Bigger, better: inside Lidl’s new-look sites

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Lidl is once again accelerating its UK expansion. Our Grocer of the Year 2025 has bigger stores, a health focus and revamped layouts, backed by a new sale and leaseback strategy

Lidl is expanding at full speed again. The discounter aims to open 40 UK stores this year and keep up the pace in 2026.

Its expansion is being boosted by a new sale and leaseback approach, in which it acquires the land and finds investors to buy the freehold and fund store construction.

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