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Lidl (German pronunciation: LEE-dəl) is a German international discount retailer chain [3] that operates over 12,000 stores, present in every member state of the European Union, Serbia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. [4]
The business was founded in 1930 by Josef Schwarz (1903–1977), father of Dieter Schwarz. [3] It is headquartered in Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The Schwarz Group is an international trading company with 500,000 employees and operates over 12,900 stores (in 2021) across 33 countries.
Kaufland ([ˈkaʊ̯flant]) is a German hypermarket chain, part of the Schwarz Gruppe which also owns Lidl.The hypermarket directly translates to English as "buy-land." It opened its first store in 1984 in Neckarsulm and quickly expanded to become a major chain in what was formerly West Germany.
Lidl Ireland sued the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) for defamation over ads about the supermarket's own-brand milk. [246] The State Examinations Commission and Minister for Education Norma Foley issued new guidelines to schools advising that face coverings would be required during the Leaving Certificate oral exams, which begin on Friday 26 ...
Major discount grocery store retail chains in the U.S. include Aldi, Lidl, Save-A-Lot and Grocery Outlet. [4] Currently Aldi and Lidl are the largest discount retailers in the world operating more than 25,000 discount stores worldwide between them. [5]
In Ireland, the retail sector provides one of the largest sources of employment in the economy, representing over 12% of the workforce. [1] As of 2017, approximately 40,000 wholesale and retail businesses employed almost 280,000 people in Ireland, [2] [1] with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment reporting that 90% of these businesses were Irish-owned.
He started at Lidl Germany in 2003, at a Nuremberg store. After 2009, he worked at Lidl Ireland, He moved to Lidl Austria GmbH (Lidl Österreich). Lidl opened in Austria in 1998, and now has around 200 outlets. He became managing director of Lidl UK on 9 September 2017. He left in January 2022.