40 new Lidl stores will open over the next year, with several set to be in London.
On top of these upcoming stores, Lidl has released a list of more than 200 locations across London where it wants to open new stores, with 33 of them in boroughs all over south London.
The expansion plans will involve a £500 million investment in opening new supermarkets and relocating existing stores over the next financial year.
Below are all the south east London neighbourhoods that Lidl wants to expand into:
London Borough of Bexley:
Bexley
Crayford
Sidcup
London Borough of Greenwich:
Greenwich
Kidbrooke
Plumstead
Shooters Hill
West Thamesmead
Woolwich Road
London Borough of Bromley:
Bromley
Beckenham
Bickley
Biggin Hill
Chislehurst
Elmers End
Orpington
Penge
Petts Wood
London Borough of Lewisham:
Brockley
Deptford – High Street
Downham
Grove Park
Lee
Lewisham – High Street
Lewisham North
New Cross
London Borough of Southwark:
Camberwell
Dulwich
East Dulwich
Elephant and Castle
Herne Hill
North Bermondsey
Peckham – Rye Lane
Richard Taylor, Chief Real Estate Officer at Lidl GB, said: “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.
“That’s why we welcome the measures proposed in the Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill – they recognise the urgent need to remove barriers to development and support the kind of growth we at Lidl are working towards.
“Our latest site requirements brochure reinforces the scale of our ambition for the future.
“New Lidl stores mean new jobs, new opportunities for British suppliers, and continued investment into local economies.
“We’re proud to be one of the fastest-growing supermarkets in the country, and with this investment, we’re taking another big step in our journey.”
