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Competitors in the Irish grocery trade is set to grow to be much more intense following the disclosure by German discounter Lidl that it's searching for sites for more than 60 additional stores on both sides in the Border.

The planned expansion is thought to be the biggest by any in the principal grocery multiples and coincides with signs of a continuing recovery in consumer spending within the Republic.

Lidl is already among the biggest retailers in Ireland with 143 stores as well as a further 38 in Northern Ireland. The other German discount chain Aldi has 115 shops in the Republic but will not trade in Northern Ireland.

lidl offers this week has appointed CBRE’s Dublin and Belfast offices to discover important websites in cities and towns to facilitate the expansion. Following opening its initial store right here in 2000, it expanded swiftly and "experienced unparalleled development all through their lifetime in Ireland," based on the company.

As part of the continued expansion strategy it says it's "looking to open further 60-plus stores on high profile web sites with great visibility and accessibility."
Freehold properties
The best web site will likely be two acres in size though smaller sized plots of around 1 acre will probably be deemed in higher density urban places. There is also a preference for freehold properties to accommodate shops ranging in size from 1,800 sq m to two,400 sq m (19, 375 sq ft/25,833 sq ft).

Florence Stanley, head of retail at CBRE Dublin, said that in addition to mounting a countrywide look for suitable websites, they would be contacting nearby estate agents to discover the best company areas.

"It might take a while to fulfil our commitment but if we handle to line up 60 websites inside 3 years our client would most likely be happy."

Although the majority of the existing Lidl properties have substantial parking facilities, the business has also been in a position to avail of smaller, well-located sites by placing the shops on stilts and utilizing the space underneath the building for parking.

A single such store is located on the 1.14-acre former Sunday World web site in Terenure which recently opened for company.

That site was purchased by a residential improvement organization through the property boom for €18.three million and was acquired right after the crash by Lidl for more than €4 million.
Not great news
Tara Buckley, director common of the Retail Grocery Dairy and Allied Trades Association, stated 60 discount supermarkets was not excellent news for Irish towns and villages.

A report by economist Jim Power had shown that a euro spent inside a locally owned shop was worth 3 times greater than a single spent in a British or German chain. At the finish of the day their earnings go back to Germany or the UK.

Lidl’s share in the discount marketplace in the North has risen considerably over the years even though surprisingly the organization has not been challenged in that marketplace by Aldi. That company recently confirmed that its planned £600 million expansion in the UK - it really is to open another 550 outlets - will not contain Northern Ireland.

Meanwhile, Tesco continues to be mulling more than the lengthy delayed megastore planned for Liffey Valley Purchasing Centre in west Dublin. It has denied it's to be abandoned just like 49 other supermarket projects in the UK.

Planning permission for the store was granted by An Bord Plean?la in June 2016 and, according to an official spokesperson, the organization is "working through planning compliance with the local authority and as such a commencement date for the development has not but been finalised".