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Lidl offering thousands of pounds to anyone who can find a new site for Manchester store
26.04.2022 - 13:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Lidl is offering thousands of pounds to anyone who can find a new site for its latest Manchester store.
The German supermarket chain announced that it plans to open new branches in 13 cities across the UK. Lidl is investing £1.3 billion in its expansion across 2021 and 2022.
And you could earn almost £20,000 by successfully identifying suitable sites for its new stores. The news comes as Lidl publishes its annual list of locations across the country where it is interested in acquiring sites for potential store developments.
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As well as Manchester, new branches will be opening up in:
The fee for finding the perfect new site 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, reports Wales Online.
Since the beginning of 2022, Lidl has already opened 23 new stores, including in Warwick, Hounslow and Straiton, providing more communities with access to high quality food at the lowest possible prices. In March 2022 it became the sixth largest supermarket in the UK.
Richard Taylor, Chief Development Officer at Lidl GB, said: “We know that the majority of British shoppers still love doing their shopping in person and we are as committed as ever to opening new stores and enhancing our existing ones. We’re opening an average of one new store a week, which is incredible, and our teams have done a phenomenal job of keeping that pace going over the last couple of years.
"But there are still communities up and down the country that are telling us how much they want – and need - a Lidl store. We work with some of the best people in the industry to identify
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