Hundreds of jobs to be created at new regional distribution centre

Around 500 jobs will be created at a new regional distribution centre in Leeds for fast-growing supermarket chain Lidl.

Lidl UK has completed the acquisition of a 38-acre site in Gildersome, which will become the site of  its new regional distribution centre.

The announcement forms part of the supermarket chain’s £1.45bn expansion investment in the UK across 2017-18. The new distribution centre will be Lidl’s 17th in the UK and is set to be approximately 60,000m² in size.

The supermarket said that the new centre, which will follow the opening of new RDCs in Doncaster, Bolton, Peterborough and Luton, could also lead to as many as 500 new jobs once operational.

Ingo Fischer, Lidl UK board director for expansion and development, said: “As we continue to open new stores and serve more customers across the country, it’s important that we also continue to build foundations for the future.

“This latest investment joins a long line of Lidl warehouses set to open over the next seven years, which are all vital in supporting our growth.”

Lidl UK now has over 720 stores nationwide.

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