LIDL has today revealed it is looking to open hundreds of new locations across the UK as part of huge expansion plans.
The discount supermarket chain, which already has 950 sites, published the full list of its priority locations where it would like to open shops.
Lidl has today revealed it is looking to open hundreds of new locations across the UKGetty
The potential locations would be for high street, standalone, mixed use, or shopping centre stores.
Sites also being looked at include retail parks, as well as metropolitan shops in London and M25.
The full list, of which there are 1,168 locations, includes sites across all areas of Great Britain – including: 66 in Scotland, 83 in Yorkshire, 83 in central England, 91 in south London and 42 in south-mid Wales.
It’s important to note that the locations listed represent only potential sites.
Lidl says only a small number will eventually be developed and opened as stores.
But, the retailer has confirmed a new store target of 1,100 stores by the end of 2025, creating 4,000 new jobs.
Each of the possible new shops is required to have easy access for pedestrians and space for parking.
The chain is looking for more than 1.5 acres for standalone shops and up to four acres for mixed-use sites.
The site should be able to accommodate 18,000 and 26,500 sq ft and 100 dedicated car parking spaces.
Plus, there’s a finder’s fee to members of the public who can help find sites for the new development.
Lidl has offered a fee of 1.5% of the total freehold purchase price or 10% of the first year’s rent for leaseholds.
It comes after the chain has already been expanding its store offering over the last year.
In 2023, it opened 50 new shops and has cut the ribbon on 15 more just in the last three months.
The discounter also says it welcomed 1.4million new shoppers last year, with Kantar recently naming it the fastest growing supermarket.
It has over 29,500 employees, over 950 stores and 13 distribution centres in England, Scotland and Wales.
You can find your nearest Lidl store by visiting the website.
Ryan McDonnell, Lidl GB chief executive, said: “The last few years have been challenging for everyone, but we’ve made it clear that we’re more committed than ever to ensuring that every single household has access to a Lidl store.
“That’s why our focus is firmly on the future as we continue to grow and invest in our infrastructure, while keeping a lookout for more sites and locations across the country.”
Fellow discount supermarket chain Aldi also unveiled plans earlier this year to open a further nine shops by the end of 2023.
Aldi had previously revealed it was looking at 30 possible areas for new shops, and more site locations are set to be opened.
You should always compare your shopping to other supermarkets as a general rule in case you miss out on a bargain.
And if you deliver to your home, make sure you take into account added costs.
You can usually find your nearest supermarket branch when you visit the brand’s website if you’d rather visit in person.
Here is the full list of locations Lidl is considering opening shops in, there are also hundreds of potential sites in London too.
Scotland
Aberdeen – GarthdeeAyr SouthBanchoryBishopbriggsBonnyriggBroughty FerryClarkston Clydebank – NorthCumbernauld – multipleDenny – FalkirkDumfriesDunblaneDunfermline – multipleEdinburgh – multipleEllonGlasgow – multipleHelensburghInverness – SouthIrvineKirkcaldy North/EastLargsLinlithgowLivingstonMilngavieMoodiesburnNewton MearnsPaisley – multiplePeeblesPerth – NorthPolmont – Falkirk EastRenfrewSt AndrewsStenhousemuirStonehavenWesthill
North East England, Cumbria
Barrow – multipleBentonBerwickBoldonCarlisle – multipleChester-le-StreetCramlingtonDarlington – multipleEstonFileyGateshead – multipleJarrowKeswickMarske/SaltburnMiddlesbrough – multipleNewcastle – multipleNewton AycliffeNorth ShieldsPenrithPontelandPrudhoeRedcarScarborough – NorthSeahamSedgefieldShiremoorSouth Shields – MarsdenStanleyStockton – multipleStokesleySunderland – multipleTynemouthUlverstonWhitehavenWhitley BayWindermere
Yorkshire, Humberside
Barnsley – multipleBradford – multipleBridlingtonCleckheatonCleethorpesCottinghamDoncaster – multipleDronfieldGoldthorpe/ThurnscoeHarrogate – Huddersfield – FartownHull – multipleIlkleyKeighleyLeeds – multipleMarket RasenMarket WeightonOtleyPenistonePontefractRiponRotherham – multipleScunthorpe – WestSheffield – multipleSkiptonStaveleyTadcasterTotleyWakefield – multipleWaltham/New WalthamWetherbyWorksopYork – multiple
Greater Manchester, East Lancs, Calderdale, High Peak
Ashton-under-Lyne – NorthBarnoldswickBolton – multipleBurnley – WestBury – multipleBuxtonEllandGreat HarwoodHalifax – multipleHebden BridgeHeywoodManchester – multipleNew MillsOldham – multipleRochdale – SouthStalybridgeStockport – multipleWigan – AthertonWigan – multiple
North Wales, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire West
AbergeleBamber BridgeBirkdale/AinsdaleBlackpool – multipleCaernarfonCarnforthChester – multipleChorleyCrosbyEllesmere Port – multipleFleetwoodFlintFormbyFrodsham/HelsbyHuytonKirkbyKirkhamLancaster – SouthLiverpool – multipleLlandudnoLytham St. AnnesMorecambe – NorthPenworthamPrescotPreston – multipleRainhillRhylRuncornWarrington – multipleWidnes – multipleWinsfordWirrall – multiple
Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire East
Alderley EdgeAlsagerAshbourneBakewellBelperBiddulphBridgnorthCheadle, StaffordshireCongletonCrewe – multipleDerby – multipleHandforthHeanorHolmes ChapelHucknallIlkestonKimberley/Giltbrook/EastwoodKirkby-in-AshfieldKnutsfordLudlowMacclesfield – NorthMansfield – multipleMatlockNantwichNewcastle-under-Lyme – multipleNottingham – multiplePoyntonRadcliffe-on-TrentSandbachShrewsbury – multipleSomercotesSouth NormantonStafford – multipleStoke-on-Trent – multipleStoneSwadlincote – multipleTelford – multipleTollertonWilmslow
South-Mid Wales
AbergavennyBarryBlackwoodBreconBridgendBuilth WellsBurry PortCaerphilly NorthCaldicotCardiff – multipleEbbw ValeHereford – multipleLedburyLeominsterLlandrindod WellsLlanelliLlantrisant/Church VillageLlantwit Major/CowbridgeMaestegMerthyr TydfilNewport – multiplePenarthPencoed/Bridgend EastPontypoolPyleRoss on WyeSwansea – multipleTalbot GreenTenbyYstradgynlais
Central England
AtherstoneBanbury – multipleBedworthBicesterBirmingham – multipleBrackleyBurntwoodCannockCodsallCoventry – multipleDaventryDudleyKenilworthKidderminsterKidlingtonLeamington Spa – NorthLyeNorthampton – multipleNuneaton – SouthOldburyOltonPenkridgePershoreRedditch – SouthRugby – multipleSedgleySolihullSutton Coldfield – multipleTamworth – multipleTowcesterWalsall – multipleWednesburyWolverhampton – multipleWorcester – multiple
East England
AlyshamAshby-de-la-ZouchBasildon – multipleBedford – multipleBillericayBraintree – EastBury St Edmunds – multipleCambridge – multipleChelmsford – multipleCoalville – SouthColchester – multipleCorby – EastDesboroughDissEarl ShiltonElyGranthamGreat DunmowGreat Yarmouth – SouthHadleighHalesworthHinckley – NorthHolbeachHoltHorncastleIpswich – multipleKettering – SouthLeicester – multipleLincoln – multipleLoughborough – WestLouthLowestoft – multipleMarket DeepingMildenhallMountsorrelNewmarketNorwich – multipleOllertonPeterborough – multipleRothwellSaxmundhamShepshedSohamSouth Woodham FerrersSouthend – multipleSt IvesSudburySwaffhamWellingborough – North/WestWhittleseyWickford
Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, North & East Somerset, Mendips
Bath – multipleBradford on AvonBridgwater – SouthBristol – multipleCheddarCheltenham – South WestCorshamGloucester – EastKeynshamMarlboroughMoreton-in-MarshNailseaNailsworthRoyal Wootton BassettShepton MalletSwindon – SouthSwindon – WestTewkesburyTrowbridge – SouthWeston-super-Mare –CentralWroughtonYatton
Northern Home Counties
Abingdon – NorthAmershamAmpthillAylesbury – multipleAylesbury – WestBeaconsfieldBishop’s Stortford – multipleBrentwood – EastBroxbourneBuntingfordCheshamCheshuntChipping OngarChorleywoodCorringham – Stanford-le-HopeDidcotEppingFaringdonFlitwickGerrards CrossGraysHarlow – multipleHarpendenHatfield – multipleHemel Hempstead – multipleHenley on ThamesHertfordHigh Wycombe – multipleHitchinHoddesdonLeighton Buzzard – multipleLetchworthLondon ColneyLuton – multipleMilton Keynes – multipleOxford – multiplePotters BarRoystonSandySheffordSt Albans – multipleStevenage – multipleThameTilburyTringWareWelwyn Garden City multiple
South and West Somerset, Devon and Cornwall
AxminsterBrixhamCamborneranbrookCreditonCullomptonDawlishExeter – multipleExmouth – CentralFalmouthIvybridgeKingsbridgeLiskeardNewton AbbotPaignton – NorthPlymouth – Mutley/GreenbankRedruthSeatonSherborneSt Austell – WestSt IvesTaunton – NorthTorpointTorquay – SouthTotnesTruro – East
Central South England
Ascot/SunningdaleBagshotBasingstoke – CentralBournemouth – multipleBracknell – multipleChandlers FordCranleighEgham/Virginia WaterEmsworthFareham – multipleFleetGodalmingGuildford – multipleHaslemereHookHorsham – multipleLancingLymingtonMidhurstPaghamPoole – multiplePortsmouth – multipleReading – multiple RomseyRustingtonRyde (IOW)Salisbury – multipleSlough – multipleSouthampton – multipleSwanageThatchamTwyfordWareham
Kent, East Sussex, East Surrey
Ashford – multipleBattleBexhill – SouthBrighton – multipleBroadstairsBurgess Hill – SouthCanterbury – WestChathamCranbrookCrawley – multipleDealDover – CentralEastbourne – multipleFavershamGillingham – multipleHailshamHastings – multipleHaywards HeathHeathfieldHytheIsle of SheppeyLewesMaidstone – multipleMargateOxtedPaddock WoodPeacehavenRainhamRamsgate
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