Lidl plans to open 50 new stores a year in France until 2022

Discounter Lidl plans to open 50 new stores a year in France by 2022, following its busiest year for new store openings in the country. Since 2012 Lidl has invested EUR 4.5 billion in France in expanding its store network. This investment has paid off: it broke the 6-percent market share mark in 2019 for the first time, and Lidl finished the year with 6.2 percent of the market – reported Kantar.