Reasons to Read

Worldwide, Aldi and Lidl are pressuring nondiscount grocery rivals as they gain market share in food retail. We discuss global developments and growth metrics, with a focus on the US, the UK and China—and we consider what recent developments mean.

• We look at store expansion by the grocery discounters, including the pace of growth in the US and expansion in the UK and China.
• We discuss recent developments in e-commerce as Aldi and Lidl continue to move tentatively into online retail.
• We review the hard discounters’ growth metrics, including consumer-survey data and estimated sales figures for Aldi in the US, and market-share data and sales-growth data for Aldi and Lidl in the UK.
• We feature images and observations from our visits to new store formats in London and Shanghai.
• We include detailed, global timelines of key events at Aldi and Lidl.