Overview
- Entry-level hourly pay increases to £13.45 nationwide on 1 March 2026, rising to £14.45 with length of service.
- London rates increase to £14.80 an hour, with a higher tier of £15.30 for longer-serving staff.
- Lidl says the package represents a £29 million pay investment covering 35,000 UK employees.
- Paid paternity leave doubles to four weeks on full pay, rising to eight weeks after five years’ service.
- The move is Lidl’s seventh pay rise in about three years and sits alongside 2026 plans to open 19 stores creating about 640 jobs and refurbish 70 sites in a separate £43 million upgrade.