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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

Lidl to open 50 UK stores in year ahead – and its first pub

A shopper in the middle aisle at a Lidl store
The German-owned discounter Lidl has more than 1,000 stores in the UK. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Lidl is to open 50 new UK stores in the year ahead – as well as its first pub – as it aims to overtake Morrisons as the country’s fifth largest supermarket chain.

The German-owned retailer has begun building a pub in east Belfast in response to strict local licensing laws that cap the number of premises that can sell alcohol.

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