🇩🇪 EU Issue #10

Lidl's European Expansion: How Germany's Most Relentless Discounter is Winning in Markets It Abandoned a Decade Ago

Published 24 May 2026
Lidl re-entered the French market in 2012 after a failed attempt in the 1990s. In 2025, it became the #2 grocer in France by store count. It re-entered Italy in 2016 and is now the #3. The re-entry playbook is a masterclass in what to change and what to keep the same.
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