Lidl Ireland is planning to invest €600 million in 35 new stores and a new regional distribution centre (RDC) over the coming years, RTÉ reported this week.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland on Thursday, the CEO of Lidl Ireland and Northern Ireland, Robert Ryan, outlined the new strategy.
This included a €200 million investment in a new regional distribution centre in Cork. It will aid the retailer’s plans to improve its logistical infrastructure in the south and south-east of the country.
The new RDC will aid the company as it expands its store network.
Ryan added that the retailer hopes to open 12 new stores across the country over the next 12 months.
He said, “We’ll open in Carndonagh, in Donegal, we’ll open a store in Moycullen, in Co. Galway, we’ll open a second store in Wexford Town, and one in Ballybough, in [Dublin’s] north inner city.”
Ryan noted that the retailer’s new store in Enfield, Co. Meath, had opened that morning.
“All of that really continues to rubber-stamp our investment in Ireland, and each of these have construction jobs associated with them, and we employ about 35 to 40 people in each of the stores,” he said.
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