Lidl opens its 700th store in the UK
Lidl
Supermarket chain  Lidl  has hit a milestone of 700 UK stores after  it  opened five new stores in one day.
Although  the chain  is dwarfed by Tesco and Sainsbury  whose stores number thousands   it  and close rival Aldi are now third and fourth biggest in terms of number of UK stores.
 Lidl 's new stores are in Edinburgh  Stockton  Hull  Polegate in East Sussex and Rosehill  in south London.
 Lidl 's first supermarket in the UK opened in 1994.
 Lidl  reveals record-breaking December
Lidl: 700
Discounters such as Aldi and Lidl have shaken up the supermarket sector  putting huge competitive pressure on mainstream chains  including market leader Tesco and Sainsbury's.
Supermarket chain   [TGT] has hit a milestone of 700 UK stores after   [TGT]   opened five new stores in one day.
Although  the chain  is dwarfed by Tesco and Sainsbury  whose stores number thousands   it  and close rival Aldi are now third and fourth biggest in terms of number of UK stores.
  [TGT]  's new stores are in Edinburgh  Stockton  Hull  Polegate in East Sussex and Rosehill  in south London.
 Lidl 's first supermarket in the UK opened in 1994.
  [TGT] reveals record-breaking December
Lidl: 700
Discounters such as Aldi and  [TGT]  have shaken up the supermarket sector  putting huge competitive pressure on mainstream chains  including market leader Tesco and Sainsbury's.