How Is LIDL So Affordable?

[@BradSaidThat]

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[@michaelhawkins7389]

Why are you awake at this time?

[@BradSaidThat]

I never sleep Michael, I just never sleep....

[@supergamer3964]

I love you

[@Derpital]

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

[@petervlcko4858]

lidl is everywhere ;D and why not? i like lidl

[@Waldgxnger]

Well i was surprised a while ago that it was outside germany lol

[@ultimatetroll_yt]

You must either live in the UK or Germany

[@ultimatetroll_yt]

@@petervlcko4858 oh my days the pastries there are just 😋

[@ultimatetroll_yt]

Or Europe overall

[@Johnrap]

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.

[@bernardkelly7726]

Coleraine Lidl looking for esmara thermal leggings Xl

[@redeye8386]

Ngl since they build Lidl only 7 km from my village we buy only there. Like you said they have exactly what you need and for amazing price. For example cheap pyjamas that are great with material and person feels good in it and its better than in regular stores where price is like 3 or 4x times more. Same for other things to wear or random things to house , garden , car etc. Or bought jump rope that would in sport shop cost a lot but here was chepa and its amazing. I cant image now without Lidl close to us xd

[@jacobmoorcroft3893]

Hilarious summary, you need to leave this as an online review dude

[@samuraitokyo6102]

Man, that's a lot of typing

[@ruthvyent7042]

😁🤣

[@alexburton24]

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.

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

Lidl gave Norway a try some years ago, but was sqeezed out by our food chain mafia ! There are two mega food retail chains here. And they control everything. The selection (poor), quality (low), and the price. (way too high). This is why Norwegian food prices are sky high ! 😠

[@ro2728]

Not in the US. My Lidl leases space

[@savvyconsumer7342]

Three store in my area DO NOT have the same layout as each other. Management told me it has to due with the layout of space. Leased space in US. sale items are often only one or to shipped to store. If there is not e ough DONT ADVERTISE.

[@HazzerJazzer1]

Our store doesn’t own the land it’s built on. We have a lease and all the stores in our have different layouts. Our store is moving to land it will own though.

[@RiggieHeartland]

@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 Rema 1000 is the shop closest to my home, and I'm very satisfied with the selection and the prices. But here in Denmark they also compete with Lidl, Aldi and the Danish Netto. There's only minor differences in prices in the four chains.

[@hrisi98]

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

[@m.k.1640]

True

[@seb99342]

Sad Carrefour noises

[@muhammadnawaz1048]

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

[@marial.1203]

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.

[@dirkspatz3692]

A lot of the Lidl-Brand products are manufactured by the Brand-Producer. Sometimes the exact same product only with other Name on the Front, sometimes a little bit changed the mixture to taste a little bit different and be cheaper (e.g. less fresh milk and more milk powder for the milk-rice)

[@maudeboggins9834]

I laughed at your comment about the staff throwing your stuff in the cart. So true. The ladies on the tills (mostly female) chit chat with one another & keep you waiting then go at top speed & complain when you are not fast enough. I just say, "Moment mal bitte Ich möchte meine Lidl App nicht vergessen" I do this with a smile as that is my way of politely saying well you kept me waiting whilst I wanted to pay. The W5 Lidl brand is a brand like Persil, or Heinz or even Lindt as Lidl pay the night costs of the factories & put their W5 on the top brands. I love that idea so we can all enjoy W5 washing powder which I use at Persil or Aerial prices. Just look at where the products are made & compare to the address of the brand address. I too live in Germany.

[@marial.1203]

@@maudeboggins9834 I didn't have any chit chatting ladies yet, but I guess I was just lucky so far 😂 I've heard about the cheaper brands being from big names too! But good to know that it's the truth and those brands really belong to each other. I have to go shopping later, I'll definitely look out for those brands 🙈 Und sehr schön, die Deutschen finden sich auch überall wieder 😂👍🏻

[@maudeboggins9834]

@@marial.1203 Regarding the chit chatting, i notice it when there is a price check, & when they are swapping their tills & when one is going home. That alas also happens in C&A. A heart breaking story my husband lost his father actually on this day in 2018 we were at the till with our black clothes for his funeral & my husband of course was very upset & sad & one C&A lady was leaving, she was going behind the till shaking hands with the 3 other ladies saying goodbye goodbye & other chit chat, the lady serving us was not concentrating on us & priced one of the dark suits twice & basically tried overcharging my husband by 70 euros. There was a lot going on it was sale time & people were returning Xmas presents & my husband paused at the high bill & then quickly realized the error & said to her politely but firmly why we were there & at how unprofessional she was at not focusing on us. I was so upset that my grieving husband has to be aware of her mistake. She was rude & did not apologize In Britain one is not allowed to speak to ones colleagues whilst dealing with money.

[@eric-vu1jy]

JUST LET ME PACK MY OWN INSTEAD OF PUSHING IT INTO A PILE STAFF….!!! WE DONT WANT OUR SHOPPING THROWN THRU THE CHECKOUT IN BRITAIN THANKS BCOS WE CARE FOR OUR GOODS

[@noreturnlimitless9762]

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

[@maudeboggins9834]

Here in Germany they are having their XXL week which I love so one gets say one third more of a certain amount of products for just a few cents more. Feta, mozzarella, mixed berries, salmon etc. Do you also have their XXL week in Madrid? Eso Espero.

[@madmike5144]

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

[@robmontier639]

Queueing is a pain, especially when they close a checkout, open another, then close that!

[@witheredaway6747]

In Croatia Lidl is well known for having very fast queues compared to other grocery stores

[@TaruJL]

Luckily there are a few self check out desks already in Finland too! It makes the shopping experience way faster

[@костадинКазаков-ю2ц]

not only in finland in bulgaria to

[@daniellukov]

@@костадинКазаков-ю2ц верно ли имаме self check каси тука, в моя лидъл не съм виждал

[@DaTruth1017]

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)

[@seraon6736]

In Deutschland sind Aldi und Lidl die zwei grössten Konkurrenten. Also es ist quasi der gleiche Laden nur mit anderem Namen lol.

[@thephantomterence9211]

I got a Lidl store near my house but can get almost everything I need from Aldi too… both store have good quality fresh fruit and on reasonable prices, especially the weekend offers

[@baronbrummbar8691]

@@seraon6736 no firstly ther are two companys Aldi --- that is why ther are two diffrent logos blue white (mostly in the north) vs Yellow blue (mostly in the south)

[@baronbrummbar8691]

@@seraon6736 secondly it is inpolite to just start speaking a diffrent language _ thirdly espacily aldi nord is diffrent from lidl --- considering ther are all discounters offcourse ther are simmilar

[@aaronwilson9465]

@@baronbrummbar8691 what if they can't speak English and just relied on the comment system's translate option to read the original? It's an international platform, they can speak whatever language they want. It ain't rude in the slightest

[@VitorMadeira]

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.

[@Thomas-bs4tv]

I took my parents in law to one of the first Lidl that opened in Porto. They said that they do not buy there, because it must be bad quality Too cheap to be good and they continued to go to Continente, a french brand. Than some day they went to Lidl, just because of the eggs and Yoghurt. I think it took around a year, until they bought everything they needed for the week, at a Lidl store. Me, as a German, needed a lot of patience to convince them to spend less for the same or better quality products than at those french brands.

[@chillivandeeik858]

@@Thomas-bs4tv Continente is a portuguese brand

[@chayennerangel3580]

@@Thomas-bs4tv continente is portugees you can't find it in france

[@chayennerangel3580]

@@Thomas-bs4tv also i rather go to Both since continente has things Lidl don't

[@roberteastwood6937]

All local Lidl shops where I live have certain products that cannot be found elsewhere.....when I enter I have to make the judgement on how long it will take to get out. And I leave when there is one till open and several people lineing up with full trolleys.....I know it's gonna be a wait. I do my main shopping elsewhere. Always. It's a myth that Lidl has the best prices. Overall there are other shops that do it better. But I can't deny they are very successful.

[@Attirbful]

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

[@Synth119]

*Insert Patrick Star meme here*

[@Steampunksaly]

Naw your wrong - it’s lidl to rhyme with piddle

[@Attirbful]

Err, Etta. No! I AM German - the country where Lidl originated - and I can assure you, it IS pronounced „leedle“ with a long „i“….

[@Attirbful]

Or are you trying to tell me also, that “München“ is ACTUALLY pronounced “Munich“?! “liddle“ is an Americanized pronunciation, which is wrong, just like “Adidas“, also a German brand, is actually pronounced “Adee-das“ (short for Adolf Dassler, the man originating the brand) with a stress on the first (“A“) and third syllable (“das“) and not, as English speakers often do, “A-deeeeee-das“ with a stress on the second syllable….

[@Attirbful]

if you want a German speaker example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYqtlHyDfKurrbc

[@Flame78945]

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.

[@gdubstep74]

Sorry m8 I work for Lidl and last week they told us to be proud that we make them 15 million per week profit, so don't know where ur coming from, tight on wages m8 that's all they are

[@Flame78945]

@@gdubstep74 that completely fine, I understand that but every store runs differently and yours might just get a lot more foot traffic than mine is all. i’m not doubt weather every lidl store in the uk doesn’t earn enough money. all i’m saying is that MY store runs close to the like. how it helps

[@gdubstep74]

@@Flame78945 I’m work in the rdc not a store m8,if I work at a Lidl store I would gone long time. We supply you stores with ur daily orders u get every day. It would be nice if the we r Lidl went on with the wages not just saying be proud to be Lidl family when I struggle to pay bills every month. Another thing y can’t they pay me weekly instead of waiting all month to get paid then it gone in a week paying everything cus ain’t getting paid again for a month. Plus how wages always messing up wages for ppl,every month someone ain’t got the right pay.

[@williamwalsh3565]

@@gdubstep74 If your spelling and grammar is anything to go by, you're definitely getting the wage you're meant to🤣🤣🤣

[@ravanpee1325]

@@gdubstep74 The profit margin in Germany is very low because it's a cutthroat business with the competition e.g. Aldi

[@brm80]

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

[@annb1265]

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!

[@jewelofwisdom8279]

I too looked at their clothing items for purchase but my concern was that the packages on adult clothing warn not for children, which is seemingly unnecessary due to the fact that they are for adults, so it had me wondering that the warning was about the potential liability concerning the materials used to construct the garments being cancerous or otherwise harmful to one’s health so I never purchased them. I was thinking they may be required to put the warning label concerning the potential risk to children even though that same risk could be present for adults. Have you seen the warning labels I’m referring to?

[@rf5921]

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.

[@craigfowler7098]

Ok heard you. However as a customer I expect to be valued and treated like a human being. I do not expect to virtually have my shopping thrown at me and virtually told to f off. That is my experience at Lidl. They get an appalling rating if 1.8 out of 5 on trustpilot. No wonder because they have a culture of maximising profit over treating their customers well.

[@rf5921]

@@craigfowler7098 sorry to hear that they gave you a poor experience mate you must've been in a rubbish one. Come to my store and we'd change that perception. I'll treat anyone going through my till with respect and I adjust my speed for the customer, I'll slow right down for some little old bird but some people love it when I'm quick and even race me. I have different opinions of Lidl because since I started there I have been well looked after, I'm not just another cog in the machine, I feel valued and therefore I'm even better for the customers.

[@ms.martinazcona6542]

Well, in Spain I can pack at the till. Not in Germany though, there's even no space there to pack your stuff.

[@ms.martinazcona6542]

@@craigfowler7098 I've been buying in Lidl in Spain for more than 15 years (at the beginning casually, and now I go at least twice a month) and two years in Germany and I never had such experiences. Maybe in Spain, but not only in Lidl, other supermarkets as well have their employees overworked and underpaid and sometimes they pay it with customers. But in Germany they are always nice and polite to customers.

[@updated5709]

I’d disagree that Lidl is the easiest job in the world. Considering on an average close we only have 4 staff available, one being a manager doing purely managerial duties, and one on tills, there are only two members of staff available to clean and get the entire store ready for the next day. It’s easy once you’ve been there for a while, but my first year working for Lidl was one of the most stressful of my life.

[@diosdehuecomundo]

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...

[@Crashburn1313]

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.

[@jacobushubertuskirchner9948]

The less staff and multitasking is to the advantage of the customer. Produce is fresh and longlasting. For quite a few consecutive years they are no. 1 in fruit and veg. Food and non food is checked by consumer organisations and they often win first price for price AND quality. I can only conclude resentment in your story and would personnally fire you.

[@sennagroothof6092]

Which country do you live in? I'm also a lidl employee and besides the obvious complaining I quite enjoy it there.

[@chayennerangel3580]

In my country there have been a strike twice in a row cause it is to much for the employees, especially with the costumer agression coming up latly

[@chayennerangel3580]

@@jacobushubertuskirchner9948 no pretty sure out of experience i have seen the fruit and vegetables gone bad after 3 days max, that is not long, Every single Day a whole and even more Green boxes get filled with food gone bad. Also you need Both the sales manager and the departement manager to fire a employee, since the deparment manager has the knowledge and the sales manager the position, that and Lidl does not care what people think as long as they work good it is fine

[@joaopina5303]

True same thingh here on Portugal

[@Azrael442]

Shocked to see you've only got 700+ subscribers Keep up the good work👍

[@BradSaidThat]

Thank you, will do!

[@angharadhafod]

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.

[@eric-vu1jy]

YOU HAVE ISSUES.

[@iCa11]

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..

[@Nudayda]

I think u are confused ,they asked for both surgical gloves and face mask when it became mandatory

[@illus1ve]

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.

[@stevena.2306]

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

[@daltonius323]

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

[@varjosudenhetki5205]

I feel you. I worked eight years there because I had no other options. Lidl is cheap because they put their employers to work too hard and too much with a too little of time.

[@Azrael442]

Sounds like every retail job.

[@bryanhilton7153]

I feel ya, other retailsrds have tons of incentives to keep you motivated. Lidl treats you like crap and doesn't even try to do better

[@readingfcandrangersfc5675]

Same it was a terrible company too work for

[@BJaca-tn3om]

Here in Hungary, Lidl workers get paid the most in retail work.

[@maccybear8093]

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.

[@nicolaschulz4858]

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.

[@BradSaidThat]

That's a really interesting point and something worth looking more into. Thanks for the comment :)

[@orchidhouse297]

Two items sold at a £5 market, or four items sold at a £3 markup. While not a regular, we do follow their web page looking at middle lidl. If we go for something advertised we always come back with several bags of food. Aldi is more convenient so that is our monthly destination for the main shop. Tesco, just down the road is now for top up shopping only.

[@technowolfurybro]

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

[@enejgrasic945]

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

[@BakaNyappy]

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

[@Pepstep_07]

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

[@YOCOSMINMAX16]

Canned salmon?

[@djmedykydem]

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

[@Filtertuetchen]

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

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

10,000?

[@elinzmeyer3550]

Lidl executives, if you are reading this, please consider Seneca, South Carolina. ALDI is here and doing very well. We want your store here too!

[@BradSaidThat]

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

[@AlpenStein]

yesterday because I live in Germany and I wanted to buy chocolate

[@alexcwilson4532]

Yes. I went last week. I got herpes

[@madmike5144]

yesterday, was getting milk

[@johnwicked78]

#Parkside for life

[@kellys1675]

i go every week

[@mileshandy1806]

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 👍

[@Desiaili11]

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💀

[@Gabensy]

The staff are full of stress

[@ScottAndersonYT]

Accurate.

[@SchwarzeSonne1965]

not really

[@Bri-gd1bl]

Very true lol

[@peppe4871]

Worst staff ever encountered

[@m.k.1640]

@@peppe4871 yes

[@pavlaurbanova1708]

Just get out from LIDL because there was involves in to register, then late it was re registration with Plus If I tried registered with seam number like im in Lidl there was not accepting my number to be with Lidl Plus so. Hu manipulating behind etc mean the winner, the cheap product etc ???

[@beatenelson9419]

The Schwarz-Group is also the owner of Kaufland stores and more. It is still owned and managed by Mr.Schwarz. He is going to his office every day,as a workaholic. He is investing a lot in his hometown in Germany, in schools and education. He even founded a university. The Schwarz- Group wasn't allways a good place to work for, but they changed. I enjoy the good selection of organic or local products they got, here in Germany. I think we all should think about the farmers and producers they have to live from the income. So it's not allways good, that discounters dictate the price. Think about that when you buy at Lidl or Aldi.

[@stefang1087]

The owner of Lidl owns Kaufland too. Kaufland it's a hypermarket chain, but it's a kind of a discount one.

[@tismeagen684]

Recently I've shopped at Lidl on several occasions, not been disappointed with the quality of anything purchased, and I just love their instore made fresh bread.

[@robmontier3770]

Ooh yes, the bread is great!

[@ljuc]

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

[@Serjohn]

what they do is since the work is hard they only hire part timers, usually young mothers an older men, they try to squeeze as much as possible, you show up and there are 4 stacks waitting for you to be stocked then by the time you finish, 3 more have accumulated you stock those and then you realize there are only 15 minutes left, clean as fast as possible and punch the card, its like a workout no joke, i felt like i worked 5 and 1/2 hours in those 4 hours. Silly me i thought i could get 2 part time jobs, how stupid i was.

[@aeriacross770]

So lucky to live next to a Lidl in Paris. As a student it helped me a lot. My 20 euros buys a week and a half of groceries while 10 euros in franprix gets me chips and chocolate. On average just 2-3 items.

[@Nudayda]

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 .

[@deadly__cat]

Exactly my experience working there too. It's actually horrible and I was finally in a position to quit after two years. Best decision of my life

[@Nudayda]

@@deadly__cat same here ,some colegues were nice but overall one of the most worst workplaces i have been

[@Demotalias]

Same here. Worked there for 10 months due to Corona, and back then it were even more understaffed. Never seen customers treated so poorly as my superiors did. The high demands really broke me

[@tempestive1]

Oo, LIDL has been a thjing in Portugal for a few years now. There's Aldi, which seems like a similar concept, beginning to pop up too.

[@akosszaloki9056]

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

[@barbaraanderson4175]

I wen5 to Lidl yesterday to get a few of the sale items listed on their add. I was looking for the frozen cod they had listed. There was a girl stocking frozen items down the isle. When I asked her if they had any more cod in the back because the shelf was empty. She said the truck came in the night before and she was th3 only person stocking the shelf’s. Sh3 said it was probably in the back but she didn’t know exactly which one. Didn’t offer to go find any for me. Their shelves were pretty bare. I left without getting the things I went for. Our store has only been open for about 3 months so I will go across the highway to Aldi’s to shop from now on. They have better prices and have enough staff to stock shelves. And when you ask if they have items not on the shelf they go look to see if they have it in the back. I’m very disappointed in our Lidl’s store. I’ll go again today and see if they have the shelves stocked but if I have the same experience that will be the last visit I’ll make.

[@walter3075]

Hopefully you dont think its the girls who was stocking the shelves fault

[@barbaraanderson4175]

@@walter3075 no I know it isn’t her fault. But I have to many other local stores to shop at right around Lidl. It’s a shame It might be their demise if it continues.

[@donaldostrem4982]

Lidl has opened here in the United States, it's good, but it's struggling. People complain their little larger, they're outside semi City Limits, and they just sell more items than they do and the ones in Europe. I went there a couple of days ago and I enjoy it! I think it'll give Aldi Walmart a run for their money. I wish lidl the luck in the world for legal.

[@Littleathquakes]

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

[@caesar7734]

Children shouldn’t get pregnant

[@gharwood1356]

Pragmatism?

[@sexysilversurfer]

A reminder to parents how not to end up in that situation! 😂

[@ianstewartorr8455]

Maybe they thought they were balloons

[@godasamachine5918]

Underrated channel

[@jarikinnunen1718]

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

[@andreicocor4383]

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.

[@rf5921]

Maybe you need to step up your game. I been there a year and we meet those expectations every time. I been in constant employment for 17 years but lidl is the only place that I have enjoyed working for, get treated right and actually like the customers. As for bakery, same goes for ANY supermarket, I’ve worked for Tesco Sainsbury’s and m&s and each of their bakeries are gross. However, if it tastes good as it does and doesn’t make me shit sideways I’ll eat anything.

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

Try to stay off the drugs you will do fine..

[@danielinaaa375]

@@rf5921 this is great to hear! Could you tell me any tips for people who just started working at Lidl? Next week is my first time working and I’m nervous 😬

[@rf5921]

@@Keepingitrespectfulmostly. it’s retail. We NEED drugs 😂

[@rf5921]

@@danielinaaa375 I’d be happy to. Firstly, every store will be different, if you have managers that are tools then chances are it won’t be great for you. Hopefully you’ll have a SM that understands the importance of routine, try and get yourself on mostly mornings or evenings (which ever suits you) because working different hours each day will take it’s toll. Secondly, management do genuinely give a toss about you and your well being, don’t ever be afraid of telling your management if you’re struggling with anything from work or home, if you DO have a manager who doesn’t care then go higher, they definitely care. Thirdly, don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself with any rude customers that you will inevitably come across, obviously don’t be rude but management will 9/10 times be on your side with nasty customers as long as you’re not horrible. Speed and efficiency is everything in lidl (it’s German, no surprise there) so try and think about how you can do everything as efficiently as possible. I don’t know if you’ve done any supermarket retail in the past but lidl is nothing like our British supermarkets, you’re rarely bored and you often go home feeling like you actually earn your money. Not going to lie, the early starts can be tough to get used to but if you can get used to them they’re probably the better option. I honestly hope you end up having a good time working for them as I have and still am.

[@enderox67]

its even in croatia that nation is so rare

[@enderox67]

IM BORN IN CROATIA

[@klassebip2934]

Lidl is our go to store here in Germany. We always go first Lidl then the rest.

[@skgoode75]

Thank you for sharing this amazing video like this one about this amazing grocery store I go to this amazing grocery store to getting the best food ever and the price is very great cost. You doing the great job showing this amazing videos like this one when this grocery store used to look in the 60s on your KZbin channel sending me more of your amazing stories on my KZbin channel channel I really enjoyed it very much 😀😊

[@stevencarter4797]

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

[@rosemarydudley9954]

Steven Carter ... Our local Morrisons has just closed down...Yiewsley, Middx..

[@stevencarter4797]

@@rosemarydudley9954 Closed down or moved?

[@GooseWithAPassport]

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

[@komplaints7893]

I shop there every week and the only thing I hate is that there is never enough staff on the tills, waiting 10 mins or more in line every week. Hire 1 or 2 more people for checkout work !only! and I would enjoy shopping there so much more...

[@duanframe4222]

When in Dalkeith Open?

[@superlovelynumber1]

I'm excited we're getting a new Lidl, close by because the other one we go to every once in a while is quite the drive so it's not worth it to waste gas and drive there. The only downside I can see so far is that apparently floss sticks are not in the band so we bought them there once and they haven't had them there since last year also the bakery labels peppers on cheese pizza just plain cheese pizza obviously cheese pizza has nothing on it but cheese lol.

[@matik09]

I just hitted 1000 subscribers to your channel!!!

[@Sam88-l4k]

I like Lidl generally. And there products are cheap. The only thing that I will be critical of, is the fruit and vegetables are a little dodgy sometimes. They tend to go off much quicker than other shops. Bananas within two or three days, and noticed when buying cherry tomatoes they already have rotting tomatoes in the pack.

[@jamiekenleyuk]

I was thinking of making a video similar to this and hit the search bar. What a great mini documentary for your earlier work, i bet it took alot of time to write and edit. Its a shame you switched to Roblox and gaming content!

[@BradSaidThat]

Thanks for the comment! I actually make finance/business related content, it just so happens that my last few videos were about the company Roblox!😄

[@jamiekenleyuk]

@@BradSaidThat thats my bad lmao! I totaly skimmed the channel and ignoranty assumed you where a Roblox channel that posted a few docs at one stage 😅 my bad! Keep up the good work though! ticker talks, makes total sense... i invest, ill have to check some more videos out 👍

[@oscarsantos2608]

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

[@imranhussain7311]

Can anybody clarify why would Utility prices increase exponentially with store size? Shouldn't it be largely linear?

[@akspencer8756]

I guess they would have to install more lights and perhaps toilets, also for customers as some big supermarkets have, so water and electricity increase, isn't? Not thinking about warming up a bigger space in winter!

[@jmckendry84]

Yeah, I'm skeptical of that too. Surely a store that's twice the area simply requires twice as much lighting and twice as much heating?

[@dantuskausmas]

Heat and ventilation increases by increase in volume not increase of area, therefore it gets costier by the power of 2.

[@gloriaagbanyim3662]

I loved working at Lidl in the Netherlands

[@edwardmcintosh7952]

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!

[@petervlcko4858]

colosus? in uk it cost something like 50p - 60p 500ml and small cans are even cheaper. elixirs or youth :DD

[@rosemarydudley9954]

I like Lidl. I used to shop there a lot when I had my own transport. Now that I don't, I find the "trek" to the bus stop to get home is a long way with a full trolley load! I'm 75 (with a suspect back), it's just a bit much for me. I met some nice people there and enjoyed "mooching" around. TY for the video... Edit: UK near London Heathrow Airport.

[@TL-ps5qo]

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.

[@tanjawesseling1904]

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

[@benwager4652]

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!!!

[@redrosewarrior2806]

I've never heard of LIDL stores. They sound very nice. Maybe one day one will be in my state. 🤞

[@JohnMcFat]

The store is big, has like 8 cash registers, though a max of 3 work at most.

[@robmontier639]

They turn over £millions per store I agree, but a tiny fraction of that could be used to open another checkout. PEOPLE HATE QUEUEING when 3 checkouts are closed. I have walked out and gone elsewhere rather than wait at 2 checkouts when 4 are not available.

[@Curlyperm59]

Went to the one in south ockendon every day when I lived there

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

There 5 lidl stores in my city abd idk why.

[@ajdeupickumaterinu]

This popped up after I've been talking about how lidl is my favorite store.....

[@ianmarkcarmichael1286]

I live in occupied Yugoslavia, Lidl is so cheap in comparison to other chains, that you can save 1 working hour of minimal wage on just 1,5 litre of milk and 500gr of biscuit. If someone in need of money asks me to help him, I ask back where is he buying his food and other stuff. I explain that if they would have bought stuff at Lidl they wouldn`t need to loan money. Stuff I buy, are at least 30% cheaper than other places, but it goes up to 4x cheaper for the same quality of stuff.

[@realkh7974]

please come to open the store in Thailand.

[@ulrichknille398]

Sorry but the photograph in the early video is not the son of Mr. Shwarz but the son of Mr. Otto, the founder of the Hamburg-based Otto Group.

[@mikaellaamanen8428]

In my country i save always around 20€ per shopping but cant understand how they can keep that cheap price versus other food store

[@theteeve]

they also sell freeway soda

[@MiaUy]

Nice one ! Very informative!

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

Lidl UK my only gripe is you do not offer special buys for sale online and your website could be easier to navigate and that is why I prefer Aldi.

[@merlin5476]

I vary between Waitrose and Lidl. Waitrose for choice ( but a bit pricey) whereas Lidl is excellent value on meat & veg & fruit & most of there tinned goods. There Delux range is really very good.

[@Stockfish1511]

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

[@philow3836]

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

[@marcel9927]

I live in Poland, which joined the EU, they announced European standards as it would be known earlier that under the guise of European standards, we will have European prices in the squares and goods, especially meat, will be imported in significant quantities from, for example, Germany, and we will have European salaries in 50 years. The only plus is that when you research a European citizen, you can go west or north. In Polish lidl there is no one product that would be made in Poland

[@tanjawesseling1904]

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

[@mihaifelseghi]

Not anymore, at least here in Spain prices have skyrocketed lately.

[@emeraldkimble7602]

The lidl world headquarters is in Arlington va 3500 s glebe rd

[@nomadamitvlogs2215]

Wich day and time Lidl reduce there price

[@angiepangie4518]

So why have they no stock ????

[@fifthof1795]

I use Lidl and Aldi every week..Tesco too.

[@davidhofmann184]

I like Lidl but the low employee turnover is wrong

[@alegria1813]

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 !

[@baronbrummbar8691]

things used to be much "worse" ... espacily aldi was kinda infamous for putting most thinks on literal paletes

[@chejohnny3706]

i wonder why NC is so full of Lidl? Although i think if walmart got serious and opened more of it's food only stores they would gain much more market share. Very surprised there isnt a walmart foot print in UK, EU

[@nathanieldwarner]

Asda?

[@lorrainemoynehan6791]

Walmart have tried, and failed, twice in Europe. In Germany they failed because they arrogantly didn't take into consideration both working conditions and cultural norms. In the UK they bought Asda, and have now sold that on

[@ancabauer8058]

Traducerea?

[@ralphraffles1394]

Do they pay their corporation taxes?