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17 April 2026

Lidl opens a pub in Northern Ireland

United Kingdom | The German discount retailer Lidl is about to open its first ever pub in a Belfast suburb. The decision is not necessarily due to the supermarket chain seeking to diversify into the hospitality industry. Rather, it is a way of exploiting a legal loophole to bypass Northern Ireland’s draconian and maddening licensing laws, media reported on 9 April.

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