Lidl is creating 500 new jobs as it gears up to open its largest UK distribution centre in Peterborough as part of its plans to invest £1.45bn in the country over the next two years.
The German discounter, which recently overtook Waitrose to become the UK’s seventh biggest grocer, said that the new site would be its 15th distribution centre and will supply groceries and non-food items to the nearby area.
Lidl said that Peterborough was “ideally located” to support its expansion across the UK and it would now seek to obtain satisfactory planning consent for the site.
