Lidl, a German discount supermarket chain with more than 10,000 locations in Europe, wants to open one of its first American stores in the Charlottesville area.
Lidl announced last year that it would establish its U.S. headquarters in Arlington, build a distribution center in Spotsylvania County and begin opening stores in America by 2018. The company is seeking potential store locations in Virginia and seven other East Coast states.
In late August, the Timmons Group design firm submitted a plan to the Albemarle County Department of Community Development for a Lidl grocery store on an empty lot on Pantops at 1248 Richmond Road.
