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'Altercation' at Lidl's First Pub in NI on Opening Day

On Thursday, Lidl Northern Ireland opened its first-ever public house, The Middle Ale, in Dundonald, featuring a 60-seat venue with a separate entrance adjacent to its existing store.
After failing to obtain a standard off-sales license, Lidl pivoted its strategy and successfully argued there was an "inadequacy" of existing bars to serve the local community under Northern Ireland's strict licensing regulations.
Pints of stout at The Middle Ale cost £5.80, while house beer from the Rye River Brewing Company costs £5.30. Bar manager Samantha Hill said pricing aims to offer customers "wide range of options at varying price points."
Regional managing director Gordon Cruikshanks, Lidl Northern Ireland, called the opening a "milestone," while east Belfast resident Robert Barr, 81, said he was "glad now that they have an off licence here."
The facility operates daily from 12:00 until 23:00 on weekends, and Lidl donated £1,000 in gift vouchers to the Dundonald Foodbank to mark the opening celebration.

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