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Retail Industry Awards 2024 | Winners: Supermarket of the Year

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Supermarket of the Year Supported by: Winner: Lidl  Taking the Supermarket of the Year title for the second year running, Lidl won the overwhelming support of our expert judging panel thanks to some very impressive growth figures and a raft of initiatives from electronic shelf-edge…

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