The new state-of-the-art store brings an investment of €10 million to the locality and up to 10 new jobs with the retailer over the next year.
Tipperary sporting icons, Aisling Moloney, seasoned LGFA player and Lidl brand ambassador, and Seamus Callanan, Tipperary Hurling Captain, joined the team at the new Lidl Thurles store this morning to do the honours of officially opening the store.
Lidl Thurles first opened on Abbey Road on the North-West side of the town in 2002 bringing Lidl’s renowned range of top quality produce at market leading prices to the community of Thurles and its surrounds.
Having served the local community for more than 19 years, the current store will now be replaced with a new, top of the range Lidl store on Slievenamon Road on the South-West side of the town.
The €10 million development boasts a new, bright and airy, state-of-the-art Lidl store, with a spacious interior layout, high ceilings and wide aisles creating a comfortable shopping experience for customers.
Abutting the store is a large carpark plaza serving Lidl and its two auxiliary sites which are yet to be developed.
Adjacent to the store is an onsite café which will be occupied by coffee chain, Insomnia in the coming weeks, providing a nice nook for post-shopping catch ups.
Commending the Thurles community for their continued support, Lidl Thurles Store Manager, Gatis Gribusts, said:
“After a full year of preparation, we are incredibly excited to finally be opening our new and improved store.
Although we have relocated to Slievenamon Road, we are only a stone’s throw away from our previous store site, so we are delighted to still be in a convenient and central location for our customers.
We have an excellent relationship with the community here in Thurles and we can’t wait to give them an enhanced shopping experience with our new store.”
While maintaining its status as the most affordable place to shop, Lidl also continues to pioneer in the area of sustainability.
Lidl’s new Thurles store is an excellent example of this with its 50001 ISO certified energy management system using only renewable electricity, the installation of PV panels on the roof of the store and the installation of two EV charging stations for customer use.
Supporting local biodiversity, the exterior of the store has been fitted with several swift bird nest boxes and swift callers, bat boxes and is surrounded with a wildflower meadow creating an area of pollination promotion.
Over the years, Lidl has become a true pillar of the Thurles and wider Tipperary community.
Through its partnership with FoodCloud, Lidl has donated more than 160,000 meals to local Tipperary charities and community groups, helping to alleviate food poverty.
Furthering its community-focused objectives under its “A Better Tomorrow” corporate social responsibility programme, and to mark the opening this morning, the Lidl Thurles team welcomed representatives, Catherine Cleary, Katie Cleary and John Gleeson, from local charities, Down Syndrome Tipperary and Cameo Care Thurles, who provide dementia support, to accept a donation of €500 each.
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