Lidl to open 12 supermarkets in Tenerife and Islands
The German supermarket group Lidl recently announced that they would be opening 12 stores throughout the Canary Islands. The announcement brings to a close several years of speculation and bureaucracy and the stores will provide some welcome competition to the other supermarket chains operating here.
Famous in the UK for undercutting the large chains such as Asda and Tescos, Lidl began branching out into cut-price electronics such as plasma TV´s, laptops and PC´s, although they are just as famous for their jaw-droppingly low prices on everyday goods albeit they are usually wrapped up in unpronounceable foreign brands – a small compromise for a much lower price.
With the first stores set to open in 2010, a total of six will be located in Tenerife, three in the South of the island in Adeje, Las Chafiras and Granadilla and three in the North in La Laguna, Puerto de la Cruz and Santa Úrsula. Additionally, a large logistics division should be operational in Guimar by the end of the year.
Another four stores will be opened in four Gran Canaria (Telde-Jinámar, Ingenio, Agüimes and Vecindario), one in Lanzarote (Arrecife) and one in Fuerteventura (Puerto del Rosario).
A total of 500 jobs should be created by the companies expansion and there are already55 people working for Lidl throughout the islands.
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