Lidl – Retail Now

Lidl reports strong sales growth for 2025 and reached a record market share

6 October 2026 Editor

Lidl GB has posted double-digit sales growth and reached a record share of the UK grocery market, propelled by an extra 43 million customer visits over the past year. According to full-year financial results for […]

UK grocery price inflation dropped to 2.1% hitting its lowest level since October 2024

18 August 2026 Editor

UK grocery price inflation dropped to 2.1% in the four weeks to August 9, hitting its lowest level since October 2024, according to the latest figures from Worldpanel by Numerator. The slowdown marks the fifth […]

Record-breaking summer keeps supermarket sales growing as shoppers opt for convenience

18 August 2026 Editor

UK supermarket sales grew steadily in early August as a prolonged heatwave drove demand for summer essentials, offsetting a post-World Cup slowdown and the annual holiday getaway. Total Till sales at major supermarkets rose 3.1% […]

Lidl and neighbourly accelerate Olio partnership to almost 200 communities

6 August 2026 Editor

Lidl GB and Neighbourly have expanded their partnership with food-sharing app, Olio, giving more shoppers the chance to collect surplus food from Lidl stores for free at the end of the day via the Olio […]

Britain’s diet has already exceeded healthy & sustainable threshold for the year, new analysis reveals

24 July 2026 Editor

Britain will reach its 2026 Planetary Health Diet Overshoot Day on Saturday 25th July – the point in the year when the country has already exceeded its annual recommended balance of foods for a healthy […]

Lidl becomes first supermarket to launch on TikTok Shop

18 March 2025 Editor

Lidl is the first UK supermarket to use TikTok shop to promote and sell its goods and take advantage of around a third of TikTok’s 1.69bn users who access TikTok Shop. The campaign will start […]

Lidl announces pay increase for 28,000 hourly-paid colleagues nationwide

10 February 2025 Editor

Lidl has announced a market-leading pay increase for 28,000 hourly-paid colleagues, with new rates coming into effect in March 2025. Entry-level pay will rise to £12.75 nationally, up from £12.40 and increasing to £13.65 with […]

Lidl opening nine stores in one month

7 February 2025 Editor

Lidl is kicking off the new year with nine store openings in one month. With the majority opening their doors in February, hundreds of new jobs have been created as a result, whilst even more […]

Lidl named “Grocer of the year”

8 March 2024 Editor

A panel of industry experts named Lidl GB ‘Grocer of the Year’ at the Retail Week Awards. Judges included former CEO of Sainsbury’s and current Chair of New Look and Oak Furnitureland, Mike Coupe, Managing […]

Lidl to switch from paper to digital price labels this year

15 February 2024 Editor

Following a successful trial in over 35 locations Lidl GB is to change the way it displays prices instore. The new displays do away with paper prices on shelf edges and instead replaces them with […]