Overview
- The Autumn 2025 site requirements brochure outlines plans to open hundreds of new stores and identifies more than a thousand target locations as prospective opportunities rather than confirmed openings.
- For London and the M25 corridor, Lidl is seeking about 100 additional stores using flexible formats in shopping centres, high streets and retail parks, including options without dedicated parking near public transport.
- The company’s standard site specifications call for units of 18,000 to 26,500 square feet, around 100 dedicated parking spaces and plots of roughly 1.5 acres for standalone stores or up to 4 acres for mixed-use developments.
- Lidl is offering a competitive finder’s fee for new site introductions as it engages landlords, developers and agents in an active acquisition phase.
- Media have published partial and regional breakdowns of the brochure, with Express listing 486 locations, Chronicle Live highlighting 56 across the North East and Cumbria, and Teesside Live noting at least 10 proposals in Teesside.