Best hard-Discount supermarkets

Lidl leads the discount grocery stores ranking with 1409 ELO points over 15 duels, ahead of Leader Price and Netto.

Leader Price and Netto fight for second place, separated by just 8 ELO points at 1278 and 1270 respectively. Aldi follows at rank 4 with 1266 points, winning 52% of its duels. The sharpest divide in the ranking sits between Aldi and Norma: 255 ELO points split the two chains, marking a clear drop from the top four to the bottom tier. Lidl wins 73% of its matchups, the highest rate in the ranking, reinforcing its dominance at the summit. At the base of the ranking, Mere struggles with 958 points and a 17% win rate over 12 duels, suggesting voters see it as distinctly less appealing than its competitors. The bottom two contenders together account for a narrow segment of community favor, while the top three cluster more tightly and command stronger support from players.

This ranking draws on 392 duels cast by 46 players across 6 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The vote remains open: head to the Discount grocery stores TopList and pick your preferred chain in direct matchups to reshape the standings.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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