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The first Lidl discount store was opened in 1973, copying the Aldi concept. [11] Schwarz rigorously removed merchandise that did not sell from the shelves, and cut costs by keeping the size of the retail outlets as small as possible. By 1977, the Lidl chain comprised 33 discount stores. Lidl opened its first UK store in 1994. [12]
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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.
Gottschlich joined Lidl in 2000, working at a store in Unna in North Rhine-Westphalia until 2002. He joined Lidl UK in 2002 as the National Audit Manager. It was within his remit to ensure that all stores in the UK complied with the Lidl concept. In January 2004 he became responsible for around 60 stores in London and the south of England.
Tesco is the largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom.. As of November 2024, there are 17 supermarket chains currently operating in the United Kingdom. The food retail market has been dominated by the 'big four' supermarkets – Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons – who made up over three quarters of sector market share in 2010.
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]
They have also taken over numerous old Aldi and Lidl supermarket sites. In 2023, Farmfoods began revamping some of their stores with a new interior design. Farmfoods announced in May 2024 an expansion plan that would mean opening 20 to 30 new stores a year with more stores in the London area being a priority.
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 Germany has 3,250 stores, with 24.3 bn euros turnover.