Company name | Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG |
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Company logo | |
Company type | German multi-national |
Company slogan | Where quality is cheaper |
Foundation | 1930s |
Location | Neckarsulm, Germany |
Key people | Dieter Schwarz: Chairman and CEO Gunter Schwarz: CEO Michael Dönherp: CFO |
Industry | Retail (Grocery) |
Products | Mainly own brand, with a few larger and regional brands| |
Revenue | € 59 billion (2008) |
Homepage | www.lidl-info.com }} |
Lidl (generally in English-speaking countries and in its country of origin) is a German discount supermarket chain that operates over 7200 stores across Europe, with plans to expand into North America. The company's full name is Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG. It belongs to the holding company Schwarz Gruppe, which also owns the cash and carry chain Handelshof and hypermarket Kaufland. Lidl is the chief competitor of the similar German discount chain Aldi.
Founded in the 1930s by a member of the Schwarz family [and called at the time ''Schwarz Lebensmittel-Sortimentsgroßhandlung'' (Schwarz Assorted wholesale Foods)], Lidl has – since the opening in 1973 of the first of its stores in their present incarnation – now established itself in over 20 countries in Europe. The name Lidl was the surname of a former business partner of Schwarz's, Ludwig Lidl, a retired schoolteacher, and Schwarz bought the rights to the name from him for 1000 marks, as he could not use the name Schwarz Markt as it means 'black market' and would have negative associations. Lidl is part of the Schwarz Group, the 4th largest retailer in the world with Sales of $82.4 billion (2011).
In 1930, Josef Schwarz became a partner in Südfrüchte Großhandel Lidl & Co., a fruit wholesaler, and he developed the company into a general food wholesaler. In 1977, under his son Dieter Schwarz, the Schwarz-Gruppe began to focus on discount markets, larger supermarkets, and cash and carry wholesale markets. The first Lidl discount store was opened in 1973, copying the Aldi concept. Schwarz rigorously removed merchandise that did not sell from the shelves, and cut costs by keeping the size of the retail outlets as small as possible. By the year 1977, the Lidl chain comprised 33 discount stores. Since establishing in the UK in 1994, Lidl has grown consistently and today have more than 580 stores throughout the UK. While it is still a small player in this country with a grocery market share of less than 5%, its importance along with that of continental no frills competitor Aldi is growing.
Amongst other brands, Lidl owns the ''Silvercrest'' brand, which manufactures electronic products such as satellite and Freeview receivers.
The service is powered by OutNow DVD rental.
In March 2008 the German news magazine ''Stern'' released a cover story reporting systematic surveillance of Lidl workers, including the most intimate details of their private affairs.
Country !! Number of Stores | |
180 | |
~300 | |
50 | |
70 | |
216 | |
10 | |
81 | |
135 | |
1350 | |
3004 | |
200 | |
123 | |
106 | |
510 | |
6 | |
12 (5 opened 7 more to open in the coming years including 2 stores in Gozo) | |
400 | |
Sold to Reitangruppen—now REMA 1000 stores. | |
525 | |
210 | |
107 | |
30 | |
50 | |
500 | |
151 | |
50 | |
584 |
Country !! Opening !! Notes | |
2012 | |
2015/2020 |
Store !! Stores !! Country | ||
Aldi (Hofer) | 8,210 | Europe, USA, Australia |
Netto (store) | Netto | 1,200 |
Biedronka | 1,500 | |
Netto Marken-Discount | 4,000 | |
Penny Market | 5,000 | |
Iceland (supermarket) | Iceland | 682 |
Norma (supermarket) | Norma | >1,300 |
Dia (supermarket chain) | Dia, in Portugal Minipreço, in France Ed's | 2,566 |
Eurospin | ||
Denner (supermarkets) | Denner | |
Maxima supermarket | Maxima | 430 |
Netto (Purchased by Asda in 2011) |
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name | Afrikan Boy |
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real name | Olushola Ajose |
background | solo_singer |
alias | Afrikan Boy |
birth date | March 28, 1989 |
origin | Nigeria |
genre | Afrobeat, grime, new wave |
occupation | Rapper |
years active | 2000s |
label | Zig-Zag |
website | }} |
Olushola Ajose, better known by his stage name "Afrikan Boy" (born 28 March 1989) is a grime/Afrobeat MC from Woolwich, London, England, originally from Nigeria. He made a guest appearance on the track "Hussel" from the M.I.A. album ''Kala'', and is one of the initial artists M.I.A. wanted signed to her label in 2007, then titled Zig-Zag. A remix of M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" was uploaded onto her MySpace featuring Afrikan Boy and fellow tour mate Rye Rye. Afrikan Boy has never appeared on pirate radio, a performance opportunity common in the grime genre. He is currently studying for a Psychology degree at Brunel University.
Touring in support of M.I.A. on her 2007 KALA Tour and 2008 People Vs. Money Tour as well as headlining his own shows, Afrikan Boy has appeared at the Splash! festival. On 26 June 2011, Afrikan Boy finally released his mixtape named "What Took You So Long" on his website for free.
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