Lidl plans to enter into the United States market

Lidl has launched a new website detailing its preferred site criteria, and guidelines for potential suppliers, part of an effort to acquire sites for its US expansion.

Lidl intends to build stand-alone stores of 36,000 square feet in dense population markets in eight East Coast states between New Jersey and Georgia.

Lidl US, is a division of German retailer Schwarz Group, one of the largest grocery retailers in Europe. Lidl has more than 6,000 stores, located almost everywhere in Europe. About 3,000 stores are in Germany, making Germany Lidl's biggest national market.