Company Updates

Happy International Women's Day! We marked this occasion by hosting an event, where a packed room of Lidl colleagues listened to our panellists talk about topics relating to this year's theme "Embrace Equity". Our panellists spoke on their respective journeys through Lidl, discussing challenges, successes and how we can all create a more equitable workplace. We look forward to hosting more events like this, creating opportunities for people to come together and share their experiences and insights. We are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating safe environments for open conversation within Lidl helping us to make progress towards a more equitable future. Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in our event!

Together with retailers Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose, convened through IDH, Lidl GB has signed a milestone commitment today to close the living wage gap throughout collective global banana supply chains. What does this mean? As retailers, we pledge to work with our supply chain partners to ensure that plantation workers – mainly in South and Central America and West Africa – will receive pay that is sufficient to afford a decent standard of living. This includes access to water, food, housing, education, healthcare, transport, and other essential needs.

We are proud to announce that Lidl GB has once again been accredited by the Top Employers Institute as an ‘Employer of Choice’. The Top Employer Institute is an independent global authority who recognise and annually certify companies with excellent people practices. Well done to all involved with helping us gain this accreditation. We are proud to join 97 other companies within Great Britain which have also been successfully accredited this year.

As a discount supermarket we play a vital role in giving households access to good food at affordable prices, and it’s our incredible colleagues that make it happen. That’s why, from next week (October 1st), we’re increasing the pay of all 23,500 of our hourly paid colleagues for the second time this year, taking entry-level rates from £10.10 to £10.90 per hour outside of London and from £11.30 to £11.95 inside the M25. It’s a £39.5 million investment – and represents a pay rise of between 10-14.5% since this time last year. Ryan McDonnell, Lidl GB CEO comments “We have introduced these rate increases to reflect the key role and tireless efforts of our incredible colleagues working in our 935 stores and 13 warehouses. The role that we as a discounter play in giving households access to good, affordable food cannot be underestimated, now more than ever. But the ongoing commitment and dedication of our colleagues in making it all possible for our customers cannot be underestimated either – our business simply would not run without them.”

The latest Kantar results are in! We’re proud to announce that Lidl GB continues to be the fastest growing UK supermarket! Over the last 12-week period sales have increased by 17.9% against the same period last year, helping us to maintain our market share high of 7%. With our growth comes even more opportunities to join our team. Visit lidlcareers.co.uk to search and apply for a career a Lidl less ordinary.

We now have over 12,000 stores in 31 countries, that’s no Lidl feat! We're proud of our growth - not just across the country but across the globe - making us even more accessible to our loyal customers, and creating new job opportunities across the business. Onwards and upwards!

We’ve only gone and done it again… Lidl was the cheapest supermarket in May, according to the latest monthly analysis from Which? - that’s five months in a row! Which? checked the prices of 23 items including both own-brand products and branded goods to see how the UK’s biggest supermarket chains compared, with Lidl coming in £23.55, that’s £8.30 cheaper than the most expensive retailer. It’s great to be recognised for being big on quality, Lidl on price.

Have you heard the news? Lidl was the cheapest supermarket in April*, according to the latest monthly analysis from Which? - for the fourth consecutive month! Which? checked the prices of 23 items including both own-brand products and branded goods to see how the UK’s biggest supermarket chains compared, with Lidl coming in at over £9.14 cheaper for a basket compared to the most expensive retailer. This just goes to show, we really are big on quality, Lidl on price. Based on an independent comparison of a basket of 18 products at Aldi, Asda, Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Waitrose and Lidl. Products selected and published by Which? and the prices were checked every day throughout April 2022*

As the weather gets warmer it’s only right we extend that warmth by wishing a very warm welcome to our 2 new store teams that opened their doors to the public in April: Barnard Castle (County Durham) and Straiton (Edinburgh) As always, we’d like to thank everyone responsible for making this happen and wish our new store teams the best of luck. Are you looking for a career a Lidl less ordinary? Keep your eyes peeled for red hot opportunities in our new stores!

We’re delighted to have extended our partnership with the NSPCC, aiming to raise a further £5m over the next three years and taking our total to £10m in 8 years. We’ll be continuing to support the NPSCC’s Childline service, with a particular focus on supporting children and young people with their mental health. You can find out more about our partnership here: https://www.lidl.co.uk/about-us/our-partners/nspcc