I agree with most of what you say, but here in Italy I find the fruit and veg do not stay fresh for as long as those bought at other supermarkets. Fine if you are going to use straight away, or are prepared to shop every day, but not if you want to keep them for a few days. On the employment front, at least in our local Lidl, they only seem to employ Italians, and believe me we are getting a lot of immigrants at the moment. I do do the vast majority of my shopping at Lidl, but then again it is less than 2km away.