The first Lidl stores were opened in 1973 and during the 1990s it opened abroad. Lidl now has operations in 26 countries across Europe. It cites research predicting that Schwarz Group sales will overtake both Carrefour and Tesco in Europe by 2018, making Schwarz the regionâs biggest grocery retailer.
Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Adobe is a natural building material made from sand, clay, water, and some kind of fibrous or organic material, which the builders shape into bricks and dry in the sun. Adobe buildings are similar to cob and mudbrick buildings.
Adobe houses (also known as pueblos) are Native American house complexes used by the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. Adobe pueblos are modular, multi-story houses made of adobe (clay and straw baked into hard bricks) or of large stones cemented together with adobe. Each adobe unit is home to one family, like a modern apartment.