German LIDL Plans Mass Expansion in Bulgaria

Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, applauds investments in Bulgaria of the German supermarket chain LIDL. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, officially opened Wednesday the brand new logistic center of the German supermarket chain LIDL.

The 38 000 square-meter center is in the village of Ravno Pole, in the outskirts of the capital Sofia. The investment is estimated at BGN 56 M while the new center will provide over 150 new job openings.

Milena Dragiyska, Manager of LIDL Bulgaria said that by Christmas the number of people employed by the company would go up 5 times, after the opening of stores in a total of 25 municipalities.

4 of the new stores will be in Sofia while one third of all goods stored at the Ravno Pole logistics center will be Bulgarian-made.

"I support such investors, those who build facilities worth BGN millions on bare land, and have always been against those who received free factories and enterprises by the State and now want subsidies," Borisov declared.

The Ambassador of Germany to Bulgaria, Matthias Hoepfner, was also present at the ceremony.

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