German discount supermarket chain Lidl announced it’s closing its North Augusta location.
The store on E. Martintown Road, a couple of minutes away from the Publix at North Augusta Plaza, will close on July 16. It originally opened in September 2017.
The Lidl on Alexander Drive near Friedman’s Jewelers will remain open.
Lidl, which first opened in Germany in 1973 and in the U.S. in 2017, operates more than 150 stores across the East Coast and has more than 12,000 stores worldwide.
The grocer’s number one competitor, Aldi, another discount grocer that started in Germany, has two stores in Augusta, one on Bobby Jones Expressway and one on Peach Orchard Road.
Aldi came to the U.S. in 1976 and now has more than 2,000 stores across 36 states and more than 10,000 stores globally.
