An image of the proposed front of the pub was also included with the drawings, showing where doors, windows and a sign containing the pub name would go. The idea of a Lidl pub has, understandably, caused a stir amongst shoppers, who say they are ‘buzzing’ to have a drink there and claim it will be ‘amazing’.

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