How Is LIDL So Affordable? 

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I'm surprised Lidl is so well known, I've been going there ever since i was small but i alsways assumed it was just a european supermarket located to countries around where i live in. Pleasantly surprised it's so well known

I can definitely say that Lidl is my most visited store 👍 and it's app makes you go there even more

Worked at Lidl for 2 years. Things to add. Lidl owns all of the land their stores are built on, and don’t pay any rent for building space. All stores have the same layout. The RDC makes all the money selling stock to stores at cost. Then all the store needs to do is break even.

I went to a Lidl store for the first time last week, because we missed the turn for the store that we were intending to go to. We'll definitely be back. The impression of the store in this video matches exactly what I was saying while there. "How does this tiny store manage to have everything on our list? It's like they only stock exactly what we need to buy." For example, they randomly had power drill/drivers there. We didn't buy one on that occasion. But the one tool that I bought in the last 12 months was a power drill. It's also the most common tool that I've bought in my lifetime. Also, prices were crazy good on certain items. Like we needed one gallon zip lock bags. We're used to being robbed on this item, even at the dollar stores, paying $1 for 10 of them. Lidl had 40 of them for $1.89. Tenderloins were $8.50. Ribeyes were $6 each. Salmon was slightly cheaper than Costco. We also got chicken breast and shaved beef. In total we got 5 dinners there, 3 top qualify and 2 good quality, for an average of $4.20 per person, per meal. We had a good feeling when walking into the store, that 90% of the people there were speaking something other than English. I was born and raised in America, but somehow I've never made it into "Country Club America." Basically, when I go into a typical American store I feel like a lamb walking into the slaughterhouse. Walking into Lidl I felt like a post apocalypse survivor stumbling into a cooperative of kindred souls. Also, they have bread baking that you can smell before even walking in.

it is actually pronounced Lidl with a long “i” - sort of, like saying “leedle” to rhyme with “needle”…

Lidl is good store in Finland, it lower consumer prices, when in here these big store brands are in some way greedy. Only issue what i have, is queuing at checkout

My parents did their weekly shopping at Lidl when I was small and now I do the same. Lidl in Germany is amazing! You find basically everything, from cheap to a little bit more expensive. The cheaper version from their own brands are often almost as good as the brand version, sometimes even better. I also love these shelves, where you find random stuff like clothes or things for your flat. You can even buy vacuum cleaners sometimes. Of course the workers are fast and sometimes seem like they throw your stuff into your cart, but Aldi is way worse. Plus every store should have a packing station that you should use. Anything else would be disrespectful towards the staff and customers behind you.

I am from Madrid, Spain and I have always loved Lidl. Sometimes they have the Italian week, others the Asian one etc. I just love to go there and see many differently types of food items and also the basics high in protein such as skyrella. I love this place

I've been Lidl 3-5 times in 2021. I normally shop at other German store ALDI in London UK. In both stores their flowers are fresh and so cheap (£2.99 for 10 roses)

Work at Lidl... We are treated Like modern slaves for real for real .

As an employee of Lidl for than ten years its nice to hear that

Is this some sort of paid add ? U forgot a few things : 1.great for customers ,horrible for staff. 2. Expired products cuz understaffed. 3.Lines at the register streching half a store cuz ,(in)efficency /understaffed. 4. No paid overtime for employes(u get time off when the boss feels like it) . 5.verry high quiting rates(only the truly desperate remain). 6.bosses lacked wip to be complete slave drivers. 7.employes are usualy rude cuz overwoked/exausted. 8.Toxic workplace And yes i did work for them .

Lidl arrived here in Portugal some 20 years ago and most people by then did not understood the concept: VERY HIGH QUALITY products, really CHEAP PRICES, and SPEED!!! Once the Portuguese people (myself included) understood that LIDL wants us to go to their stores but LEAVE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE (so they can have space and time for more customers) you bet LIDL sales skyrocket! And now they are one of the top selling supermarkets around here. We are a very small country (the same area as Indiana / a bit less than Pennsylvania) and in 2019 LIDL is close to open it's 250 supermarket here.

The staff are full of stress

I recently quit this company actually. Over worked, stretched too thin and constantly treated poorly by higher ups

did ya’ll see the Durex condoms under “Children’s Health”

I god damn love lidl. I go there for most of my food, the watermelons are like £1.49 (:

Lidl product quality is good and locally adjusted. Crew is little bit odd and manners also. Prices is reasonable low.

I work at a Lidl. It is horrible. The "less staff" idea is actually awful, they make us do all the different jobs around the store, there is nobody hired for just checkouts, for example. Something you didn't mention is that the way they get more money is buying from wholesale, like the things that, say Tesco, can't sell. So if they have 1000 blueberry punnets that they cannot shift, then Tesco sell it on to Lidl, who then try to shift it. This is why most of what you get at Lidl goes off so fast. All their products are short date. They also go hardcore on their battery farming and mass production, getting supply from the worst of the worst when it comes to high productivity, low cost, such as battery farming.

When was the last time you visited a Lidl store? Get anything interesting?

Lidl has over 10000 stores in Europe, not only 6000.

One little tip for lidl customers... DONT PACK AT THE TILL! That is not how they operate, there is a designated area to pack your shopping, you hold up so many people, speed and efficiency is key to lidl (German company, no surprise there). I’ve once seen someone complaining about queuing size one minute then mess around rearranging things on their belt, counting out change then slowly pack things away in bags whilst the till staff had to sit there staring off into space waiting for terry timewaster to get his finger out. It literally hurts the staffs scanning times too. Retail is the easiest job in the world... it’s customers that make it hard.

Never ever deal with them. Disgraceful company.

ITS SOO GOOD and i cant explain it when you walk in you feel like you’re in an expansive Boujee store

Lidl has some of the best meat prices I've seen in my area since Kroger mutated into Harris Teeter. also, 99¢ energy drinks? Jawhol!

Lidl. Lidl. Lidl. Lidl. Is the best in EU.

I've felt in recent years Lidl, at least here in Britain, has been losing sight of some of what you mention here, and trying to compete at the level of Tesco, Asda etc, by introducing products that are less widely consumed, and stopping stocking some products that would be more widely stocked across Europe. Having first experienced a Lidl in Kandern, southwest Germany, I was delighted when one opened near me here in Wales in the 1980s. I used to love shopping there; I could buy things that I'd experienced in other countries (like dead cheap big bags of frozen Bratwurst, or Scandinavian style marinated herring) as well as things which were already popular here and we exported there. You get the idea. Things that aren't available now. Now the options in Lidl are far more standard. Sure, there's more choice in Lidl than there was back then, but most of these things I could equally well get in Morrisons, so overall it's less choice for the consumer. There are still a few things that are difficult to get elsewhere, but they try too hard to be like other supermarkets, at the expense of one of the main things that made them attractive in the first place; their unique range. And that will also have the effect of putting the prices up (economies of scale, as this video mentions). I still shop there. The quality is excellent (well, it would be - things which are stocked across borders have to meet the minimum standards of the country with the highest standards - and that's especially noticeable in things like chocolate). But it's not quite the shopping experience it once was. Lidl and Aldi have both moved somewhat away from their original strategy, which kept them as cheap as possible. They're still quite cheap, but I feel the field is now clear for a competitor to emerge, following that original strategy.

i love lidl because of their super cheap canned salmon. Especially the basil and tomato salmon its literally SO good

Lengthy queues at the check out are my only moan.

Lets talk about how lidl emplyees are basically slaves and the company only sees people as appliances and once the worker is physically and mentally drained by the work, he gets replaced. For all the work lidl employees have to do and the limited time they have, they should be paid so much more. This company looks great to customers but for the employees its hell.

Lidl has changed my life! It's my primary grocery store. I feed my family for about $160/ week (we rarely eat out). Those same groceries at Wegmans would be $300+. They have organic, too. I love the weekly middle section. I get compliments all the time on my maxi dresses... They're from Lidl!

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Love Lidl. Comparison to other supermarkets, Lidl is cheap and quality is good, if not, better. I once arrived at a nice hotel in El Ejido, Spain, opened the window and what a view, Lidl right outside. Didn't even unpack, went straight to Lidl.

Always found Aldi to be much better...or at least here in Ireland it is!

I'm looking forward to a lot of seafood.. fresh seafood

Lidl is my favourite supermarket from years and i am not goin to change it.

Fun fact: The most beautiful Lidl store is in Bombarral Portugal

I know Lidl is very good value and you can get some real bargains but keep your eyes on the best before dates. On occasion shelves can have some big gaps which can mean having to go elsewhere. Also the difference in cost between shopping at Lidl or Morrison's isn't as big as it used to be. Low turn over of staff?? Not true

great video. Lidl is expanding in the NE USA. Love it.

I just wish that the parent company had more say over the franchise pricing policies. For example, prices in Malta are 10-30% more expensive than they are in Sicily, our closest neighbour, although they will incur similar transport costs and their tax is 30% than that in Malta.

Fun fact: Lidl and Kaufland is owned by the same company :)

I work for lidl and they make 15 million per weekthey told us last week but they ain't gonna pay us worker ants any more wages, £1 more then min wages ur going make a killing. I did a 800 pick other day which is £11,400 of stock for that 1 store and I get £10.70 per hour. We r lidl is their saying but that don't show in the wages department.

Nature provides us with enough food for every living creature on the planet. Farmers and supermarkets have the responsibility of growing, harvesting and distributing it responsibly. Billions of pieces of single-use plastic from each supermarket. Abusive and polluting factory farming. Selling products tested on animals and burning the rainforest for palm oil or soya. Use of sweat-shop factories. Clearly the food industry is not doing its job properly. Governments should legislate on these issues before it is too. Lidl are responsible as one of the UKs largest retailers, and should stop operating its business in such a dark, horrible and destructive manner.

So you ain't telling of the many downsides? Like they don't put in electronic loading bays, stack pallets so dangerously, old shoddy equipment? You want a few pence off, the staff want health and safety!!!

I go every week the food is amazing staff always friendly helpful stores are always very well laid out very clean obviously prices are great my always place to go now 👍

I WISH THAT LidL and Aldi would take over New Zealand Supermarkets..😍😍😍

chocolate raisins

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My school doesn't have a canteen. So everyone always goes to the Lidl nearby. Everyday at the same time, the whole Lidl is filled with annoying kids💀

Lidl is the best thing it's happened to me. Of course, since I'm in Portugal, when I go to the deli to buy cheese by the kilo, Pingo Doce is the cheapest option I have but Lidl has so many better prices(except meat and fish compared to Pingo Doce) than pretty much any other store. Of course there are some items they don't have, but for the most part my experience with Lidl has been the absolute greatest since I installed the app. It gives you a discount after the purchase and it's pretty insane some times

worked at lidl for sometime now. one thing to add is that Lidl runs of such tight profit margins its actually very difficult to break even in profit most of the time. its (literally) such a fine line its unimaginable. and also all the land around said lidl store is actually owned by lidl, they dont pay for rent like most retailers do as well.

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So i am from gernamy but i gotta say i love lidl i go there almost everyday (well it is only 5 minutes by foot away from me) and i gotta say about coke i used to only drink that and i really disliked othe store brands that are cheaper but lidl their can if u dont drink it back to back u can bearly or even not detect a difference at all and the botlle does have one compared to Coca-Cola but it still good How is that in other countries 🤔 cus i have my "numbers" from the coke example by asking my friends

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It's just like aldi! Same stories

I've been working for Lidl for 1 month. They literally measure how long it takes for you to put the procudts on the various shelves. The time you have it's 30 minutes for a fully loaded 2 metres high pallet, and all the bakery you see when you enter a Lidl has been done by just one person from 6 am till 8 am. It's insane, the pressure and speed you have to work under is soo high, specially compared to other supermarkets. Also the fact they have so few employes working there is a problem, not a good thing, at least for the people working there. The pay is good, but I don't reccomend working there unless you have no other choice, because your private life will not be taked into consideration and you will be treated like shit all the time. You can try, but I'll assure you will want to quit as soon as possible. Also DON'T buy any of the bakery products, that's a personal sugestion, the price is so low (50 cents for a brioche) because the quality is completly shit. It is basically food that has remained frozen for a long long time (at least for some months), so it may seem fresh but it isn't at all. Buy some fresh bread from some local bakery, better health and you also help your community.

On the other hand, I like Lidl for: 1) cutting down on the prizes of damaged, incomplete, or just close to date products (going green and not throwing all that stuff away but still I'm aware that soooo much is going to waste anyway...) 2) the app... A) as I live with my flatmates and I usually do the groceries, I always have to get the receipt to split the costs - I don't have to take trash with me because using the app actually saves the digital receipt in there B) it helps you to plan your groceries, using coupons and just paying less

Lidls save a fortune by employing hardly anybody in their RDCs.... A Disgrace that trade is given to suppliers on the understanding visiting lorry drivers unload their lorries themselves. Imagine all this free labour..!!!! If a driver refuses Lidl turn the load away... True Fact!!!

its even in croatia that nation is so rare

Lidl is great to be honest , your cash goes further

It's because there are allot of bad things that happen to the people working in the stores ;)

I like Lidl but the low employee turnover is wrong

Their bakery though.. How can it be so good?

we have much lidl in europe much more then in u s a

I shop at lidl most frequently actually. The staff is friendly, I can get most things I need, and the overall money I spend there always surprises me. In other stores I just get a handfull of things and have to pay a fortune...

Liedel. LIEDEL.....BITTE. kein LITTLE. Man oh man. One could try ...little. ha ha ha ha ha

1:48 “Children’s Health”

I WISH THAT LIDL AND ALDI WOULD OPEN THEIR STORES IN NEW Zealand!!

Because majority of their food is garbage and the best stuff is high prices. Only cheapskates that don't want to spend their money shop in that shop. If you want quality you have to buy higher prices

worked there for 7 years. You work with minimum staff so your running around for 10+ hours straight with 1 30 minute break which usually get disturbed as you have to jump back on till because the queues get too long. definitely not worth the pay.

I like the Aldi more.

I thought Lidl was only Italian lmao 😭

Who wants lidl rice weevils?

This way of running shops is quite common in other countries like Denmark, where shops like Netto and Fakta have been running this formula for years. Netto is by far the largest of those in Denmark with over 500 stores, Lidl comparatively has 130.

Lidl ❤️

It's very relaxed in there..the shop workers don't stare at you or follow you, and it's peace ful , quiet...and the worker s are cool also considered you get all the stuff did mention..did appreciate that their owners didn't mandate masks when it started..

I am more worried about working conditions. with 10 staff members. I assume they overwork a lot?

Lidl makes alot of money by cutting hours on eployees. However quality and chesp products. Worked there for 7 years

Lidl in Romania has same prices as any other supermarket. Nothing cheap about it.

The cardboard boxes really don't bother me I love Lidl it's my favorite supermarket chain and they have wonderful limited time products for events such as Christmas ! They also gave me the occasion to taste german foods like gravlax or stollen cake, I know it's not traditionally made and doesn't taste exactly like the real thing but it gives me a rough idea. And they have everything !

I shop in Lidi 3 or 4 times and always questioned why it was so cheap, thank you for your insight

Joseph (SchVVartz) there is no W in german. Its a double V in the german alphabet. Sorry I'm a grammar Nazi as well as part german (pun intended) 😂😂😂

2019 Greece LiDL 💖🌍

Work in lidl its modern slavery.

Why do utilities grow exponentially with size and not linearly? Twice a big store surely only needs twice the lighting and heating.

Meanwhile in Slovakia: 2 cashiers is the norm, empty shelves, products waiting in boxes on the ground in isles, wrapping and garbage on the ground on sunday when they prepare their monday sales. Also their lasagna went bad 10 DAYS before expiration day. I AVOID LIDL.

lidl is soo famous its even in croatia

Dude just called the UK England, lol, watch as the Irish and Welsh and Scots march in.

Even In my village in Poland a lidl has appeared out of nowhere

Oml- Wow, cool back story 😎

because it is very easy to steal there

I went to lidl before

Lidl wordt te duur ga weer naar Dirk vd Broek😊

Low staff turn over... Hahaaa... Check your facts

LIDL = labor camp

LIDL badly letting down its English customers. Promotes Scottish and Welsh products in these regions but NOTHING for England. Poor!

I legit went to lidl just a minute ago and this is the first thing in my recoms....... Wtf youtube? 🥶

LIDL badly letting its English customers. Promotes Scottish and Welsh products in these regions but NOTHING for England. Poor!

I'm from Greece Lidl have some products with cheap price but have similar price's with other market's i find olive oil cheaper in other super market the others products comes from China they have no good quality products