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Lidl Opening 19 Stores in Eight Weeks - Including One in Staffordshire - Stoke-on-Trent Live
Lidl's £43 million investment will create 640 jobs and upgrade stores with new tills, larger freezers, and energy-saving features as part of rapid UK expansion.
- On Wednesday, Lidl will open 19 new stores in the next eight weeks across the UK, creating up to 640 new jobs.
- Already a more than 1,000-store chain, Lidl is Britain’s sixth-largest grocery chain after recent market-share gains, and experts say it could overtake Morrisons in the coming months.
- The company is investing £43 million to upgrade stores with new tills, larger freezers, energy-saving features and refurbish more than 70 existing stores from Dundee to Isle of Wight.
- In towns including Calne, Wiltshire and Chester , Lidl will open new stores with opening-day complimentary sampling and special prizes for shoppers.
- Last year, Aldi revealed plans for 80 new stores in 2026/27 as part of a £1.6bn expansion, with 1,060 UK stores and a goal to reach 1,500, while M&S plans to open new stores in 2026.
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The measures reduce the environmental impact of the stores and are in line with the long-term goal of the company's UK subsidiary.
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