Posted on 05/14/2017 10:53:38 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
German discount supermarket chain Lidl is set to open its first set of U.S. stores this summer, raising the stakes for American grocery chain operators who have been caught in an intense price war.
Lidl said in February it planned to open its first 20 U.S. stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia, with 80 more to follow in the United States within the first year.
Lidl's entry comes at a time when Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) is running price tests in 11 states, pushing vendors to undercut rivals by 15 percent. The world's biggest retailer is expected to spend about $6 billion to regain its title as the low-price leader, analysts said.
Another rival, German discounter Aldi Inc, is aiming for prices 21 percent below its U.S. competition and is aggressively expanding its presence.
Lidl and Aldi have already upended Britain's grocery retail market, hurting incumbents like Tesco Plc (TSCO.L) and ASDA, the British supermarket arm of Wal-Mart.
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great - Aldi is helping to
keep prices down in US
the addition of Lidl will only help us consumers
We have one going into Marietta Ga near me just noticed the sign.
I use Aldi...fantastic prices.
Lidl stores are generally much larger than Aldi. Besides their own brands they carry the national brands plus they usually have an aisle or two featuring anything from clothing to power tools, which changes weekly. Their sales brochures are issued weekly but the sale items themselves might be offered from 1 to 3 days and not start on the day of the week the general sale starts. We have 3 in our area but just like any other store there are items that are offered at better prices elsewhere so we shop around. I think you will like having them in your town.
I’ll take a pound of Clevon Little weiner snitchzel, a pound of German bologna (aka Merkel bologna), a Himmler health food salad mix, and two pounds of German potato-mashers, primed (and I don’t mean the meat).
Home deliveries by Luftwaffe Delivery Systems.
If Lidl has a sizeable footprint here in the
metro Publix will definitely be the first casualty.
I find Publix prices astonishingly expensive.
$3.59 for 8oz house brand cheddar cheese?????
Publix deserves to go the way of Winn Dixie.
Will be interesting to see the effect on the Wegmans cult.
I’d love to see Oklahoma get some competition. We don’t have any national chain-type grocery stores, except for WalMart and Dollar General. We do have a few Aldi’s in the larger cities, if you can drive 50 or 100 miles to go get groceries. There is a Whole Paycheck Foods in Tulsa, but it’s too far and too expensive. We have a family-operated grocery chain here in Oklahoma that somehow manages to keep out any competition, and therefore we get the luxury of paying high prices PLUS almost 10% tax on all of our groceries.
If Lidl carries Katzenzungen and/or Katzen Pfötchen, I’ll visit!
I like the Wegman store but none in Connecticut yet. So far that is the gold standard for supermarkets. Whole Foods would be right behind them if not for the snooty clientele.
For the pennies I might save it isnt worth it....I’ll shop American companies.
You all have an Aldi on Vet’s PKWY.
I’m more than certain they’ll be expanding within the
Columbus metropolitan attracting consumers over the state line, too.
They’ll take out the older chains.
When Aldi first came to the ATL metro I’d pretty
much have any store(s) to myself. No longer!
I’m not a Walmart hater but I heard Clark Howard many years ago
state Aldi was the only company in the world Walmart feared.
Does Ree Drummand’s husband’s family own them?
We’ve got two within 15 miles of each other opening in ENC.
While I don’t think they’ve announced anything yet, they are quietly buying up property in the outer Dallas suburbs. They are looking for 4 acre plots and planning stores somewhat larger than the local Aldis (although Aldi is apparently looking to enlarge some of its local stores.) Aldi finally had to capitulate and start taking credit cards which has helped them greatly.
Dallas is a highly competitive grocery market.
Publix might take some hit, but they don't really compete in that market. They aim for a higher end of the market. Folks shopping for price don't head for Publix.
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