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Display MoreLidl has announced that it is creating 700 new jobs as it continues its plan to challenge the UK's four big supermarkets.
The discount retailer revealed it will open 19 new stores before the end of the month - bringing it total count 700.
The new branches - including those in Edingburgh, Stockton, Hull, Polegate and Rosehill, south London, are part of an accelerated plan for expansion by Lidl.
The German supermarket chain plans to spend £1.45billion in the UK over the next year, including plans to open 50 new branches and regenerate 30 existing stores.
Earlier this month it announced plans for a new warehouse in Luton, with a further five new distribution centres in the pipeline.
At the end of last year, Lidl announced it was giving a pay rise to 16,000 employees to make them the best-paid supermarket workers in the UK.
Industry figures show that the chain's increasing popularity showed no sign of slowing with both Aldi and Lidl taking a bigger slice out of the market.
Competition is hotting up.