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Evening Standard
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Rhiannon Curry

Lidl heralds bumper Christmas as record number of shoppers switch from other supermarkets

Lidl had its best ever day of trading in the UK on 23rd December

(Picture: Lidl)

Cash-strapped shoppers tripled the amount of money they spent in Lidl rather than other supermarkets over Christmas, boosting the discounter’s festive sales by almost 25%, according to the latest figures.

Lidl said it had attracted more than 1.3 million customers in the run-up to Christmas, as households switched £62.8 million of their spending from more expensive grocery shops - almost three times as much as at Christmas in 2021.

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