Lidl wins right to challenge Aldi-commissioned price survey probe

Lidl claimed the methodology of the survey was flawed because it did not, in several instances, compare like products with like products

Lidl claimed the Aldi prices were not "in-store" prices but came from a master list. File photo

Supermarket chain Lidl Ireland has won a High Court action that arose over what it claims was a flawed 2018 Aldi-commissioned price survey which put Lidl in second place.

Lidl claimed the methodology used in the survey, conducted by Grant Thornton, was flawed and made a formal complaint to Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI), the regulatory body for chartered accountants. An independent committee of the CAI had held that Grant Thornton had no case to answer.