The new Lidl

[Gordon Davies]

Hi anyone any idea how the new Lidl is getting on please

[sunseekers]

According to the site on mygranalacant the concrete walls are now going up, they don't hang about, they will want to be up and running as soon as possible, i don't think it will be there for us to use in December this time out but I hope it will for February.
Hazel

[Lesue]

I will take some photos tomorrow and post them on the forum for you to see the progress.

[Gordon Davies]

Thanks Lesue will look forward to seeing the pictures. Hi Hazel like you i am back out early in Feb and hope to see it up and running by then

[Bunny]

The manager told me it would be opening again in March............probably for Easter.

[MICKKAT]

Yes the Manager also told us March.....he did not say what year?

[Alicante Holiday Villas]

Date is definitely March. These photos were taken today

[sunseekers]

Hi Gordon, looks like we will have to wait till the time after for it then, not a problem, when we first came out to gran alacant the only supermarket was the max coop, I remember going in for a chicken to do dinner and all they could offer me was a whole chicken with legs and head intact, we didn't have chicken that day, it's come a long way and is fabulous.

[Lesue]

Photos of the build progress on the new Lidl as promised, taken today at 16:00. Also a photo of the progress on the premises where the Optician is re-locating (opposite the Mercadona entrance).

[Blue and white stripes]

When we first bought the only supermarket in GA was a pokey corner shop where the tapas bar is now located on the Suen Azul block. I remember going one morning and paying in pesetas and getting my change in new euros.
When Maxcoop opened they had a free plant as an opening offer. Long time ago now, 2005ish I think.

[Gordon Davies]

Thanks all for pictures. Lets just hope Lidl do finish and open early Hazel just so we can get a look in there. If i remember right i think we moved into our first house in
Gran Alacant just before Maxcoop opened but i do remember going to that little shop where the Tapas bar is now it was a good little shop but seemed to have everything you needed

[Tony Gillam]

I remember at the commercial block at Carabassi, units had little notices in the window saying 'opening on...' That was back in 2002.

[Blue and white stripes]

'When we first bought the only supermarket in GA was a pokey corner shop where the tapas bar is now located on the Suen Azul block. I remember going one morning and paying in pesetas and getting my change in new euros.'

Euro introduced 01/01/2002 apparently

[Gordon Davies]

when we bought our first place in Gran Alacant for 11.5 million pesetas i remember paying 8 million in bankers draft and walking down the road with 3.5 million pesetas in notes in a brown paper bag to complete the deal

[Corporal Jones]

And that sums up why since 1986 until 2013, spain has been the largest recipient of eu money including from the uk. Everyyear spain receives billions more than it pays into the eu simply because of the black economy of undundeclared monies.