Lidl has published its latest ‘wish list’ of new store locations, with targeted areas stretching from Garthdee in Aberdeen to Aldgate in London.
The discounter’s latest property requirements brochure specifies sites can be freehold or leasehold and should be able to accommodate a store of between 18,000 sq ft and 26,500 sq ft, plus at least 100 parking spaces.
Lidl is offering a ‘finder’s fee’ of either 10% of the first year’s rent or 1.5% of the freehold value for previously unidentified locations that lead to a store development.
Earlier this month, Lidl GB announced plans to open 50 new stores in 12 months in a £600m investment.
Since 2024 Lidl has been fuelling expansion by selling yet-to-be-built stores to fund their construction, and then leasing them back when complete. Along with Asda and Morrisons, Lidl was one of three supermarkets whose sale & leaseback activity drove a near-record high £1.87bn of investment in foodstore property in 2025, according to consultancy Colliers’ latest annual grocery real estate report.
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“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,” said Lidl GB chief real estate officer Richard Taylor.
“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.”
Lidl has also been growing sales faster than any other UK bricks & mortar supermarket for 33 months in a row according to Worldpanel by Numerator data. The latest data set, covering the 12 weeks to 22 March 2026, showed Lidl level with Morrisons in grocery market share for the first time, at 8.3%. It made Lidl the UK’s joint fifth-largest supermarket, up from sixth, thanks to its sales increasing by 9.6% year on year. New Worldpanel data is due tomorrow.
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