LIDL is a German based small market which can be found all over Europe. It is the kind of market very popular in Germany known for cheap prices. It is small though but it has all the basic food stuff and all kinds of drinks - water, different kinds of fruits and tea drinks, soft drinks, wines and alcohol. ALDI is LIDL's main competitor - both are very similar, both have cheap but good quality food stuff and groceries.
E. Leclrec is a huge market, sometimes it is called E.Leclerc Supermarche or E.Leclerc Hypermarche depending on its size. It is founded in France by Edouard Leclerc in 1949 Inn 2007 it has an annual sales of Euros30 billion.
Sometimes the building is like a mall accomodating all kinds of shops - from clothing to jewelry but the biggest part obviously is the supermarket. We like E.Leclerc because of its cheap prices, good seafood selection, huge parking lot which we sometimes use to stay overnight without a problem and another very inspiring feature, E.Leclerc has gasoline pumps which sells the cheapest diesel so far in our 4.5 months touring Europe this year.
In Germany and Netherlands, huge super and hypermarkets are non existent and I can simply assume it is due to the fact that they are known for being frugal in nature.
In France, we like that they have several super and hypermarkets like Carrefour, Casino, Auchan and E. Leclerc. They have huge parking spaces and they tolerate free camping.
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