Marco Giudici joined Lidl group in Italy in 2013.
Between 2015 and 2019 he served as Purchasing Director Food with Lidl in Italy and and Board Member Buying & Marketing with Lidl in Romania.
Lidl became the leader of the local grocery retail ten years from arriving in Romania officially by buying Plus Discount. Lidl ended last year with RON12.86 billion sales, an increase of 32% year-on-year.
It therefore took the top spot, beating Kaufland, part of the same Schwarz group. Kaufland posted RON12.83 billion sales in 2020, an increase of 7.4% on 2019.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)