Lidl's unlimited strike: towards a potential general closure of stores from Thursday?

It is a complex first half of a year for the German discounter, Lidl, who has experienced a tense social context since the announcement last January of the departure of his vice-president Michel Biero. This week,...

It starts this Thursday, and it could last a long time. Several unions have called on Lidl's employees to stop working four days a week, every week, with no end date. In question: working conditions considered untenable, declining numbers, and increasing pressure in the department. The call for strike, launched this Monday, May 12, 2025 by an inter-union grouping the CFDT, the CGT, the CFTC and FO, potentially concerns the 46,000 employees in th…

For several weeks, the news has been accumulating: shop closures, unlimited strikes, silent restructurings... The Lidl brand, once a champion of hard-discount, is going through a period of turbulence. For customers, it is confusion: which stores close? Why? What consequences on prices, supply or promotions? Here is the clear and useful state of affairs, of what you need to know. Store closures From 12 May 2025, several Lidl stores closed their d…