The archive
Lidl
59 pieces written from the shop floor, 2014 to 2023. Store visits, results reaction, pricing and range changes, kept as they were written.
2023
- Issue 489 - Lidl Prices (13 July 2023) · 13 July 2023
- Issue 489 - Lidl Prices (13 July 2023) [2] · 13 July 2023
2022
- Retail By Email - 479 - Mars and Heinz · 14 July 2022
- Lidl strong on value · 18 January 2022
2021
- Retail by Email sample – Mere · 16 August 2021
- Mere - Austerity retailing · 16 August 2021
2020
- Key themes for Christmas 2020 · 18 December 2020
- Lidl - loyalty card introduction · 20 August 2020
- Lidl - out of the firing line · 10 August 2020
- Tesco vs Aldi - hotting up · 28 July 2020
- Tesco Q1 · 26 June 2020
- Tesco prices in Health and Beauty · 23 June 2020
- Aldi - XL packs and Special Buys · 5 February 2020
- Sainsbury's - Change afoot - the long read · 29 January 2020
2019
- Home Bargains moving in to Bakery? · 10 September 2019
- Lidl - Onwards and upwards · 19 June 2019
- Tesco - 100 years of value phase 2 · 13 May 2019
- Sainsbury's - More 'brands' incoming · 11 March 2019
- Aldi - Range growing? · 4 February 2019
- There's always a price war · 10 January 2019
- Happy New Year 2019 · 8 January 2019
2018
- Aldi - Peak Carrot · 3 December 2018
- Waitrose - the longer term outlook · 30 October 2018
- What did we learn from the Tesco slides / statement? · 4 October 2018
- Aldi - What is their reaction to Jack? · 1 October 2018
- Jack's - part of the Tesco family · 28 September 2018
- With Jack's - what is the discount reaction(?) · 27 September 2018
- Jack's - Images · 24 September 2018
- Jack’s – Part of the Tesco family · 20 September 2018
- Jack's open today! · 20 September 2018
- Jack’s – Exclusively Tesco(?) · 15 September 2018
- Ireland - Price central · 3 September 2018
- What about the Tesco discount format(?) · 1 August 2018
- Tesco - Further brands update · 10 July 2018
- Tesco - More of their 'brands' · 19 June 2018
- A brief interlude - More brands from Tesco · 8 May 2018
- Lidl and the Free From category · 24 April 2018
- Iceland - Value signposting · 19 February 2018
- Asda - Rolled Back... · 17 January 2018
- Christmas 2017 - Tesco · 8 January 2018
2017
- Profits down, sales up at Aldi · 26 September 2017
- Discounters and brands · 8 September 2017
- Larger packs at Tesco... · 9 August 2017
- Lidl Cheaper? · 27 July 2017
- Sainsbury's - own label progression · 18 July 2017
- Big suppliers - need to do more? · 28 June 2017
- Discount category killers - 2) Nappies/Diapers · 5 June 2017
- Discount category killers - 1) Household · 22 May 2017
- Lidl - Ongoing banality · 19 May 2017
- First look – new format Aldi in the UK · 30 March 2017
- *exclusive* New format Aldi · 30 March 2017
- Lidl - A bit up and down · 29 March 2017
- Market Overview - Christmas 2016 · 10 January 2017
- It's a long read! Market Overview - Christmas 2016 · 3 January 2017
2016
- Aldi - Looking strong for Christmas · 22 December 2016
- Christmas 2016 in focus - Lidl · 19 December 2016
- Is the value tier on the way out? · 1 November 2016
- Brexit. Recession. Food Retail? · 25 June 2016
2014
- Range change will do you good · 25 March 2014
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