Manchester, including at City Tower in Piccadilly Gardens, over the next three years as the supermarket ramps up its ambitious expansion plans in the region.
Lidl becomes first UK supermarket to introduce reusable fruit and veg bags nationwide
Today, Lidl GB has become the first supermarket in the UK to introduce reusable fruit and veg bags across all its stores nationwide, designed to give customers a sustainable choice and reduce plastic use and waste in the long term.
Lidl goes ‘Big on’ quality with new ad campaign
Lidl GB today unveiled its new advertising campaign which features a fresh, bold take on the retailer’s well known ‘Big on quality, Lidl on price’ brand promise.
Italian same-day delivery service, Supermercato24, partners with Lidl
Supermercato24, the first Italian same-day delivery service for online grocery, has announced an important partnership with LIDL, one of the leading grocery retailers in Italy. The partnership with Supermercato24 will allow Italian LIDL customers to shop their favourite grocery store
Lidl to make healthy donation to NSPCC to keep children safe from abuse and neglect
Lidl is aiming to raise £250,000 for the NSPCC in January by donating 10p from the sale of every pack from its special range of fruit and vegetables for children.
Lidl Christmas trading: shoppers upgrade to Deluxe in December
Lidl UK experienced a 33% increase in year-on-year (YOY) sales for its premium product range, Deluxe, this Christmas, with customers switching £58m of spend from Waitrose, M&S and the big four, over to the discounter.
Lidl gets cosy with Katie Piper and Alex Booker in new Christmas ads
Lidl UK has announced a partnership with Channel 4 as part of its ‘Make Christmas a Lidl Special’ campaign, with a series of adverts featuring presenter, Katie Piper and comedian, Alex Brooker – both of whom are parents and extreme Christmas enthusiasts.
Lidl takes on competitors with cheeky new campaign
Lidl has today unveiled a new campaign which highlights the retailer’s strongest festive food offering yet.
Lidl donates thousands of Christmas dinners to loneliness charities
Lidl is set to donate a selection of staple festive food items to charities and community groups tackling loneliness and isolation this Christmas, which will equate to 3,000 Christmas dinners. The move comes off the back of feedback from charities and
Lidl’s new warehouse takes shape at Eurocentral
The first stage of steel frame construction is underway at Lidl UK’s new Scottish RDC at EuroCentral, which will be the company’s largest in Britain.
Lidl UK launches ‘too good to waste’ fruit and veg boxes in supermarket test
Today, Lidl UK announces that it will become the first supermarket to introduce ‘Too Good to Waste’ fruit and vegetable boxes*, containing items that are no longer considered at their perfect best, but are still perfectly good to eat.
Pitch perfect: Lidl to close stores early if (when) England go through to the final
Lidl UK has today promised to adjust its store opening hours, should England reach the World Cup Final on Sunday 15 July.
Lidl and B&M to open new stores in Cowdenbeath
Lidl and B&M are to open brand new stores in Cowdenbeath, as part of both retailer’s ambitious expansion plans in Scotland, following confirmation that they have concluded contracts with London and Scottish Investments. The stores, which will be located at the
Small manufacturers can keep the voracious supermarkets at bay, and turn a profit, says West Coast Foods
For many ambitious, innovative, smaller manufacturers, supplying to national supermarket chains is something of a Holy Grail, a game-changing relationship which allows them to scale up to undreamt heights.
Newton: shoppers choose convenience and quality over low prices
When it comes to choosing a supermarket, shoppers are being driven by convenience and quality rather than cost, research by retail consultancy Newton has found.
Sainsbury’s and Asda safeguard future from Amazon threat with proposed deal
Sainsbury’s proposed tie-up with Asda to create a leading grocery, general merchandise and clothing group with 2,800 stores and combined revenues of £51bn, will provide the scale to fend off the threat posed by Amazon in the UK supermarket sector,
Lidl set to celebrate home-grown Scottish favourites across the UK
From Thursday 5 April Lidl will celebrate home-grown Scottish Favourites across the UK, offering a delicious selection of up to 80 products for customers, and projected sales worth a huge £1.5 million for Scottish business partners combined.
Shoppers in Ireland spent an extra €90m on groceries over the festive period, Kantar Worldpanel reveals
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland, published today for the 12 weeks ending 31 December 2017, reveal that shoppers spent an extra €90m on groceries over the festive period. David Berry, director at Kantar Worldpanel, comments:
Lidl announces major new warehouse for London as it accelerates British expansion
Lidl UK will create up to 1,000 new jobs through a major new Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) to service stores across Greater London, after exchanging contracts with the Houghton Regis Management Co (a consortium of Aviva Investors, LIH and the
