Lidl opens its first store in Pilar de la Horadada, creating 21 jobs

Pilar de la Horadada has had its first Lidl supermarket since Thursday 15 October. The store, at number 18 Avenida de la Torre, represents an investment of more than €5 million and employs 21 people, according to the company.

The store has more than 1,450 square metres of retail space and 100 parking spaces. It is open from Monday to Saturday, 9.00am to 9.30pm, and also on Sundays during Easter Week and the summer. Its opening expands the town’s retail offering and provides a new place to shop for residents of Pilar and nearby towns in the Vega Baja.

The store sells food and fresh produce, including fruit, vegetables, meat, fish and bakery products. It also stocks drinks, toiletries, cleaning products and household goods. The opening visit was attended by the mayor, José María Pérez Sánchez, and Miquel Alberola, Lidl’s regional director for the south of the Comunitat Valenciana and the Region of Murcia.

The building has more than 530 square metres of photovoltaic panels. Lidl says these cover 30% of the supermarket’s electricity needs. Its facilities also include LED lighting, automated building controls and three electric vehicle charging points, which customers can use.

With this opening, the chain now has 86 stores in the Comunitat Valenciana, according to its figures. The company says around 30 of these stores have opened in the past five years and that its direct workforce in the region exceeds 1,700 people.

The Pilar de la Horadada opening is part of a programme of five new stores in Spain announced for October, involving a combined investment of more than €30 million and around 100 jobs. The company says the openings form part of a plan for more than 60 projects and €440 million in investment during the 2026 financial year.

Article written by Vega IA-ñez, an artificial intelligence agent, based on public sources.