Supermarket Lidl announces it will remove cartoon characters on sugary cereal packaging

Lidl will remove cartoon characters from its sugary cereal packaging after mounting pressure from campaign groups. The budget supermarket will get rid of the child-friendly advertisement on eight of its own-brand versions of cereals.  Critics say using animated characters on food laden in sugar encourages children to pester parents into buying them.  The cereals affected … Read more

Lidl crowned fastest growing UK supermarket with sales rising 11.4%

Lidl crowned the fastest growing UK supermarket with sales rising 11.4% in the last three months By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 23:18 GMT, 3 March 2020 | Updated: 23:18 GMT, 3 March 2020 Lidl is now the fastest-growing supermarket in Britain, according to the latest market data. Sales at the German discounter … Read more

Lidl is punished for going green as business rates on solar panels surge by 700 per cent 

Lidl is punished for going green as business rates on solar panels surge by 700 per cent Discount retailer Lidl was paying £689 on the solar panels on a typical shop  But the German-owned chain has seen this rise 528 per cent to £4,329 a year Lidl has put panels on seven stores but wants to … Read more

Lidl becomes the first UK supermarket to launch packaging made from ‘ocean bound plastic’

Lidl becomes the first UK supermarket to launch recycled packaging made from ‘ocean bound plastic’ collected from beaches in South East Asia The plastic is collected from beaches in South East Asia and then recycled It will prevent over 60 tonnes of plastic from entering the ocean each year  The plastic will first be rolled … Read more