A legal win has cleared the way for discount supermarket Lidl to open its first pub inside one of its stores after the High Court rejected a challenge to the proposal.

The off licence operator said Lidl failed to demonstrate there weren’t already shops or pubs in the area that were already selling alcohol, something that Lidl needed to do so i

The supermarket chain has been granted approval by a High Court to open its first ever UK pub near Belfast in Northern Ireland.

Lidl is opening a pub in one of its supermarkets in the UK. The High Court has granted the supermarket permission to go ahead with the plans to open the pub in its Dundonald store in County Down near Belfast.

Lidl is set to open the first ever pub inside a UK store, allowing shoppers to drink alcohol on site. The German giants secured a landmark victory in the High Court to open its first-ever pub inside a supermarket in Northern Ireland.