Lidl facts for kids
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Trade name
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Lidl |
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| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Retailing |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Founder | Dieter Schwarz |
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Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg
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Germany
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Area served
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Global |
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Key people
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Klaus Gehrig, Chairman |
| Products | Discount store, hypermarket/supercenter/superstore |
| Revenue |  €59 billion (2010) |
| Parent | Schwarz Gruppe |
Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG is a German food retail company. It is an international enterprise with independent national companies almost everywhere in Europe. The company owns more than 10,000 stores. 3,000 of these stores are in Germany alone, making Germany Lidl's biggest national market.
History
The Lidl & Schwarz Grocery Wholesale company was founded in Germany in the 1930s.
The first Lidl stores were opened in 1973, during the 1990s Lidl started to open stores outside Germany and today Lidl stores can be found in nearly every country in Europe. Lidl started its foreign expansion with entering France in 1988. The first store in the United Kingdom was opened in 1994, and now there are more than 380 stores in the UK.
Lidl supermarkets and Kaufland hypermarkets are part of the Schwarz Group which is one of the largest grocery retailers in Europe. It is based in Neckarsulm, Germany.
Images for kids
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European countries in which Lidl is active
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A Lidl store in Greenville, South Carolina, United States
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A Lidl store in Zaprešić, Croatia
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A Lidl store in Herlev, Denmark
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Interior of a Lidl store at Entrecampos railway station, Lisbon
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Lidl store at Somain, Nord, France
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See also
In Spanish: Lidl para niños
