Lidl

  1. Channel: Mass

Walmart Customers Focus on Meal Solutions not Menu’s

Consumers are dynamic not static and Walmart is not an early adopter when it comes to meals and meal components. Walmart exceled at supply chain optimization, suburban duplication, marketing messaging, it missed the mark on consumers meal prep simplification aka meals and meal components preference over ingredients to cook from scratch.  According to Steven Johnson […]
3 min read
0
  1. Channel: Grocery

Your Views:  A Horse Is A Horse, Of Course, Of Course

I did a FaceTime earlier this week suggesting that Aldi’s acquisition of Winn-Dixie and Harveys indicates that anything can happen, and I mentioned that an MNB reader observed that since Aldi and Trader Joe’s are owned by the same company, maybe we’ll see Trader Joe’s sections in Winn-Dixie stores.  (I noted that the two companies […]
7 min read
0
  1. Shopper & Customer

Discounts win supermarket loyalty, but younger shoppers need data assurances

[[“value”:” Credit: GlobalData. With high food inflation continuing to put pressure on household finances, loyalty schemes are an effective way for supermarkets to compete with the consistently low prices of discounters Aldi and Lidl. The most important aspects of loyalty schemes for consumers are discounts and rewards, with 51% stating that they valued “discounts open […]
2 min read
0
  1. Acquisitions, Divestitures & Mergers

NRF Hot 25 List Spotlights Fastest-Growing Retailers

Mexican grocer Chedraui, Raley’s Supermarkets and Primark Stores have topped the National Retail Federation’s 2023 Hot 25 Retailers list, which ranks the fastest-growing retail companies in the U.S. The annual ranking is compiled by global marketing consultancy Kantar and is determined by comparing year-over-year increases in domestic sales (in the case of the 2023 list, […]
4 min read
0
  1. Acquisitions, Divestitures & Mergers

NRF Hot 25 List Spotlights Fastest-Growing Retailers

Mexican grocer Chedraui, Raley’s Supermarkets and Primark Stores have topped the National Retail Federation’s 2023 Hot 25 Retailers list, which ranks the fastest-growing retail companies in the U.S. The annual ranking is compiled by global marketing consultancy Kantar and is determined by comparing year-over-year increases in domestic sales (in the case of the 2023 list, […]
4 min read
0
  1. Acquisitions, Divestitures & Mergers

Grocers atop latest Hot 25 Retailers list

WASHINGTON – Grocery retailers occupy the top two spots on a ranking of the fastest-growing U.S. retailers in 2022. Grocers command three of the top five spots on the latest Hot 25 Retailers list, released this week by the National Retail Federation, which collaborates with Kantar in putting together the annual ranking. Mexico City-based Grupo […]
2 min read
0
  1. Channel: Grocery

Kroger, Albertsons CEOs Hit The Road To Lobby For Merger

The Denver Post has a story about how Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen and Albertsons CEO Vivek Sankaran came to town to talk with the newspaper “to provide updates on the merger process. If successful, the deal would directly impact Coloradans – Kroger serves as the parent company of King Soopers, the state’s largest grocery store […]
2 min read
0
  1. Shopper & Customer

Study eyes grocers’ long-term future

CHICAGO — Amazon, Aldi, Costco Wholesale Corp. and Wal­mart are among the U.S. food retailers best positioned for success in 2053, according to a report from dunnhumby. “Grocery 2053: A Data-Driven Gaze into the Future” is the data science firm’s examination of trends that will have the biggest potential impact on grocery retailers over the […]
2 min read
0
  1. Shopper & Customer

Your Views:  The Wisdom-Of-Old-Men Fallacy

Last week we reported that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said that it “is taking action against Amazon.com, Inc. for its years-long effort to enroll consumers into its Prime program without their consent while knowingly making it difficult for consumers to cancel their subscriptions to Prime … the FTC charges that Amazon has knowingly duped […]
11 min read
0
  1. Shopper & Customer

Economic concerns among shoppers will drive the grocery industry for decades to come, report finds

Grocers including Lidl, Food 4 Less and Aldi are in the best positions to benefit during the next 30 years as concerns over price remain the top source of stress for most consumers, Dunnhumby found.
< 1 min read
0
  1. Shopper & Customer

Study: Fiscal Concerns Dominate Shopper Mindset; Discounters Best Positioned For Future

Customer data science company dunnhumby is out this morning with a new study “examining what trends will have the biggest potential impact on grocery retailers over the next three decades,” and identifying a growing personal fiscal conservatism as a prime driver of shopper behavior. dunnhumby identifies, in order, Lidl, Food 4 Less, Aldi, Costco, Fry’s, […]
3 min read
0
  1. Shopper & Customer

Amazon, Walmart among grocers best-positioned for 2053

CHICAGO – Amazon, Aldi, Costco Wholesale Club, and Walmart are among U.S. grocery retailers best positioned for success in 2053, according to a report out today from dunnhumby. “Grocery 2053: A Data-Driven Gaze into the Future” is the data science firm’s examination of trends that will have the biggest potential impact on grocery retailers over […]
3 min read
0
  1. Channel: Dollar/Value

Aldi becomes Scotland’s third-biggest supermarket by volume

New data from Kantar reveals Aldi’s volume share of the grocery market in Scotland has increased to 11%, moving ahead of Morrisons and Sainsbury’s for the first time. Aldi Scotland now commands a higher volume market share than Co-op (7.2%), Sainsbury’s (7.6%), Lidl (8.9%) and Morrisons (8.8%), in Scotland, behind only Asda (13.8%) and Tesco […]
< 1 min read
0
  1. Channel: Mass

Tesco Irish Price Cuts Instigate Price War

“Supermarket price war: retailers to ‘come out fighting’ after Tesco’s pledge to cut more than 700 grocery items. “Move is likely to put pressure on other supermarket chains to follow suit, leading to significant savings for Irish consumers. “Ireland’s leading supermarkets are likely to follow Tesco’s lead in reducing the price of hundreds of products […]
< 1 min read
0
  1. Technology & Innovation

The grey pound strikes back: RTIH’s biggest retail technology news stories of the week

It’s Friday, the weekend is almost upon us, so let’s kick back and reflect on another eventful week for the retail systems space. Here’s your briefing on the most important stories from the past five days, including Six Flags, Amazon’s Just Walk Out tech, Aldi UK, Polytag, SADA, Frasers Group, Ingka Group, and Made4net. 1. […]
4 min read
0
  1. Channel: Dollar/Value

Aldi UK teams with Polytag to gain access to real-time packaging lifecycle information

Aldi UK has partnered with recycling technology company Polytag. It will trial the deployment of Polytag’s invisible UV tags onto its packaging, starting from July. With the company’s unique readers installed at the Biffa Teeside recycling centre, Aldi will get insights on the quantity of its packaging that is actually recycled and be able to […]
2 min read
0
  1. Channel: Dollar/Value

Lidl continues search to secure sites for new stores

Lidl GB has set out its intentions to branch out across the country as it publishes its list of priority locations for new stores. The update comes after Lidl welcomed a record number of new shoppers to its stores in 2022, as over 1.4 million switched to Lidl from other supermarkets in a bid to […]
< 1 min read
0
  1. Stores & Formats

Grocery stores flood into a crowded Charlotte market

Publix, Lidl, Lowes Foods and Sprouts Farmers Market are adding new stores this year in the increasingly competitive Charlotte, NC, market. Walmart, Harris Teeter and Food Lion are the three biggest grocers by market share in Charlotte, which currently has 722 food stores.
< 1 min read
0
  1. International

UK Retailer Considers End To 100% Employee Ownership

The Guardian reports that the John Lewis retail group in the UK, which is 100 percent employee-owned, “is in the early stages of exploring a plan” that would change the ownership structure of the company as it tries to raise the equivalent of more than $2 billion (US). The money, Bloomberg reports, “would go toward […]
< 1 min read
0
  1. Technology & Innovation

The Price of Eggs Isn’t the Only Thing Grocers Are Managing These Days

According to FoodIndustry.com, the U.S. food market is worth $1.5 trillion annually, or roughly 4 percent of the domestic gross product. $800 billion of that revenue is from supermarkets and food stores. Compare this to the U.S. apparel market, which is estimated to be worth $318 billion (Statistica). And while the retail industry often focuses […]
5 min read
0
Note: Requires ChatGPT Plus
Advertisement

Trending Topics

Editor’s Choice

  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital
  2. Channel: Grocery - Natural
  3. Department: Nonfood
  4. Corporate Finance
  5. Media & Marketing
  6. Retailer Media
  7. Data & Insights
  8. International
  9. Technology & Innovation
  10. Stores & Formats

Amazon tops expectations for revenue, earnings

SEATTLE – Amazon posted better-than-expected revenue and earnings in the quarter ended March 31. Net sales increased 13% from a year earlier to $143.3 billion. The company reported first-quarter net income of $10.4 billion, or 98 cents a diluted share, compared to $3.2 billion a year earlier. Amazon’s operating income surged to $15.3 billion, up […]
Written by
  1. Trends & External Forces
  2. Department & Category
  3. Department: Food
  4. Department: HBC
  5. Corporate Strategy
  6. ESG
  7. Technology & Innovation
  8. Trends & External Forces
  9. Associates & Employees
  10. Stores & Formats

Walmart to close all 51 health centers

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart today said it has made the “difficult decision” to close its Walmart Health and Walmart Virtual Care clinics, citing a lack of profitability. “The decision to close all 51 health centers across five states and shut down the virtual care offering was not easy. We understand this change affects lives – […]
Written by

Trending

Advertisement