Tag: Lidl
Good weather boosts sales
THREE days of hot weather in April helped UK supermarket sales jump 11% year-on-year but that wasn’t enough to offset the pervious three weeks of poor weather
Discounters lean in on gin
GERMAN discounters Lidl and Aldi will both launch Scottish gin festivals this month.
Grocery beats beastly storm
GROCERY sales in UK supermarkets beat the weather in February and March to maintain strong growth, according to the latest monthly sales figures from Nielsen.
Discounter adds gluten free range
DISCOUNTER Lidl has introduced a permanent free-from range and says, with prices from 79p, it is making the category affordable and accessible to all.
Record growth in grocery sales
GROWTH in grocery has hit its highest level for 18 months as supermarkets continue to enjoy increases in volume sales.
Lidl and Aldi at heart of growth
INFLATION and the expansion of the discounters continue to be the two prongs of the fork doing all the heavy lifting in terms of sales growth in the UK’s grocery sector.
Discounters plan ahead
THERE were only seven applications to build new supermarkets in Scotland last year according to construction analyst Barbour ABI.
Families splash out extra £1bn
BRITISH shoppers spent £1bn more at Christmas in 2017 than they had a year earlier, with a record £469m being spent on premium own-label lines in December alone.
Multiples make solid headway
“Volume sales have increased by less than 1%, meaning it’s price rises keeping supermarket performance buoyant"
Taking beer all the way to the top
Scotland’s favourite lager brand, Tennent’s, takes the top spot for the first time
Scottish brands 2017: a year of evolution
AS 2017 draws to a close, it’s time to take a look back at the food and non-alcoholic drink industry in Scotland over the past year
Lidl not letting up on Scottish expansion
Discounter dealing with more local producers than ever.
Early Christmas for the big four
Christmas appears to have come early for the supermarkets, with the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel revealing continued growth.
Seventh heaven for discounter
Research reported Lidl has increased its market share to a new record high of 5.2%, up 0.7% year on year.
Breaking ground
Work gets underway at Lidl’s new RDC in North Lanarkshire
GROUND has been broken at discounter Lidl’s new Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) at Eurocentral in...
Ain’t no stoppin’ the discounters
EXPONENTIAL growth continues unabated for the discounters, with new figures revealing both Aldi and Lidl continuing to post double-digit gains on last year’s value...
