Lidl UK sales surge 10% in 'record-breaking' Christmas

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2026-01-02

London (PA Media/dpa) - Lidl has cheered a "record-breaking" Christmas as it revealed a 10% surge in UK sales after nearly 51 million customers shopped with the discounter in the festive run-up. The German-owned group said its UK business made more than £1.1 billion ($1.28 billion) in turnover in the four weeks leading up to Christmas Eve. Shopper numbers rose 8% year-on-year to a record high, with Lidl notching up almost 4 million more customers......

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