While a mega merger between two of America’s largest grocery chains is snarled in regulatory red tape, a smaller European entrant is eyeing a major expansion in the US.
Kinda. There’s not many locations. There was one near me, but it went out of business a couple years ago; they’re stock was pretty sporadic and I couldn’t rely on them to have everything I’d need, thus I would have to go to the regular grocery store anyway. The inconvenience of going to two stores took away most of the advantage off the (fairly small) savings they offered, and anecdotally I’m not the only one who felt that way.
I couldn’t rely on them to have everything I’d need
This is a problem with Lidl in Sweden as well - great prices and all, but there’s a large amount of things I’m interested in buying that they quite simply don’t stock. As such, I go to Lidl for all of my ‘primary’ grocery shopping, and supplement with secondary shopping in other supermarkets and speciality shops.
This is only really viable since I have a Lidl 10 minutes away by bike and another supermarket 2 minutes away by foot. Given what I know about the state of urban planning in the U.S, I imagine that having to go to two different stores will be a significantly higher penalty than here.
I have a lidl and I fucking love it! Best prices on groceries I’ve seen. I’ve also had issues where they don’t have everything, but there’s a bigger grocery store very close by that I’ll stop at if Lidl is missing something I need. Even my wardrobe is slowly becoming clothes from their rotating section.
I used to hate LIDL, but then I moved to a place where a LIDL was within walking distance, and started using it more frequently. Now I have to admit that I love it too. Fair prices and a fantastic selection of vegan options.
Does the US have Lidl yet?
Kinda. There’s not many locations. There was one near me, but it went out of business a couple years ago; they’re stock was pretty sporadic and I couldn’t rely on them to have everything I’d need, thus I would have to go to the regular grocery store anyway. The inconvenience of going to two stores took away most of the advantage off the (fairly small) savings they offered, and anecdotally I’m not the only one who felt that way.
This is a problem with Lidl in Sweden as well - great prices and all, but there’s a large amount of things I’m interested in buying that they quite simply don’t stock. As such, I go to Lidl for all of my ‘primary’ grocery shopping, and supplement with secondary shopping in other supermarkets and speciality shops.
This is only really viable since I have a Lidl 10 minutes away by bike and another supermarket 2 minutes away by foot. Given what I know about the state of urban planning in the U.S, I imagine that having to go to two different stores will be a significantly higher penalty than here.
I think it’s already kind of a thing? I have three stores in my rotation for different reasons
I have a lidl and I fucking love it! Best prices on groceries I’ve seen. I’ve also had issues where they don’t have everything, but there’s a bigger grocery store very close by that I’ll stop at if Lidl is missing something I need. Even my wardrobe is slowly becoming clothes from their rotating section.
I used to hate LIDL, but then I moved to a place where a LIDL was within walking distance, and started using it more frequently. Now I have to admit that I love it too. Fair prices and a fantastic selection of vegan options.