Discount Retail Chain Lidl Spain will open two stores this September in Catalonia and the Community of Madrid, specifically in Barcelona and Madrid capitals. The supermarket chain will invest about € 13 million and create about 60 new jobs with these new openings.
On September 7 will open a store in Barcelona capital, next to the Mercè Market, with more than 1,200 m2 of sales room. In addition, the next day 15 will add a new store in Madrid capital with more than 1,300 m2 sales area and about 30 parking spaces.
In this way, the company Lidl promotes its sustainable expansion plan throughout the territory, for which in 2023 it plans to invest some € 230 million in the start-up of twenty new points of sale and the expansion of its current logistics infrastructure. Recently, the company has opened a warehouse in Escúzar (Granada) after allocating € 88 million and creating 250 new jobs, and in the coming years it will have another four in Parla (Madrid), Martorell (Barcelona), Constantí (Tarragona) and Villadangos del Páramo (León).
Thanks to its activity, Lidl's impact in Spain already translates into more than € 7 Bn per year contributed to GDP (0.65% of the total) and more than 150,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs generated (0.76% of the total), according to PwC data. In its objective to consolidate itself as one of the main companies generating wealth and jobs throughout the country, Lidl has managed to increase its impact on national GDP and employment by up to 50% in the period 2016-2021 alone.
