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We launched our new Business Impact Report revealing that we procured a record €1.6 billion worth of goods and services was from our network of almost 1,800 Irish suppliers and business partners. A total of €1.1 billion worth of goods was procured from our agri-food suppliers with an additional €500 million worth of services provided by our local Irish business partners. The new report also revealed that more than €300 million worth of goods from our Irish suppliers was exported globally through our global network of Lidl stores across 31 countries, demonstrating our ongoing commitment in supporting the growth of Irish businesses locally and globally. Many thanks to our suppliers and business partners from Bantry to Ballyjamesduff, Gorey to Galway for their ongoing support and to our buying team working hard to nurture those partnerships. We’re looking forward to nurturing new partnerships and supporting even more local businesses to success in 2024.
At Lidl, we’re proud to support the progression and visibility of women in our organisation and society through our equal opportunities talent acquisition and development process, our partnership with LEAD Network Europe whose mission is to progress women in the retail and FMCG industry and through our longstanding partnership with the Ladies Gaelic Football Association. Visibility of female role models is so important and our new #GetBehindtheFight LGFA campaign is designed to fill every seat at every game and boost attendance at women’s games. To mark International Women’s Day this year, we’re calling on allies and communities to join us in smashing inequality in sport and pledging to show up for female players – post your commitment and tag your connections to #GetBehindtheFight and show your #SeriousSupport
Our series of Free Electrical Recycling Drop Off Days with European Recycling Platform Ireland, starting with our Castleblayney store in County Monaghan. Taking place across a number of our stores, these free public events offer an accessible collection point for communities to recycle their household electronic waste – that is anything with a plug, cable or battery. Since 2018, our stores in Cavan, Clare, Dublin, Kerry, Limerick, Louth, Meath and Monaghan have collected more than 77,000kg of batteries and our free electrical recycling events with ERP Ireland have collected an impressive 184,000kg of e-waste. Small steps like recycling old household items can make a huge difference to the environment and, as a responsible and sustainably focused retailer, we are committed to educating and empowering consumers to embrace sustainable practices and help create ‘A Better Tomorrow.' We're proud to work with ERP Ireland to engage every community, particularly those areas where access to recycling facilities is limited, to participate in free electrical recycling collections. For a full list of free recycling events across our store network, visit: https://lnkd.in/ecsQ5r2T
Budding young farmer and star of The Late Late Toy Show Sheamie Garrihy recently joined us at The Lidl Farm to officially open for the 2024 school season as we get set to welcome thousands more primary school children for a unique educational farm-to-fork experience this year. Since opening in October 2022, we have welcomed more than 4,000 school children and 400 teachers from primary schools across the length and breadth of Ireland. Developed with The Lidl Farm’s official education partner Agri Aware and key supplier Meade Farm Group, this unique experience set across 8.5 acres of farmland is completely free and provides students with an insight into how many everyday products grown and harvested locally by our network of Irish suppliers make their way from the farm to the shelves of their local Lidl store. Tours run on the Lidl Farm twice a year - from March to June, and from September to October.
We are thrilled to share that Lidl Ireland won the Best Student Marketing Campaign at the gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards 2024 🎉 Well done to all involved in delivering such a creative and exciting campaign! For information on our Student and Graduate Programmes, visit: https://lnkd.in/g96__KNf
We’re pleased to announce that Lidl has become the first large employer to commit to the latest living wage rate of €14.80 as recommended by the Living Wage Technical group. We’re investing €3 million to change the benefits of 2,000 employees across Ireland
We’re delighted to announce 700 brand-new jobs this year AND a pay rise for all employees worth €14 million! These new jobs within our Irish operations will be across our network of 176 stores, 3 regional distribution centres and our Dublin head office. That brings our total workforce in the Republic of Ireland to more than 6,000 employees for the first time. That’s not all – we’re also investing €14 million in pay increases for our existing workforce in the Republic of Ireland! All employees will benefit from an increase from March 1st, 2023. On average this will result in a 7.5% pay increase for employees, approximately between €2,000-€2,500 additional for every employee per year. This increase is in addition to our commitment in October to paying the new Living Wage rate of €13.85 as recommended by the Living Wage Technical Group. We were the first nationwide retailer in Ireland to adopt the Living Wage recommendation in 2015. For the third year running, Lidl has been recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a ‘Top Employer for 2023’.
We are delighted to share that we’ve been named the Most Sustainable Retailer in Ireland by the The RepTrak Company Sustainability Index 2022 - a huge achievement and tangible evidence that our focus on protecting the environment, supporting our communities and employees, and preparing our business for a sustainable future has created real impact with the public.
For the 7th year in a row, Lidl Ireland is committing to matching the new Living Wage rate of €13.85 as recommended by the Living Wage Technical Group - an investment of €7.5 million by the business, impacting over 4200 employees.
Lidl announces 750 new jobs, with pay rise for all of its workers
