Lidl reveals £500,000,000 UK expansion plan with supermarkets in very unexpected places
If you love the Middle of Lidl, but don’t live near enough to a supermarket to truly take advantage of the bizarre bargains, you’re in luck.
That’s because the retailer has announced its going to be expanding across the UK, spending a whopping £500,000,000 opening new stores – and many of these look set to be in London.
Lidl already has more than 120 stores within the M25, but is looking to open hundreds more, with a list of proposed locations being shared in its site requirements brochure for 2025.
In this document, it was revealed that Lidl desires to launch new stores in more than 200 places across London and from Richmond to Chelsea some of the areas on the list are rather unexpected.
While these are only potential locations, not confirmed places where supermarkets will be built, it’s still interesting to see where the budget retailer is setting its sights, especially when it comes to some of the city’s more affluent boroughs.
Other target areas include Barnes, Battersea, Chelsea, Chiswick, Greenwich, Ham, Highgate, Kensington High Street, South Kensington, Knightsbridge, Nine Elms, Kew, Paddington, Richmond town centre, Soho, Mayfair, Teddington, Twickenham, Westminster, Waterloo, and Wimbledon.
There are also a few spots around the capital where the retailer is looking to relocate an existing store – with plans to move sites in Edmonton Green, Finsbury Park, Ilford, Sydenham and Wembley Park.
Speaking about the company’s expansion plans, Richard Taylor, Lidl GB’s chief development officer, said: ‘This level of investment is a clear sign of our ambition.
‘As we enter our fourth decade in Great Britain and hurtle towards a thousand stores, there are still so many parts of the country crying out for convenient access to a Lidl store.’
He added: ‘Our latest site requirements brochure reinforces the scale of our ambition for the future. New Lidl stores mean new jobs, new opportunities for British suppliers, and continued investment into local economies.
‘We’re proud to be one of the fastest-growing supermarkets in the country, and with this investment, we’re taking another big step in our journey.’
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This comes after Lidl recently slashed the price of some of its best bakery items to just 29p.
Customers are now able to purchase a Petit Pain or White Crusty Roll for 29p (previously 32p), while the beloved croissant will be going from 65p to 59p.
Other items included in the price drop are the All Butter Pain Au Chocolate, Pain Aux Raisin, Chocolate Twist, Chocolate Hazelnut Croissant, Almond Croissant, Maple and Pecan Plait, Apple Turnover and the Pastel de Nata.
All of these baked goods were originally 79p, but will have a new price of 69p.
It’s not clear how long this roll back of prices will last for, so if you’re a pastry lover you might want to enjoy the savings while you can.
Full list of Lidl's desired London locations:
Addiscombe
Addlestone
Aldgate
Angel
Archway
Ashtead
Aveley / Purfleet
Balham
Banstead
Barnes
Barnet – East Barnet
Barnet – Friern Barnet
Barnet – High Barnet / Chipping Barnet
Barnet – New Barnet
Barkingside
Battersea
Beckenham
Belsize Park
Bethnal Green
Bexley
Bickley
Biggin Hill
Blackfen
Blackhorse Road
Bounds Green
Bow
Brockley
Broadgate
Bromley – South
Bushey
Caledonian Road
Camberwell
Camden
Canonbury
Chalk Farm
Charing Cross / Covent Garden
Chelsea
Cheam
Chertsey
Chessington – East
Chessington – North
Chingford – North
Chingford – South
Chislehurst
Chiswick
Clapham Common
Clapham – North
Clapham – Old Town
Clapham – South
Clapton
Clerkenwell
Cobham
Cockfosters
Colindale
Collier Row
Coulsdon
Crayford
Cricklewood
Crouch End
Dagenham – East
Dagenham – South
Dalston
Dartford – North
Debden
Deptford – High Street
Downham
Dulwich
Ealing – Ealing Broadway
Ealing – South Ealing
Earlsfield
Earl’s Court
East Dulwich
East Sheen / Mortlake
Eastcote
Elephant & Castle
Elmers End
Elm Park
Enfield
Esher
Ewell
Finchley – East Finchley
Finchley – Finchley Central
Finchley – North Finchley
Forest Hill
Fulham
Gallows Corner
Gants Hill
Golders Green / Temple Fortune
Great Cambridge Road
Greenwich
Grove Park
Hackney – Central
Haggerston
Ham / Kingston – North
Hampstead
Hampton / Hampton Hill
Hanworth
Harlesden / Stonebridge
Harrow – North Harrow
Harrow – South Harrow
Hayes
Hendon
Herne Hill
Highams Park
Highbury
Highgate
Hillingdon
Holborn
Homerton
Isle of Dogs
Isleworth
Kensal Rise
Kensal Town
Kensington – Kensington High Street
Kensington – South Kensington
Kentish Town
Kenton
Kilburn
Kingston – Town Centre
Kings Cross
Kingsland
Kingsbury / Queensbury
Kidbrooke
Knightsbridge
Lea Bridge
Lee
Lewisham – High Street
Lewisham – North
Leyton
Leytonstone
London Bridge / Borough
Lower Morden
Manor Park
Marylebone
Mill Hill
Moorgate / Barbican
Molesey
Muswell Hill
Neasden
New Cross
Nine Elms
North Acton / Park Royal
North Bellingham
North Bermondsey
North Cheam
North Hornchurch
North Romford
North Sheen / Kew
Northumberland Heath
Northwood
Notting Hill
Orpington
Osterley
Paddington / Bayswater
Palmers Green
Peckham – Rye Lane
Penge
Petts Wood
Pimlico
Plaistow
Plaistow – South
Plumstead
Ponders End
Purley
Radlett
Rainham
Raynes Park
Richmond – Town Centre
Rickmansworth
Roehampton
Ruislip
Selsdon
Seven Sisters
Shepperton
Shirley
Shooters Hill
Shoreditch
Sidcup
Silvertown
Soho / Mayfair
South Norwood
South Tottenham
Southall
Southfields
Paul’s
Staines – West
Stamford Hill
Stoke Newington
Stratford
Streatham Hill
Sunbury
Surbiton
Sutton
Swanley
Swiss Cottage
Tadworth
Teddington
Thames Ditton
Tolworth
Tottenham
Tulse Hill
Twickenham
Upminster
Uxbridge
Vauxhall
Victoria / Westminster
Walthamstow – Wood Street
Wanstead
Wandsworth
Wandsworth – York Road
Wapping
Waterloo
Watford – Garston
Watford – North
Watford – West / Croxley Green
Wealdstone
West Drayton
West Ham
West Hampstead
West Hounslow
West Norwood
West Thamesmead
Wembley – Wembley Central
Weybridge
Whetstone
White City
White Hart Lane
Whipps Cross
Whyteleafe / Kenley
Willesden
Wimbledon
Wimbledon Chase
Winchmore Hill
Woolwich Road
Worcester Park
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