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Could you find Lidl's new Scottish store?

Discount supermarket giant Lidl has offered it's Scottish customers a "finder's fee" if they can help and locate an avaliable space for a new store.


Lidl has put the call out to it's customers in Scotland as the supermarket aims to expand it's operations.


The call comes after the discount supermarket became the sixth largest in the UK in March, according to research by Kantar.


Lidl is targeting to launch over 1,100 new outlets by 2025 and has already identified more than 40 sites across the country as potential areas for new stores.


The supermarket says that customers are to be offered either 1.5% of the total freehold purchase price or 10% of the first year's rent for leaseholds - which could earn them up to £22,500 for a sale of £1.5m.


Lidl's bosses say the scheme - which is open to anyone - must find a viable location but that location must meet the guidelines.


The guidelines include size and car parking avaliability with space for more than 100 vehicles.


Popular Scottish towns and cities, which include Dundee and Edinburgh's City Centre's, Glasgow's Merchant City and St Andrews are among the potential locations on the shortlist.



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