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  • Introduction to business and business strategy

Click to watch the video below and then answer the questions:

When will the UK reach peak Aldi and Lidl?

  • Analyse the tactics used by discounters such as Aldi and Lidl which have contributed to their success

  • Assess the importance of selling a range of ‘premium products’ to a supermarket such as Lidl 

  • Aldi and Lidl are private limited companies. Do you agree that that this business structure always acts as a ‘tremendous strength’ for a business in the supermarket industry?   

Peter McGinn, Harton Academy

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