A Lidl of what we need

WE may have unwittingly stumbled on the key to increasing food exports.

Agri Aware, which promotes awareness of the Irish agri-food industry, has been sniping at the Aldi and Lidl discount stores for not selling enough Irish-manufactured food. Less than 20% of food products sold in their Irish stores are native.

RGDATA, the representative body of Irish retailers, has also been examining Aldi and Lidl. This is not surprising, given the sales success of these companies, and at the expense of RGDATA members.