Lidl has published plans to open 140 stores across the country over the next two years, with over half of its preferred new site locations in the South West.
The supermarket, which has over 860 stores and 13 distribution centres across the UK, has opened over 20 new stores since the start of this year of a planned 50, creating 2,000 jobs.
Lidl says it has committed to investing £1.3bn in its store expansion over 2021 and 2022, as it seeks to reach a target of 1,000 UK stores by 2023.
The European grocery chain has now published a list of places it would like to develop or relocate its new stores, with it prioritising town centre, edge-of-centre, retail park and metropolitan locations this year.
Christian Härtnagel, Lidl GB chief executive said: “We are calling on developers and landlords up and down the country to help find potential sites for us to build Lidl stores, which demonstrates the continued ambition we have to further expand our store portfolio across the nation.
“Despite the challenges of the past year, we still managed to meet our ambitious target of opening, on average, one new store per week across Great Britain.
“We are looking forward to opening more stores throughout the country and welcoming new colleagues in the coming months and years, so that more communities can access high quality food at the lowest prices on the market.”
Lidl said all of its proposed new stores would feature bakery sections and environmentally sustainable features, such as solar panels to provide renewable energy and electric vehicle charging points.
Here is the full list of South West locations where Lidl has expressed an interest in developing a new store.
Bath, North and East Somerset
Bath - East
Bath - South
Bridgwater - South,
Clevedon
Keynsham,
Frome (relocation)
Nailsea
Shepton Mallet,
Weston-Super-Mare - Central
Bristol
Bedminster
Bradley Stoke
Clifton
Downend / Staple Hill
Emersons Green
Fishponds
Stoke Bishop
Westbury on Trym
Whitchurch
Devon, Cornwall, South and West Somerset
Axminster
Brixham
Camborne
Cranbrook
Crediton
Crewkerne (relocation)
Cullompton
Dawlish
Exeter - Central
Exeter - North
Exeter - South East
Exmouth - Central
Falmouth
Ivybridge
Kingsbridge
Liskeard
Newton Abbot
Okehampton (relocation)
Paignton - Central (relocation)
Paignton - North
Plymouth - Mutley/Greenbank
Redruth
Seaton
Sherborne
Sidmouth (relocation)
St Austell - West
St Ives
Taunton - North
Torpoint
Torquay - South
Totnes
Truro - East
Wadebridge (relocation)
Wellington
Dorset
Bournemouth - Boscombe (relocation)
Bournemouth - Kinson / Moordown
Bournemouth - Town Centre (relocation)
Poole - Centre / Parkstone
Poole - Corfe Mullen
Salisbury - North.
Salisbury - West
Shaftesbury
Swanage
Wareham
Wimborne
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham - South East
Cheltenham - South West
Dursley
Midsomer Norton
Moreton-in-Marsh
Nailsworth
Tewkesbury
Thornbury
Wiltshire
Bradford on Avon
Corsham
Marlborough
Royal Wootton Bassett
Swindon - South
Swindon - West
Trowbridge - South
