Lidl To Pay Recommended Living Wage

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34281559

Good start from Lidl. If Lidl can pay reasonable wages, while charging budget prices, so can others......perhaps other retailers can follow.

Every little helps !

[gangesboy]

or in this case every Lidl helps

[mikey4444]

Thanks for seeing through my little pun Gangesboy !

[jourdain2]

Good for Lidl, they must expect other supermarket chains to do the same otherwise they could lose their edge on price. Bit of a gamble for them so I'm also sure they'll keep their prices as low as possible.

[youngmafbog]

Lidl are trying to gain space in the UK. They know they will end up paying more soon anyway so they have hopped onto some good publicity. For once the workers get some benefit, even if it is short term.

Lidl is a different type of store to other supermarkets. It does not offer range, delivery or even self service tills instead forcing people to wait in long queues behind a small number of tills.

The other supermarkets dont have to follow anything, and I doubt they will.

Anyone know how Lidl compares with John Lewis (Waitrose) remuneration?

[mikey4444]

I can see nothing whatsoever wrong with Lidl and Aldi. They sell good quality
products, at lower cost. What's not to like ?

But my original question remains largely unanswered. If Lidl can raise their staff wages to be a more reasonable level and keep their keen prices, why are other supermarkets like Tesco and Sainsbury bleating about the new (not very) "Living Wage" of Osbournes ?

Perhaps Lidl should run training courses for other supermarkets Executives, in order to teach them how !