Lidl’s new range of cannabis products is only available in Switzerland. Sorry (Picture: Reuters)

Lidl is every bargain hunter’s best friend.

But it looks like it’s just found a new BFF – the stoner.

The German supermarket has unveiled a new line of locally grown cannabis for their customers over in Switzerland.

It’s being offered up as an alternative to rolling tobacco, and for 18 Swiss francs (£13.20), you can grab a 1.5g box made from hemp plants grown indoors.


For 19.99 Swiss francs, you can buy a 3g box, but it will be made from flowers grown in greenhouses, the Guardian reports.

The range of cannabis products is being sold as an alternative to tobacco (Picture: Lidl)

Switzerland allows the sale of cannabis to over 18s so long as it contains no more than 1% of THC – the psychoactive substance that gets you ‘high’.



Lidl’s range of products, from local Swiss supplier The Botanicals, are not designed to give a strong ‘high’, but to make people feel relaxed.

Per cigarette, the cost is roughly double that of tobacco roll-ups.

In a statement, Lidl said: ‘The manufacturer relies on sustainable agriculture and refrains entirely from adding chemical, synthetic or genetically modified substances.’

Instead of being made up of psychoactive THC, the product is high on cannabidiol (CBD).

‘The legally cultivable varieties contain only very small amounts of THC and a high proportion of CBD,’ Lidl said.