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Lidl. Lidl (German pronunciation: [ˈliːdl̩] 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] Headquartered in Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, the company belongs to the ...
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. It is made up of the two retail divisions, Lidl ...
He became managing director of Lidl UK on 9 September 2017. He left in January 2022. A new £70m UK headquarters opened in Tolworth in 2021 for 800 employees. From 1 March 2022, he has been head of Lidl Germany AG, replacing Matthias Oppitz (Lidl-Deutschlandchef), with headquarters in Bad Wimpfen in Baden-Württemberg, with 1,200 people. Lidl ...
Lidl GB said its turnover rose 12% to 7.7 billion pounds ($1.34 billion) in the year to the end of February 2021 and it made a pretax profit of 9.8 million pounds, versus a loss of 25.2 million ...
Kaufland. 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.
After his father died in 1977, he took control of the discount chain. He became CEO and expanded the business outside of Germany. [2] Soon afterwards, Schwarz bought the naming rights for Lidl from an unrelated person named Ludwig Lidl, a former schoolteacher, in order to side-step a legal battle with the co-owner A. Lidl. [3] [failed verification]
The head office and distribution center are located in Veghel, and they have three regional distribution centers. Jumbo became the second largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands after acquiring all of the C1000 stores in 2011. In 2016, Jumbo acquired V&D's restaurant chain, La Place, out of bankruptcy. Lidl: 440 [16] Schwarz Gruppe: 1932
Aldi (stylised as ALDI[6]) (German pronunciation: [ˈaldiː] ⓘ) is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 12,000 stores in 18 countries. [7][8] The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946, when they took over their mother's store in Essen.