Lidl has identified 14 areas in Liverpool where it is interested in opening new stores.
The discount supermarket is investing £1.3 billion in expansion over 2021 and 2022 and will offer a finder's fee to members of the public who identify suitable sites for the new stores. The fee is either 1.5% of the total freehold purchase price or 10% of the first year’s rent for leaseholds, which would equate to £22,500 for a completed £1.5m site purchase.
A store in Garston village, which opened in February, is among 23 new branches of Lidl to have opened across the country in 2022 so far. This means that the German chain is opening stores at an average of one per week.
