A Lidl store opens in southeast Washington DC in September 2022.Getty Images German grocer Lidl opened its first US stores in 2017. It closed 11 underperforming stores this week, according to various news reports. The closures were in six states including Virginia, home to its US headquarters. German grocer Lidl entered the US in 2017 with promises to bring deeply discounted goods to 600 stores in the US.