The first Lidl stores were opened in 1973 and by the 1980s Lidl was a household name throughout Germany. During the 1990s Lidl started to open stores outside Germany and today Lidl stores can be found in nearly every country in Europe. Lidl is now well established as a major European food retailer.

Since establishing themselves in the UK in 1994, they have grown consistently and today have more than 530 stores.

As our longest standing customer, EC1 have worked for Lidl since 1999. Over a decade later our working partnership is second to none. We continue to service design, artwork, photography and colour management solutions throughout their product portfolio. New and exciting solutions are being worked on to improve and modernise Lidl working practices and to help underpin their position in the UK as one of the fast growing retailers.