Talk:Lidl

Lidl in Namibia
In the article we find the following "Lidl is not yet certain that march in the Namibian market". What is the author trying to say here? Also, 2032 is so far away, that the whole reference should probably be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:14BA:1ED:9B00:4D44:DFAC:50D4:91B3 (talk) 11:49, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

[Untitled]
No, don't. There is so much to say about what is possibly the most evil retailer since Walmart. Anyone who has read one of the apparent black books on lidl should contribute. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.242.166.120 (talk) 23:33, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

declare this a a stub?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.24.168.34 (talk) 22:15, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

To be honest I although it doesn't bother me a bit if Lidl gets some flag here, adding a whole section with unflattering refrences is just to much for a encyclopedia. I think there should be a fair section detailing alleged or proven abuses, perhaps three to four sentences which would be proper compared to the lentgth of the article as it is now. This is wikipedia not verdi-pedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.2.187.20 (talk) 23:39, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Pronouncation
The German way to pronounce is Lee-dul-la but the British English way is like the english/ surname Liddell. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaz1dave (talk • contribs) 04:38, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Source? It looks like not even Germans agree on that. https://de.etc.sprache.deutsch.narkive.com/uJzdfg9N/aussprache-von-lidl What does the company itself say? Glutexo (talk) 21:34, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Adverts on the Irish radio RTE are pronouncing it to rhyme with Needle or Beadle... 86.164.22.61 (talk) 21:02, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Dispute over pronounciation
"Some people believe it is pronounced one way, not the other"


 * Some people like whom? I know this is true because I've heard people say "lid-el" colloquially, and I've also seem the adverts that say "leed-ell", but how do we verify this? Is this just part of British street knowledge that could never have a place in an encyclopedia? I'm an inclusionist and would favour this knowledge as being valuable, but it's almost impossible to verify as it stands.--HisSpaceResearch 16:54, 6 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Quote: This dispute may have arisen due to the fact that a lot of Lidl's european buisiness activities are coordinated (especially customer support centres) from Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland.


 * Does all of this this really amount to a dispute? And what precisely does the Livingston location of Lidl's [sic:] "european buisiness" customer support centres have to do with the question? As I see it, most Lidl customers in the UK say "Liddle" and the company's TV adverts mostly say "Leedle" -- interesting, but a dispute? I'm not usually a "cite your sources" zealot, but methinks this is all a bit overblown -- Picapica 00:56, 17 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree, this really shouldn't be a dispute. Not sure whether it helps but in Germany we tend to pronounce it like more leedle, quite similar to beadle. --C2uk 21:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC)


 * LOL. Beadle! No, but on a serious level, it's just to do with the fact that German and English language speakers would pronounce words differently based on the phonetics/rules/whatever of the different languages.--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 18:38, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Let's take it out then. Colonel Warden (talk) 12:33, 20 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Dispute? What dispute? (talk about a Sturm in einer Teetasse!). However the parent company might (and undoubtedly does!) pronounce its own name in Germany and elsewhere, I think that any listener to English as spoken in GB would be very hard put to it to demonstrate that the chain is called anything other than /ˈlɪdəl/ (rhymes with "riddle") by the vast majority of those Britons who either shop -- or even (pointedly) don't shop -- there ...hence the "every Lidl helps" puns so beloved of newspaper headline writers -- Picapica (talk) 15:28, 23 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Where I am (amongst people I know) theres probably about a 50/50 split between those who pronounce it leedle and those who pronounce it liddle. And very heated (friendly) arguments about the other camp who pronounce it "wrong". "Every Lidl helps" as a slogan works with either pronunciation and can hardly be used from a print form to justify one over the other. beardybloke (talk) 02:14, 24 November 2009 (UTC)


 * That we're even arguing about it here - suggests its hardly cut and dried one way or the other. beardybloke (talk) 02:16, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Profit Levels
I heard on the radio that one of the reasons that "LIDL is cheaper" is that they keep their profit levels to 2% whereas Tesco and Sainsbury's expect 7%. Is this true? 86.41.149.8 08:19, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * No idea. Which radio station? Try citing a reliable source...--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 18:39, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

The profit level ranges between 2 and 3%. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.36.213.82 (talk) 23:19, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Revenue is not 45 billion $ anymore. 2008:59 billion € (75 billion $). Thats a difference http://www.schweizerbauer.ch/htmls/artikel_18577.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.248.142.75 (talk) 14:31, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The profit level?

If, the company. Do business in third world countries. "Lidl" - not a non-profit organization.. Public understatement of profits. Profitable. From one point of view. Taxation. In third world countries. Where everything is so vague and vague.Apepper123 (talk) 13:24, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Lidl in Cyprus
Cyprus is listed as a country with a branch; according to Cypriot forums, its still being built and isn't planned to be opened until 2009.

Apepper (talk) 22:50, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Lidl will open their stores in cyprus: 4th of November 2011 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.200.53.242 (talk) 14:01, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Lidl in India and Pakistan?
India and Pakistan are not listed on the Lidl hompage, but where in the Branch section? so deleted to get coherent entry with firm page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.61.224.118 (talk) 18:36, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

This entry contains biased information
I find it difficult to believe that one can objectively state that: "Their fresh produce, thus far, has become very popular with the working class and some upper class families, both for the taste of the produce and the texture of the skins which are pleasing not only to the mouth but to the touch of the fingers." —Preceding unsigned comment added by DynamicUno (talk • contribs) 04:44, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

lidl is the day glo capital of the world. so tacky. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.96.206.42 (talk) 22:48, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

vandalism
It is me or is it vandalism? Xxxsacheinxxx (talk) 21:57, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Broken Links
the links backing up the criticism of Lidl appear to be broken. 78.33.116.240 (talk) 10:35, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

I could only see one of the criticism links was broken - and I've commented it out for now... Beardybloke (talk) 18:18, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Till Procedures
This is an extremely unusual section to have in any business article. It does correctly describe the till procedures (I work at a Lidl store in the UK) but they are completely irrelevant and encyclopaedic. If it is to be included, one could argue that their management policies, stock & orders / write-offs (using an ACD) and returns policy should be included in the article. Obviously that would be ridiculous. If nobody raises any reasonable objection by 15/12/08, I will remove the section. Burningmace 02:10, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Which - Best VfM retailer 2008
Would it not be prudent to mention the award of Best Value for Money Retailer in 2008 given by Which Magazine? It's a hugely popular magazine in the UK and Lidl have advertised the award in all of their stores as well as their website. Burningmace 02:26, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Cyber spelling Hijack
If the phonetic english spelling 'LIDEL' followed by the standard '.co.uk is used to attempt to find Lidl's UK website, users are redirected to Tesco's website. It is assumed that the Tesco corporation have confusingly registered 'lidel.co.uk' as their own to gain additional poor spelling customers ;) 79.76.144.182 (talk) 14:02, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

-- You mean "It is assumed by people who don't know how to do a whois query that..." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.142.244 (talk) 21:39, 18 June 2009 (UTC)


 * and thats pretty much 99.9 percent of the population. (leaving aside that 76.2% of stats are madeup on the spot - it would still be the majority of the population and a sizeable one) beardybloke (talk) 14:10, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Flags
Just noting my disagreement with the Misuse of flags template. I've no intention of getting into an edit war about it. The editor who included the flags note has explained his rationale to me on my talk page, but I simply disagree based on my interpretation of the style page but like I said I'm not that attached to the article to get into a pointless edit war. beardybloke (talk) 13:43, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Lidl in Serbia
Can someone find a reliable source about Lidl's entry into the Serbian market? 78.3.114.67 (talk) 22:04, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Not certain how reliable it is but I google and found: http://www.supermarket.co.uk/lidl.html beardybloke (talk) 15:10, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Map
Can we have a map that shows all the countries with lidles and all those proposed please. --Lemonade100 (talk) 19:28, 17 March 2009 (GMT)

Good idea but i can't do it myself. --213.83.125.225 (talk) 13:11, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Shop Numbers.
I'm a bit worried about the shop numbers listed. These are fairly specific figures and theres no references to back them up. Without corroboration I'd suggest that the table be deleted or modified to be simply a list of countries. Otehrwise how do we know that 3, 152, 6700, or 3.8 Million is the appropriate number? beardybloke (talk) 15:37, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Founding date
In the info box (that's my name for it), it says that Lidl was founded in the 1930s. Can it be more specific, like what year in the 1930s? or is it unknown. --213.83.125.225 (talk) 13:10, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

No Lidl in Egypt!
There is no lidl in egypt! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.200.76.233 (talk) 22:31, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * That picture was of a store with unauthorised use of the name and logo. FotoPhest (talk) 21:58, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Moved by Checkwiki
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Lidl maybe a couple of dog of the country will also retire but I do not ble to the article because I am not sure that is true but bene write down the name of the country

 * Democratic Republic of Congo
 * Egypt
 * Tunisia
 * Canada
 * Mexico
 * Saudi arabia
 * United Arab Emirates — Preceding unsigned comment added by Congonka (talk • contribs) 10:10, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

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Founder born after founding?
I assume the founder is meant to be Josef Schwarz? Certainly both 1930 and Dieter Schwarz as founder can't be correct.

Quarrel (talk) 21:17, 20 November 2016 (UTC)

lidl in norway
i know for a fact that it was here(in norway). according to what i am able to find on the internet they sold out to rema 1000 after failing in norway. as you will not check my sources however you have to find your own.84.212.111.156 (talk) 12:14, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Photography addition.
Hi. This may seem a "stupid" question. In around 2014, lots of "LIDLs" were reformulated in order to all have identical looks, especially [as of what I saw] in Portugal, England and Scotland. I see that there are no actual photos from those new LIDLs. I don't know if it is relevant to talk about the "look renovation", but if someone can take photos, should they add them? I think I can, but It would be better if someone did it for me. Gandaportista (talk) 18:06, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

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Armed with JCB?
In the controversies part of the article, its said, that looters were armed with a JCB. When I click on the corresponding link, it takes me to the Wiki page about a company named "JCB". Were those looters really armed with a complete company? To be honest, I can`t believe that. Maxvorstadt (talk) 17:41, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Controversy
The controversy section is far too long. I am sure that other supermarkets have had just as much controversy over the years. It appears that Wikipedia has a vendetta against Lidl! Cls14 (talk) 12:21, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

Agreed. Appalled by this bias compared to their main competitor Aldi - someone needs to investigate editors use of this site for deliberately denigrating a company. Not ethical or fair AndeanaPaul (talk) 17:59, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Hello. Mentioning facts is not denigration. Bad things are cited on many articles about companies. Lists of controversies and criticisms are sometimes very long. Please see the article Criticism of Amazon, for example. If you think the Aldi page is missing controversies, you may obviously add them there if you can provide reliable sources. I think consumers need to know the facts so that they can make informed choices. Lidl is one the large multinational corporations that need to come under scrutiny. ThereminPlayer (talk) 12:40, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Reflective inquiry section
What is exactly "reflective inquiry"? How is this section different from "Controversies"? The two should be merged. Psicopatria (talk) 14:02, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Lidl Plus Criticism
Need to mention the invasion of privacy by the app - article is https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2020-07-16-lidl-s-new-loyalty-program-raises-doubts---%22makes-people-s-watches-ring%22.HJqxN-O6yv.html. In the UK checkout staff have been pressuring customers rather forcefully to install it. 86.130.93.69 (talk) 06:13, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Also an article here about the potential discriminatory nature of the app https://www.retaildetail.eu/en/news/food/lidls-digital-loyalty-card-deemed-discriminatory. 86.130.93.69 (talk) 06:17, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Lidl GB Updates
As an employee of Lidl GB, I noticed a couple of outdated points outlined below.

In the article it refers to Lidl UK, but the official company name for Lidl's operations in England, Scotland and Wales registered on Companies House is Lidl Great Britain Limited (Lidl GB).

Currently Lidl has over 800 stores in Great Britain and over 25,000 employees: https://corporate.lidl.co.uk/

Current market share in Great Britain is 5.8% according to the latest data from Kantar.

For Financial year 2019/20 Lidl GB achieved a revenue of £6.9 billion

The Lidl photos service was dropped in 2018 in Great Britain.

The Lidl Plus app launched in 2020 in Great Britain. https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/lidl-launches-new-loyalty-app-22621281

The current CEO is Gerd Chrzanowski

MS Press Assistant LidlGB (talk) 16:51, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: Mostly done, parts of what is request is unnecessary. Thanks for pointing out the guy who has been CEO since last October without anyone updating this page :(. 15 (talk) 21:50, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Controversies
Discussion started at Neutral point of view/Noticeboard. FDW777 (talk) 08:02, 23 April 2022 (UTC)