April 7 (SeeNews) - Discount retail chain Lidl, part of Germany’s Schwarz Group, intends to open several stores and build a logistics centre in North Macedonia, the government in Skopje said on Wednesday.
The company's first investment project in North Macedonia will be the construction of a logistics centre which will serve as a supply hub for the supermarket chain, the government of North Macedonia said in a statement.
Lidl plans to open supermarkets in cities "with sustainable demographic and economic power", the government said, without disclosing any details of the stores' locations.
Lidl has already registered a subsidiary in North Macedonia, the government added.
According to the country's central registry, Lidl Severna Makedonija was established on February 16 with a registered address in Skopje.
The company plans to invest over 10 million euro ($192,600/161,800 euro) in a supermarket and to buy land of over 10,000 sq m in the country, local news outlet Faktor reported earlier.
(1 euro = 61.83 denars)