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.
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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.
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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 2022, 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 as well as relocations.
Scotland
- Aberdeen – Garthdee
- Ayr South
- Banchory
- Bishopbriggs
- Bonnyrigg
- Broughty Ferry
- Clarkston
- Clydebank – North
- Cumbernauld – multiple
- Denny – Falkirk
- Dumfries
- Dunblane
- Dunfermline – multiple
- Edinburgh – multiple
- Ellon
- Glasgow – multiple
- Helensburgh
- Inverness – South
- Irvine
- Kirkcaldy North/East
- Largs
- Linlithgow
- Livingston
- Milngavie
- Moodiesburn
- Newton Mearns
- Paisley – multiple
- Peebles
- Perth – North
- Polmont – Falkirk East
- Renfrew
- St Andrews
- Stenhousemuir
- Stonehaven
- Westhill
North East England, Cumbria
- Barrow – multiple
- Benton
- Berwick
- Boldon
- Carlisle – multiple
- Chester-le-Street
- Cramlington
- Darlington – multiple
- Eston
- Filey
- Gateshead – multiple
- Jarrow
- Keswick
- Marske/Saltburn
- Middlesbrough – multiple
- Newcastle – multiple
- Newton Aycliffe
- North Shields
- Penrith
- Ponteland
- Prudhoe
- Redcar
- Scarborough – North
- Seaham
- Sedgefield
- Shiremoor
- South Shields – Marsden
- Stanley
- Stockton – multiple
- Stokesley
- Sunderland – multiple
- Tynemouth
- Ulverston
- Whitehaven
- Whitley Bay
- Windermere
Yorkshire, Humberside
- Barnsley – multiple
- Bradford – multiple
- Bridlington
- Cleckheaton
- Cleethorpes
- Cottingham
- Doncaster – multiple
- Dronfield
- Goldthorpe/Thurnscoe
- Harrogate –
- Huddersfield – Fartown
- Hull – multiple
- Ilkley
- Keighley
- Leeds – multiple
- Market Rasen
- Market Weighton
- Otley
- Penistone
- Pontefract
- Ripon
- Rotherham – multiple
- Scunthorpe – West
- Sheffield – multiple
- Skipton
- Staveley
- Tadcaster
- Totley
- Wakefield – multiple
- Waltham/New Waltham
- Wetherby
- Worksop
- York – multiple
Greater Manchester, East Lancs, Calderdale, High Peak
- Ashton-under-Lyne – North
- Barnoldswick
- Bolton – multiple
- Burnley – West
- Bury – multiple
- Buxton
- Elland
- Great Harwood
- Halifax – multiple
- Hebden Bridge
- Heywood
- Manchester – multiple
- New Mills
- Oldham – multiple
- Rochdale – South
- Stalybridge
- Stockport – multiple
- Wigan – Atherton
- Wigan – multiple
North Wales, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire West
- Abergele
- Bamber Bridge
- Birkdale/Ainsdale
- Blackpool – multiple
- Caernarfon
- Carnforth
- Chester – multiple
- Chorley
- Crosby
- Ellesmere Port – multiple
- Fleetwood
- Flint
- Formby
- Frodsham/Helsby
- Huyton
- Kirkby
- Kirkham
- Lancaster – South
- Liverpool – multiple
- Llandudno
- Lytham St. Annes
- Morecambe – North
- Penwortham
- Prescot
- Preston – multiple
- Rainhill
- Rhyl
- Runcorn
- Warrington – multiple
- Widnes – multiple
- Winsford
- Wirrall – multiple
Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire East
- Alderley Edge
- Alsager
- Ashbourne
- Bakewell
- Belper
- Biddulph
- Bridgnorth
- Cheadle, Staffordshire
- Congleton
- Crewe – multiple
- Derby – multiple
- Handforth
- Heanor
- Holmes Chapel
- Hucknall
- Ilkeston
- Kimberley/Giltbrook/Eastwood
- Kirkby-in-Ashfield
- Knutsford
- Ludlow
- Macclesfield – North
- Mansfield – multiple
- Matlock
- Nantwich
- Newcastle-under-Lyme – multiple
- Nottingham – multiple
- Poynton
- Radcliffe-on-Trent
- Sandbach
- Shrewsbury – multiple
- Somercotes
- South Normanton
- Stafford – multiple
- Stoke-on-Trent – multiple
- Stone
- Swadlincote – multiple
- Telford – multiple
- Tollerton
- Wilmslow
South-Mid Wales
- Abergavenny
- Barry
- Blackwood
- Brecon
- Bridgend
- Builth Wells
- Burry Port
- Caerphilly North
- Caldicot
- Cardiff – multiple
- Ebbw Vale
- Hereford – multiple
- Ledbury
- Leominster
- Llandrindod Wells
- Llanelli
- Llantrisant/Church Village
- Llantwit Major/Cowbridge
- Maesteg
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Newport – multiple
- Penarth
- Pencoed/Bridgend East
- Pontypool
- Pyle
- Ross on Wye
- Swansea – multiple
- Talbot Green
- Tenby
- Ystradgynlais
Central England
- Atherstone
- Banbury – multiple
- Bedworth
- Bicester
- Birmingham – multiple
- Brackley
- Burntwood
- Cannock
- Codsall
- Coventry – multiple
- Daventry
- Dudley
- Kenilworth
- Kidderminster
- Kidlington
- Leamington Spa – North
- Lye
- Northampton – multiple
- Nuneaton – South
- Oldbury
- Olton
- Penkridge
- Pershore
- Redditch – South
- Rugby – multiple
- Sedgley
- Solihull
- Sutton Coldfield – multiple
- Tamworth – multiple
- Towcester
- Walsall – multiple
- Wednesbury
- Wolverhampton – multiple
- Worcester – multiple
East England
- Alysham
- Ashby-de-la-Zouch
- Basildon – multiple
- Bedford – multiple
- Billericay
- Braintree – East
- Bury St Edmunds – multiple
- Cambridge – multiple
- Chelmsford – multiple
- Coalville – South
- Colchester – multiple
- Corby – East
- Desborough
- Diss
- Earl Shilton
- Ely
- Grantham
- Great Dunmow
- Great Yarmouth – South
- Hadleigh
- Halesworth
- Hinckley – North
- Holbeach
- Holt
- Horncastle
- Ipswich – multiple
- Kettering – South
- Leicester – multiple
- Lincoln – multiple
- Loughborough – West
- Louth
- Lowestoft – multiple
- Market Deeping
- Mildenhall
- Mountsorrel
- Newmarket
- Norwich – multiple
- Ollerton
- Peterborough – multiple
- Rothwell
- Saxmundham
- Shepshed
- Soham
- South Woodham Ferrers
- Southend – multiple
- St Ives
- Sudbury
- Swaffham
- Wellingborough – North/West
- Whittlesey
- Wickford
Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, North & East Somerset, Mendips
- Bath – multiple
- Bradford on Avon
- Bridgwater – South
- Bristol – multiple
- Cheddar
- Cheltenham – South West
- Corsham
- Gloucester – East
- Keynsham
- Marlborough
- Moreton-in-Marsh
- Nailsea
- Nailsworth
- Royal Wootton Bassett
- Shepton Mallet
- Swindon – South
- Swindon – West
- Tewkesbury
- Trowbridge – South
- Weston-super-Mare –
- Central
- Wroughton
- Yatton
Northern Home Counties
- Abingdon – North
- Amersham
- Ampthill
- Aylesbury – multiple
- Aylesbury – West
- Beaconsfield
- Bishop’s Stortford – multiple
- Brentwood – East
- Broxbourne
- Buntingford
- Chesham
- Cheshunt
- Chipping Ongar
- Chorleywood
- Corringham – Stanford-
- le-Hope
- Didcot
- Epping
- Faringdon
- Flitwick
- Gerrards Cross
- Grays
- Harlow – multiple
- Harpenden
- Hatfield – multiple
- Hemel Hempstead – multiple
- Henley on Thames
- Hertford
- High Wycombe – multiple
- Hitchin
- Hoddesdon
- Leighton Buzzard – multiple
- Letchworth
- London Colney
- Luton – multiple
- Milton Keynes – multiple
- Oxford – multiple
- Potters Bar
- Royston
- Sandy
- Shefford
- St Albans – multiple
- Stevenage – multiple
- Thame
- Tilbury
- Tring
- Ware
- Welwyn Garden City multiple
South and West Somerset, Devon and Cornwall
- Axminster
- Brixham
- Camborne
- ranbrook
- Crediton
- Cullompton
- Dawlish
- Exeter – multiple
- Exmouth – Central
- Falmouth
- Ivybridge
- Kingsbridge
- Liskeard
- Newton Abbot
- Paignton – North
- Plymouth – Mutley/Greenbank
- Redruth
- Seaton
- Sherborne
- St Austell – West
- St Ives
- Taunton – North
- Torpoint
- Torquay – South
- Totnes
- Truro – East
Central South England
- Ascot/Sunningdale
- Bagshot
- Basingstoke – Central
- Bournemouth – multiple
- Bracknell – multiple
- Chandlers Ford
- Cranleigh
- Egham/Virginia Water
- Emsworth
- Fareham – multiple
- Fleet
- Godalming
- Guildford – multiple
- Haslemere
- Hook
- Horsham – multiple
- Lancing
- Lymington
- Midhurst
- Pagham
- Poole – multiple
- Portsmouth – multiple
- Reading – multiple
- Romsey
- Rustington
- Ryde (IOW)
- Salisbury – multiple
- Slough – multiple
- Southampton – multiple
- Swanage
- Thatcham
- Twyford
- Wareham
Kent, East Sussex, East Surrey
- Ashford – multiple
- Battle
- Bexhill – South
- Brighton – multiple
- Broadstairs
- Burgess Hill – South
- Canterbury – West
- Chatham
- Cranbrook
- Crawley – multiple
- Deal
- Dover – Central
- Eastbourne – multiple
- Faversham
- Gillingham – multiple
- Hailsham
- Hastings – multiple
- Haywards Heath
- Heathfield
- Hythe
- Isle of Sheppey
- Lewes
- Maidstone – multiple
- Margate
- Oxted
- Paddock Wood
- Peacehaven
- Rainham
- Ramsgate
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