Lidl US To Open New Store In Glen Burnie This Year

GLEN BURNIE, MD — Lidl US will be opening 10 new stores in Maryland, including one in Glen Burnie, and adding 400 jobs by the end of 2021. The new stores announced this week are part of a planned $500 million U.S. expansion, with a total of 50 new stores opening along the East Coast. Additional stores will be located in Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia. Lidl plans to invest more than $500 million into the new stores and hire a total of approximately 2,000 people. Lidl will also close two stores in North Carolina.

“It is exciting news that a fast-growing global company like Lidl is continuing to invest and offer good-paying job opportunities at a time when they are needed the most,” said Gov. Larry Hogan. “We welcome these new stores to our communities, and look forward to working with Lidl to ensure their continued growth and success in Maryland. This is more good news for our economic recovery, and will help more Marylanders get back to work.”

The new Maryland stores will be supported by Lidl’s recently opened $100 million regional headquarters and distribution center in Principio Business Park in Cecil County, which added 200 new jobs to the state. To assist with the project, the Maryland Department of Commerce approved a $360,000 conditional loan.

The new Maryland stores will be located at:

• Annapolis (Anne Arundel County) on Solomons Island Road
• Brooklyn Park (Anne Arundel County) on Ritchie Highway
• Columbia (Howard County) on Little Patuxent Parkway
• Glen Burnie (Anne Arundel County) on Ritchie Highway
• Frederick (Frederick County) on W. Patrick Street
• Montgomery Village (Montgomery County) on Montgomery Village Avenue
• Oxon Hill (Prince George’s County) on Livingston Road
• Takoma Park (Montgomery County) on New Hampshire Avenue
• Timonium (Baltimore County) on East Padonia Road
• Wheaton (Montgomery County) on Randolph Road

The German-based chain operates more than 11,000 stores in 32 countries, employing approximately 287,000 people globally. In June 2015, the company established U.S. headquarters in Arlington, Va. The company had originally planned to open 100 stores in the U.S. by mid-2018 but reached that goal this year.