The 12 Lancashire locations on Lidl's 'wishlist' - and another supermarket set for a relocation
There’s a finders fee for anyone who can help Lidl find suitable plots in 12 places across Lancashire.
Lidl has revealed hundreds of target locations across Great Britain where it is seeking sites for new stores - including 12 in Lancashire.
The discount giant has just released a Site Requirements Brochure, which lists the following locations as ‘new store sites required’:
- Bamber Bridge
- Blackpool - Bispham
- Blackpool - Marton
- Blackpool - Thornton
- Chorley
- Fleetwood
- Garstang
- Lancaster
- Leyland
- Lytham
- Preston East
As well as this, the current branch in New Hall Lane, Preston, is listed for relocation.
Lidl says it is “actively seeking freehold, leasehold, or long-leasehold sites in prominent locations with strong footfall and easy accessibility”. A competitive finder’s fee is available to anyone who successfully identifies a previously unknown site that leads to a developed store.
Richard Taylor, Chief Real Estate Officer at Lidl GB, said: "At Lidl GB, we currently have one of the most ambitious store opening programmes of any supermarket and we are more committed than ever to bringing our high quality and low priced products to even more communities across the country.
“All of our stores deliver more than just affordable products. Each one also brings quality jobs, opportunities for British suppliers to showcase the best of our home grown produce and support to local good causes in the communities each one serves. In uncertain times, shoppers and communities can count on us.”
Jobs
Each new site will generate dozens of jobs for local people with some of the most competitive benefits in the sector, with entry-level hourly rates of £13.45 nationally, increasing to £14.45 with length of service.
Last month, Lidl GB confirmed plans to open more than 50 new stores in the next 12 months as part of a £600million investment. The supermarket has held a 33-month streak as the fastest-growing bricks-and-mortar supermarket in the UK1, with the publication of its latest target locations signalling a clear intention to continue to grow at pace after opening its 1,000 store in East Grinstead last November.