Lidl opens 800th store amidst £1.3bn investment announcement

// Lidl opens its 800th store in Great Britain
// It opened 50 new stores in the past 12 months, creating more than 2500 new jobs
// Lidl committed to investing £1.3bn to help reach target of 1000 stores by the end of 2023Lidl has opened its 800th store in Great Britain today as it pledged to invest more than £1 billion to expand over the next two years to help reach its target of 1000 stores by 2023.
The 800th store milestone comes after the discount grocer opened 50 new stores