Lidl to open 50 new UK stores this year creating 2,000 new jobs - full list of locations

Lidl has announced plans to open 50 news stores across the UK this year as part of a huge expansion that will open up 2,000 new jobs.

The discount supermarket announced the openings as part of a £1.3 billion investment, with the aim of launching 1,000 new stores by 2022 - 50 of which will open to customers by December this year.

New stores across the UK

Lidl is looking at opening its new sites in town centres, the edge of city centres, retail parks and metropolitan locations across the country.

The company said the new shops will all feature modern tech, with solar panels and electric vehicle charging points for customers to use.

Lidl has not yet confirmed the exact locations of the new sites, but has published a list of areas it is targeting.

These include:

• Brighton
• Oxford
• Bristol
• Birmingham
• Warwick
• Leicester
• Manchester
• Liverpool
• Warrington
• Cardiff
• Newport
• Edinburgh
• Dumbarton
• Shotts

Christian Härtnagel, at Lidl GB said: “We are calling on developers and landlords up and down the country to help find potential sites for us to build Lidl stores, which demonstrates the continued ambition we have to further expand our store portfolio across the nation.