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Would you pay more for green grub?

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Jan 12
The food industry gathering in Berlin for the annual Green Week convention says conditions for farm animals can be improved – but the products would be more expensive. Would you pay more for humanely produced food? Have your say. READ »

Chicken infected with antibiotic-resistant germs

Society: 9 Jan 12
Chicken sold in German supermarkets is often contaminated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a spot test carried out by environmentalists who said the over-use of antibiotics in farming posed a danger to human health. READ »

Bayern Munich 'will be even better' in 2012

Sport: 17 Dec 11
The football powerhouse of Bayern Munich will be even stronger in 2012, when Bastian Schweinsteiger and Arjen Robben are fully fit, coach Jupp Heynckes predicted. READ »

Woman may be 'grounded' after copious coffee theft

Society: 3 Nov 11
A German woman is being accused of stealing thousands of jars of coffee by stuffing them in leggings under her skirt. READ »

Aldi dynasty continue to lead German rich list

Business & Money: 10 Oct 11
The best business to get into in Germany seems to be discount supermarkets - the owners of Aldi, Lidl and Kaufland again top the list of the country’s richest people. READ »

Frugal Germans consider cost first at the supermarket

Business & Money: 7 Oct 11
It may seem that low cost supermarkets are ubiquitous in Germany – and there are 16,000 of them scattered around the country – but shoppers here are generally confident of the quality of their groceries. READ »

E. coli crisis hit discounters hardest

National: 30 Jul 11
Germany's deadly E. coli crisis in May and June hit sales at the country's big discount grocery chains the hardest, according to a new study. Organic food shops actually benefited from the outbreak at first. READ »

A Wurst-case scenario for the summer

Lifestyle: 12 Jul 11
Germans love a good barbecue as much as Americans and Australians. Jeff Kavanagh explores a unique grilling culture where the Wurst is the best. READ »

Six French children hospitalized with E. Coli after eating hamburgers

National: 16 Jun 11
Hamburgers possibly made with German meat are being removed from supermarket shelves across France after six children were hospitalized with E. coli infections. But the bacteria appears unlinked to Germany's deadly outbreak. READ »

Half-century of CDU rule in Stuttgart on knife edge

Politics: 4 Feb 11
In the race for the key state of Baden-Württemberg, the centre-left opposition is within striking distance of taking power in the March election after more than half a century of conservative rule, a poll showed Friday. READ »

Brüderle wants discount petrol from Aldi and Lidl

Business & Money: 17 Jan 11
Discount supermarket chains like Aldi and Lidl should enter the petrol business to increase competition and reduce gasoline prices for German drivers, Economy Minister Rainer Brüderle said Monday. READ »

Lidl recalls peppers contaminated with growth chemical

National: 16 Jan 11
The discount supermarket Lidl has pulled a batch of peppers from its shops and is calling for those who have bought them to return them after they were found to contain too high levels of a growth regulator. READ »

Brewing up a cup of beneficence

Lifestyle: 9 Dec 10
Three entrepreneurs have brought the single-source coffee movement to Germany, directly connecting customers to an Ethiopian community producing their gourmet beans. READ »

Germany hikes growth forecasts sharply

Business & Money: 21 Oct 10
The German economy will grow at a rate of 3.4 percent this year and then slow slightly in 2011 as global demand ebbs, Berlin predicted on Thursday, sharply raising forecasts for Europe's top economy. READ »

Discount supermarket tycoons dominate billionaires list

Business & Money: 12 Oct 10
The founder of bargain-basement supermarket chain Aldi, Karl Albrecht, topped a list of Germany's richest people published Tuesday, with assets valued at €17.1 billion ($23.6 billion). READ »

Lidl pushes for retail minimum wage

Business & Money: 17 Feb 10
Grocery discounter Lidl is making an unexpected pitch for the introduction of a minimum wage in the retail sector, business daily Financial Times Deutschland reported Wednesday. READ »

Contaminated Austrian cheese kills two Germans

Society: 16 Feb 10
Two people have died in Germany from eating contaminated Austrian cheese that has sparked a massive product recall and consumer warning, authorities announced on Tuesday. READ »

Taste for cheap eats worries German food producers

Society: 25 Jan 10
Is the German penchant for cheap eats threatening more than the country's miserly gullets? AFP's Frederic Happe reports on how the trend towards budget victuals is affecting food producers. READ »

Discounter Lidl recalls tainted cheese

National: 24 Jan 10
The discount grocery chain Lidl has announced a product recall of two types of cheese it sells after finding the presence of bacteria that can be deadly in some cases. READ »

Competition watchdog raids major retailers

Business & Money: 14 Jan 10
Germany’s federal competition watchdog raided the main offices of almost every large retail food and drugstore chain in the country on Thursday on suspicion of price-fixing. Among them were Edeka, Lidl, Metro, Rewe and Rossmann. READ »

Lidl to offer deep discounts on Deutsche Bahn tickets

National: 1 Dec 09
German national rail provider Deutsche Bahn will offer affordable tickets in partnership with discount supermarket Lidl beginning on December 7, they announced on Tuesday. READ »

BMW slams into Q3 earnings wall

Business & Money: 3 Nov 09
German luxury car maker BMW on Tuesday posted dismal third quarter figures and warned there was no guarantee of a recovery in the coming months despite strong growth in China. READ »

Recession cuts ranks of German billionaires

Business & Money: 7 Oct 09
Germany's worst post-war recession has cut the ranks of the country's billionaires to 99 and the fortunes of those still making the grade have plummeted dramatically, according to a survey released this week. READ »

25,000 march for more privacy from authorities

Society: 13 Sep 09
Around 25,000 people demonstrated against increasing monitoring and data gathering by authorities and companies on Saturday in Berlin. READ »

Discount supermarkets hit the buffers on growth

Business & Money: 2 Aug 09
Discount supermarkets, until now hailed as the winners of the financial crisis, have reached the limits of how far they can grow, according to figures in Der Spiegel magazine. READ »

Cheese and sausage price war coming soon

National: 5 Jul 09
Discount grocers across Germany are girding up for a price war and planning to slash prices on sausage and milk products by as much as 10 percent later this year, Welt am Sonntag reported Sunday. READ »

Parliament sets new record for laws passed

National: 3 Jul 09
The latest legislation period has been the most productive in Germany’s post-war history. The Local singles out some of the most important passed during the final week ahead of summer recess. READ »

Holiday plans not affected by recession

Business & Money: 16 Jun 09
The German economy may be going down the tubes, but the recession isn’t stopping Germans from taking their summer vacation, according to a new poll. READ »

Deutsche Bank spied on shareholders

Business & Money: 30 May 09
Deutsche Bank spied on shareholders critical of the bank’s management, the spouse of one of the company’s directors and workers’ representatives, the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported Saturday. READ »

Cheap coffee as tasty as pricey java

Society: 25 Apr 09
A test by professional coffee tasters tried 31 kinds of coffee and gave brands from discounters Lidl and Aldi top marks, Bild reported Saturday. READ »

Lidl Germany boss fired over spying scandal

National: 6 Apr 09
Discount chain Lidl has sacked the head of its German operation after the firm was found to be spying on its employees and collating information about their health, the company said Monday. READ »

Politicians condemn new Lidl data scandal

National: 5 Apr 09
The discount supermarket Lidl was hit with another scandal this weekend when news magazine Der Spiegel revealed that employees’ personal documents were dumped in a public waste paper bin in Bochum. READ »

Discount supermarket chain Lidl to sell compact cars

Business & Money: 7 Mar 09
The discount supermarket chain Lidl is known for offering rock-bottom prices on everything from pickles to bedroom furniture. Starting Monday, Lidl will see if its low-price formula work selling cars. READ »

BMW shares buoyant despite plunging 2008 sales

Business & Money: 6 Feb 09
German luxury automaker BMW said on Friday its 2008 vehicle sales fell five percent to €53 billion - but investors seemed to think that wasn't so bad. READ »

Edeka creates 8,000 new jobs as discount sector profits in crisis

Business & Money: 11 Jan 09
Food discount giant Edeka, whose merger with the Plus stores has been approved, plans to create 8,000 new jobs this year as the global financial crisis sends more people to cheaper shops, its CEO says. READ »

Lidl sells camcorders that connect amateurs to tabloid newsroom

Society: 4 Dec 08
German discount retailer Lidl has started selling camcorders that are digitally linked with daily tabloid Bild, making voyeurism easy for the amateur reporter, daily taz reported on Thursday. READ »

Dairy industry says it's on the verge of collapse

National: 14 Nov 08
The dairy industry in Germany is on the verge of collapse, President of the German dairy farmer's federation (BDM), Romuald Schaber, told daily Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung on Friday. READ »

Lidl apologises for poisoning trashed food

National: 13 Nov 08
German discount retailer Lidl apologised Thursday after media reports revealed staff at one of its Swedish stores had poured poison on discarded goods to ward off homeless people searching for food. READ »

Getting by in Germany during the global meltdown

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Oct 08
Worried about the global economic meltdown? Roger Boyes, the Berlin correspondent for British daily The Times, has come up with a simple A to Z survival guide for the hard times in Germany. READ »

Lidl faces fines for spying on staff

National: 6 Sep 08
Discount supermarket giant Lidl is due to be fined several million euros with several German state governments expected to hand down punitive decisions this month, according to a report in Der Spiegel this weekend. READ »

Discount supermarket Lidl to open first Swiss stores

Business & Money: 22 Aug 08
German discount supermarket change Lidl is planning to open its first stores in Switzerland next year, according to free Swiss newspaper .ch. READ »

Lidl store manager faces jail in Greece for mouse in beer bottle

Society: 19 Jun 08
A manager at German-owned discount chain Lidl was sentenced by a Greek court Thursday to 10 months in prison after a customer found a mouse in his beer bottle, a judicial official said. READ »

German milk prices expected to fall again

National: 10 Jun 08
German milk prices are likely to fall again despite recent delivery strikes by dairy farmers to force retailers and creameries to pay more for their product, according to industry experts. READ »

Dairy leader calls for end to German milk strike

National: 5 Jun 08
The president of the German dairy farmer's federation (BDM) has called for members to cease their 10-day milk delivery strike over price disputes with retailers and dairy producers. READ »

German dairies demand nationwide price hike

Business & Money: 5 Jun 08
The German farmers' union demanded on Thursday that all retailers follow the example of Lidl discount retailer and hike milk prices following a week-long delivery strike by dairy farms. READ »

Deutsche Telekom hires ex-judge for internal spying probe

Business & Money: 30 May 08
Deutsche Telekom said on Friday it has hired a retired judge to conduct an internal probe after a spying scandal involving journalists sparked a raid by prosecutors this week. READ »

Investigators raid Deutsche Telekom in spy probe

National: 29 May 08
Prosecutors raided Deutsche Telekom's headquarters on Thursday in a probe into an escalating scandal that has seen Europe's biggest phone company confess to spying on journalists. READ »

Deutsche Telekom spying scandal shocks Germany

Business & Money: 26 May 08
Germany has been hit by another privacy scandal, with telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom joining discount food chain Lidl and the state among those accused of secretly tracking individuals. READ »

Deutsche Telekom admits to spying on employees

Business & Money: 25 May 08
Former telecoms monopoly Deutsche Telekom over the weekend became the latest German firm to be rocked by revelations of spying on its employees. READ »

Ikea accused of mistreating German workers

Business & Money: 29 Apr 08
Swedish home furnishing giant Ikea has been accused of illegal labour practices, including filming its workers secretly, in a German television documentary on Tuesday evening. READ »

Lidl chairman predicts food prices will rise

Business & Money: 21 Apr 08
The chairman of the supervisory board of European discount grocer Lidl predicted a food price push in coming months in an interview published Monday in Germany's top-selling newspaper, Bild. READ »

Employee spying reportedly widespread in Germany

National: 16 Apr 08
The questionable practice of spying on workers isn't just happening at discount grocery store Lidl, German news weekly Stern reported on Wednesday, it's happening in chain stores all over Germany. READ »

Debit card warning for shoppers at spy-happy Lidl

National: 4 Apr 08
German consumer protection groups have warned shoppers against paying at Lidl with debit cards due to the supermarket chain’s extensive video surveillance. READ »

Lidl apologizes for spying on workers

National: 31 Mar 08
German discount grocery chain Lidl published a large apology for systematically spying on its employees in newspapers across the country on Monday. READ »

Seehofer calls for employee protection

Society: 30 Mar 08
Germany’s consumer protection minister Horst Seehofer has called for a law to regulate gathering information on employees after revelations that discount retailer Lidl had secretly monitored its workers. READ »

Verdi says Lidl workers should sue

National: 27 Mar 08
German worker’s union Verdi has called for employees spied on by the Lidl grocery chain to sue the company for damages. READ »

German discount grocery chain spies on employees

Society: 26 Mar 08
The German discount grocery store chain Lidl systematically spies on its employees using miniature cameras, German weekly news magazine Stern reported on Wednesday. READ »

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