Discounter plans to open more than 40 new stores in the next year
Lidl has announced a half-a-billion-pound investment in UK expansion as it moves forward with plans to open more than 40 new stores across the country this financial year.
The discounter, which states its mission is to provide all communities across the country with access to affordable, high-quality food, has published its 2025 site requirements brochure, outlining hundreds of potential locations for new stores. These include high streets, retail parks, and mixed-use town centre sites.
The updated list features locations across England, Scotland and Wales, which it said reflects its accelerated expansion plans to meet growing customer demand.
Richard Taylor, chief real estate officer at Lidl GB, said: “This level of investment is a clear sign of our ambition. As we enter our fourth decade in Great Britain and hurtle towards a thousand stores, there are still so many parts of the country crying out for convenient access to a Lidl store.
“That’s why we welcome the measures proposed in the government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill – they recognise the urgent need to remove barriers to development and support the kind of growth we at Lidl are working towards.”
“Our latest site requirements brochure reinforces the scale of our ambition for the future. New Lidl stores mean new jobs, new opportunities for British suppliers, and continued investment into local economies. We’re proud to be one of the fastest-growing supermarkets in the country, and with this investment, we’re taking another big step in our journey.”
This year will also see the completion of the expansion of Lidl’s Belvedere regional distribution centre, which has more than doubled in size. To support its growing estate, the discounter is also set to start construction on a brand-new distribution centre in Leeds later in the year.
