Overview
- Lidl is piloting a curbside grocery pickup in Ireland that lets shoppers order in the Lidl Plus app and collect their bags in the store parking lot.
- Customers place orders by midnight the day before, meet a €30 minimum, pay a €4.99 collection fee, and book a one-hour pickup slot in the app.
- Store staff pick and pack the order and bring it to the customer’s car, where an app code confirms the handoff before payment is charged.
- The test covers most food items, including fresh produce, dairy, ready meals, and dry goods, while time-limited nonfood specials are excluded.
- Lidl is promoting the service in Ireland and says a wider rollout is possible, though no timeline is set, after canceling a similar German plan in 2017 over cost and operations concerns.