Lidl to open in US by 2012

Lidl plans 1,000 new stores in Germany, to enter U.S. market by 2012

German
discount retailer Lidl is planning to open up a further 1,000 stores
in Germany, meaning that the company would have 4,000 stores there.

In addition, Lidl plans to enter the
U.S. market by 2012 the latest. The next foreign market the company
wants to enter, however, is Switzerland, where Lidl is to open the
first 80 stores in 2009.