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1.3 Physical Resources & Capabilities The ALDI brothers took over the family business of their parents in 1946. World wide expansion led to enormous growth. This comprises around 9800 stores (1000 to 1500 SQM each). The layout is simple with wide ails designed to refill shelves in the fastest, most convenient way {Brands, D. 2003}. They offer a small assortment of mainly fast-moving items (approximately 700 food – including a slim and organic line- and non food products). Small warehouses are located at the back of each store. Affiliates are equipped with limited technology such as intelligent cash systems high-end product concerning quality and price and bottle deposit machines. ALDI won the 2008 energy management award for great results in terms of cooling systems, illumination etc. Most stores have about 100 parking space and a shopping cart area near the entrance. ALDI has a long history which implies that they have gained great experience over the years. The location and layout of stores are designed to support fast and efficient supply and not especially aimed at customer needs. This is a weakness. Stores advantageously located as there are in convenient reach for consumers. Their product range is adapted to various consumer needs (organic, healthy living). The technological equipments are of high quality enabling fast operations at the checkout (ALDI’s staff are two times faster compared with other similar operations). This is

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Aldi and Lidl are my two choices of companies to evaluate work environment and employee expectations, because they are new to the Hampton Roads area. Both companies share so many similarities like being a grocery store chain, from Germany, and being focused on efficiency. A few weeks ago, my wife and I went into Aldi's, not sure what to expect, but we were surprised by how organized and affordable everything was. We noticed they offered some popular name brand products, at regular price, yet they offered their own brands really cheap. For example, the Aldi version of a Digoirno Pizza was $3.99, which is a few dollars cheaper. Now, this was only one of the stores, but the Lidi store is designed and modeled as the same, efficient, discounts,

To sum up, Lidl is one of the most improving supermarkets not only in the UK, but also in the world. Increasing salaries allows their employees to keep motivated in work. However, it has a lot of disadvantages such as tense pressure of work and prohibition of speaking native language during shift. These positive and negative aspects could be more improved with the theory that was explained in the essay’s paragraphs. All negativities can overcome advantages, so it would be better if supermarket would analyse and start come to a conclusion how to make company more efficient than it is

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