You could earn £22K in a day if you can find the perfect spot for a new Lidl superstore in your local town – here’s how
DO you fancy earning £22,000 in just one day? Lidl could have provided the solution.
The discount supermarket is calling on the British public to help find them locations for over 100 new stores across the country.
Lidl is aiming to have 1,100 stores by the end of 2025 and will offer a hefty finders fee for people who are able to help find suitable sites.
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.
“Our finder’s fees are, therefore, available to absolutely anyone that can identify a viable option for a new store that we’re not already aware of, and we welcome any suitable suggestions that will help us to meet our ambitious target of 1,100 stores by the end of 2025.”
They clarified that the finders fee is either 1.5 per cent of the total freehold purchase price or 10 per cent of first year’s rent for leaseholds.
This would equate to £22,500 for a completed £1.5m site purchase.
Requirements include the space having parking for over 100 cars on a 18,000 sq ft plot, with the population in the catchment area being 20,000.
Lidl said that it is looking for sites in prominent locations with easy access and strong pedestrian or traffic flow.
Lidl said it will also consider freehold, leasehold or long leasehold opportunities.
The supermarket has also published a list of desired locations across the country that could be of key interest, if you know a suitable spot there.
The list includes, amongst many others, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Birmingham, Cambridge and Edinburgh.
Since the beginning of 2022, Lidl has opened 23 new stores, including in Warwick, Hounslow and Straiton.
Where does Lidl want to open new stores?
LIDL has published a new list of desired locations for potential new stores. The list includes, amongst many others, the following towns and cities:
- Bristol
- Derby
- Liverpool
- London
- Manchester
- Nottingham
- Oxford
- Southampton
- Swansea
- Birmingham
- Sheffield
- Cambridge
- Edinburgh
To see the full list, click here.
It comes just months after the discount supermarket chain said that it was looking for £91million in funding to help fund its expansion.
In London alone, where Lidl is now the third largest supermarket, it will be opening new stores in Wandsworth, Fulham, Hoxton and Canning Town.
In March 2022, it became the 6th largest supermarket in the UK.
Members of the public who know of potential sites are encouraged to check details against Lidl’s site requirements and contact the supermarket’s property team with further details.
More information can be found on their website.
