The rumours surfaced
![](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/http/www.freshplaza.com/2016/1027/amazonfresh.jpg?preset=ContentCustom)
Lidl to open 150 stores in Eastern U.S.
German grocery giant Lidl has acq
![](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/http/www.freshplaza.com/2016/1027/lidl.jpg?preset=ContentCustom)
Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG, a unit of the Schwarz Gruppe grocery conglomerate, has been quietly identifying store locations along the East Coast since establishing its U.S. headquarters in mid-2015. It aims to eventually own and operate 150 stores in the eastern United States, according to the German Embassy’s website. Its first stores are expected to open by 2018, company officials have said.
Kroger poised to buy Walgreens/Rite Aid stores
Kroger Co. could be close to wrapping up a deal to buy some of th
![](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/http/www.freshplaza.com/2015/1201/kroger_.jpg?preset=ContentCustom)
Whole Foods being dropped from Nasdaq-100 index
![](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/http/www.freshplaza.com/2015/1201/whole_foods_3.jpg?preset=ContentCustom)
Italian co-op’s ‘supermarket of the future’ transforms the shopping experience
![](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/http/www.freshplaza.com/2015/1201/coop_denmark.jpg?preset=ContentCustom)
Ahold Delhaize commits to doubling e-commerce sales by 2020
![](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/http/www.freshplaza.com/2016/0715/ahold_en_delhaize.jpg?preset=ContentCustom)
Grocery retailer gets EPA Platinum certified
![](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/http/www.freshplaza.com/2016/1213/nsm.jpg?preset=ContentCustom)
Mercadona to build logistic center in Valencia
![](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/http/www.freshplaza.com/2015/logos/Mercadona.gif?preset=ContentCustom)
Kroger to replace former Kmart store in Warren
![](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/http/www.freshplaza.com/2015/1201/kroger_.jpg?preset=ContentCustom)
UK supermarket chain Lidl to open London Gateway warehouse
![](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/http/www.freshplaza.com/2016/1027/lidl.jpg?preset=ContentCustom)
DP World has signed a deal with UK supermarket Lidl for a distribution facility at its vast London Gateway development. Lidl UK said it would begin operating out of the 187,000-square-foot distribution facility next to the deepwater port on the banks of the Thames in Thurrock, Essex, from February next year. In a statement on Monday, DP World said that Lidl would occupy the warehouse areas of its Logistics Centre.