A DISCOUNT supermarket chain has expressed its interest in opening stores in Newton Abbot and Dawlish.

Lidl has today, Monday, April 28, said it wants to expand its footprint of stores off the back of a £500million investment package, with an additional 40 stores over the next year.

The supermarket outlined hundreds of potential sites in its latest ‘Site Requirements Brochure’.

And fifteen are in Devon, including Newton Abbot and Dawlish.

The proposed locations include high-streets, retail parks and other town centre sites, the Mid-Devon Advertiser understands.

Richard Taylor, Chief Real Estate Officer at Lidl GB, said: ‘This level of investment is a clear sign of our ambition.

‘As we enter our fourth decade in Great Britain and hurtle towards a thousand stores, there are still so many parts of the country crying out for convenient access to a Lidl store.

‘Our latest site requirements brochure reinforces the scale of our ambition for the future.

‘New Lidl stores mean new jobs, new opportunities for British suppliers, and continued investment into local economies.

‘We are proud to be one of the fastest-growing supermarkets in the country, and with this investment, we’re taking another big step in our journey.’

The newest Lidl store to open in Teignbridge was in Bovey Tracey in December 2024.