{"id":190783,"date":"2025-12-14T03:43:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/190783\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T03:43:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:43:15","slug":"customers-flock-to-kerry-towns-new-and-improved-lidl-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/190783\/","title":{"rendered":"Customers flock to Kerry town\u2019s new and improved Lidl store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pictured at the official opening of the new Lidl store in Listowel, County Kerry on Thursday morning are Kim Kerins, Lidl regional sales operations director,  Stephen O'Connell, Lidl Listowel store manager and Keith Hogan, Lidl sales operations manager presenting a cheque for 500 euro to Jacinta Budhlaeir, Principal, Suzanne Walsh of Nano Nagle Listowel. Photo: Don MacMonagle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5c436b7a-bb56-47f7-9be5-409dadebf359.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Pictured at the official opening of the new Lidl store in Listowel, County Kerry on Thursday morning are Kim Kerins, Lidl regional sales operations director,  Stephen O&#8217;Connell, Lidl Listowel store manager and Keith Hogan, Lidl sales operations manager presenting a cheque for 500 euro to Jacinta Budhlaeir, Principal, Suzanne Walsh of Nano Nagle Listowel. Photo: Don MacMonagle<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pictured at the official opening of the new Lidl store in Listowel on Thursday morning are Kim Kerins, Lidl regional sales operations director, Stephen O'Connell, Lidl Listowel store manager and Keith Hogan, Lidl  sales operations manager presenting a cheque for 500 euro to representatives of the Kerry Parents &amp; Friends Association. Photo: Don MacMonagle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/05e5fb4b-d294-4c0e-b746-19a7123e9924.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Pictured at the official opening of the new Lidl store in Listowel on Thursday morning are Kim Kerins, Lidl regional sales operations director, Stephen O&#8217;Connell, Lidl Listowel store manager and Keith Hogan, Lidl  sales operations manager presenting a cheque for 500 euro to representatives of the Kerry Parents &amp; Friends Association. Photo: Don MacMonagle<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kerry footballer C\u00e0it Lynch cuts the tape to officially open the new Lidl store in Listowel on Thursday morning. Also in photo are from left, Kim Kerins, Lidl regional sales operations director, Stephen O'Connell, Lidl Listowel store manager, Keith Hogan, Lidl sales operations manager and Cllr Michael Foley, chairman, Kerry County Council. Photo: Don MacMonagle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/e16472c3-e8c2-4f3c-8ce2-33cadc013984.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Kerry footballer C\u00e0it Lynch cuts the tape to officially open the new Lidl store in Listowel on Thursday morning. Also in photo are from left, Kim Kerins, Lidl regional sales operations director, Stephen O&#8217;Connell, Lidl Listowel store manager, Keith Hogan, Lidl sales operations manager and Cllr Michael Foley, chairman, Kerry County Council. Photo: Don MacMonagle<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Customers from across north Kerry and beyond came to visit Listowel\u2019s new Lidl store when it officially opened on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Crowds of curious people came to do some Christmas shopping, and take a look at the new supermarket throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The first ten customers through the doors received complementary Lidl gift vouchers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Kerry Ladies\u2019 footballer Cait Lynch cut the ribbon on the new premises alongside store employees and welcomed customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Cait said she was delighted to open the new store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cLidl has been a brilliant sponsor to the LGFA for years, and it&#8217;s fantastic to see this investment in our community. The new Lidl Listowel is a huge boost, creating local jobs and giving shoppers access to Lidl&#8217;s exceptional quality and great value,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The new premises, located next to the site of the old store on the John B Keane Road, represents an investment of more than \u20ac9 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Five additional permanent retail jobs have been created at the new store, bringing the number of employees to 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The store team has donated \u20ac500 in Lidl vouchers each to the local charities Nano Nagle Listowel and Kerry Parents and Friends Association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The new store sits on a site of 2,493sqm and boasts a 1,645sqm sales floor offering expanded aisle space, in-store bakery and two Deposit Return Scheme machines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It has an increased number of tills and new self-service checkouts. Outside, there is 140 car parking spaces and electric vehicle charging points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">There is almost 1,000sqm of solar panels on the roof of the premises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The new store opening in Listowel comes weeks after Lidl Ireland opened another brand new supermarket in Killorglin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pictured at the official opening of the new Lidl store in Listowel, County Kerry on Thursday morning are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,3332],"class_list":["post-190783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jack-joy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}