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[โ€“] Lemmythings@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

ALDI ist the reference for discounter in germoney, and i'm pretty sure it's the darling of the middleclass. LIDL is not doing a good job and lost marketshare (They deserve this because of their App shit). We don't really have other european discounters, no one could survive the ALDI/LIDL Grinder here yet. So i can't really compare to other EU discounter chains.

[โ€“] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

(They deserve this because of their App shit).

Completely agreed and turned me off to LIDL.

[โ€“] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'm aware, I'm also EU... Well UK, but we're EU in my heart, fuck Brexit.

UK does have two more, but their market share is less, Iceland (very close 3rd place) and Farmfoods (almost dead)