The discount grocer with stores about a quarter of the size of a typical Giant, Safeway or Wegman's opened its first Maryland store in September in Bowie and its first U.S. stores in June 2017 in Hampton Roads and Virginia Beach, Va. The Maryland stores announced Friday will open in Catonsville, College Park, District Heights, Hagerstown, Lanham and Waldorf plus Nottingham, northeast of Baltimore. ► MAY 16: Walmart shoppers to see prices rise from China tariffs► JUNE 2017: America's first Lidl stores open in Hampton, Va. BeachConsumers could benefit from the competition. Lidl now has more than 65 stores in nine East Coast states and more than 10,000 stores in 29 countries worldwide, the company said. Aldi has more than 1,800 stores in 35 states and more than 10,000 stores in 19 countries.

Source: Forbes May 18, 2019 00:11 UTC