Lidl wins High Court challenge over Aldi price survey

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Lidl won a High Court judicial review concerning an Aldi-commissioned price survey, reported on 8 March 2022. The company challenged a Chartered Accountants Ireland decision concerning its complaint about the survey’s methodology.

Mr Justice Cian Ferriter set aside the decision that Grant Thornton had no case to answer and remitted the complaint for fresh consideration by the committee. The report says the survey compared a 62-item basket across Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, SuperValu and Dunne’s Stores, while Lidl alleged that some products were not compared like with like.