It was reported last week that nearly two thirds of us shop at Aldi or Lidl and, as a nation, £1 in every £10 spent at supermarkets is now with them. That will come as no surprise to the legion of middle-class shoppers who top up their weekly Waitrose shop with a quick spin around the aisles of the German discounters. And Lidl has just been awarded the ultimate discerning shoppers’ accolade and been named Good Housekeeping’s supermarket of the year — an award given to Waitrose every year since 2005 when it began. It’s just that what started as…

Source: The Times July 08, 2016 15:56 UTC