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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.
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]
Aldi is the chief competitor of the German discount chain Lidl in several markets. [17] History ... which translates into English as 'Albrecht Discount', ...
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.
Name Stores Type of store Parent; Aldi Süd: 1880: Discounter: Siepmann Stiftung: Aldi Nord: 2298: Discounter: Jakobus-, Markus- und Lukas-Stiftung: Alnatura: 107 ...
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