Lidl holds first U.S. hiring event

Arlington, Va.-based Lidl U.S., a division of the German retailer Lidl Stiftung & Co., held its first hiring event for store management positions on Dec. 12 in Greenville, N.C. The discount grocery retailer, which sells mostly private brand products and operates in a manner similar to ALDI, expects to open its initial stores on the East Coast by 2018 and has said it will eventually own and operate 150 stores in this region. The first wave of Lidl stores will be located from the Pennsylvania and New Jersey area down to Georgia.

Those hired for store management positions will undergo approximately six months of training, both in the United States and in the United Kingdom, according to an article titled “Lidl Grocery Starts Hiring Process,” posted on Reflector.com, a Greenville news site. Management positions will pay up to $60,000 per year, depending on the store location. A typical Lidl store employs 30 to 35 people. For more information, read the article at http://www.reflector.com/News/2016/12/13/Lidl-grocery-starts-hiring-process.html.

The Lidl website (http://tinyurl.com/zcjms4w) describes the company’s current corporate management openings and benefits. Several types of positions, including purchasing, quality assurance and packaging design, relate to Lidl’s store brands.

Based in Neckarsulm, Germany, Lidl operates 10,000 grocery stores in 27 European countries and currently employs more than 230,000 people.