Lidl GB has said it will invest half a billion pounds in its expansion, as the discounter moves forward with plans to open more than 40 new stores across the UK. Marking its fourth decade of growth in Great Britain, the raft of planned store openings are part of the retailer’s mission to provide shoppers with access to affordable, high-quality food.

“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,” Richard Taylor, Chief Real Estate Officer at Lidl GB, said.

Publishing its 2025 site requirements brochure, Lidl outlined hundreds of potential locations for new stores – including high streets, retail parks, and mixed-use town centre sites across England, Scotland and Wales.

“Our latest site requirements brochure reinforces the scale of our ambition for the future,” Taylor continued. “New Lidl stores mean new jobs, new opportunities for British suppliers, and continued investment into local economies… with this investment, we’re taking another big step in our journey.”

In addition to investment in new stores, Lidl said it would complete construction work on the extension of its warehouse in Belvedere, which has more than doubled in size, along with the start of work on its Leeds distribution centre.