Lidl, the German discount supermarket chain, will open its first Long Island stores by early next year, according to a company statement.

Lidl, which purchased the 27-store Best Market chain last year, will open new stores in Plainview and Center Moriches and re-brand two existing Best Market stores on Sunrise Highway in West Babylon and Jericho Turnpike in Huntington Station under the Lidl name.

The former ShopRite location in the Morton Village Shopping Center on Old Country Road in Plainview will likely be the Island’s first Lidl supermarket. Ken Schuckman of Schuckman Realty brokered the lease for the 28,500-square-foot Plainview space.

Lidl will also be closing the existing Best Market store on Jerusalem Avenue in Hicksville. The company said it will offer Best Market employees positions with Lidl at the same or better wages and benefits.

Lidl opened its U.S. headquarters in Arlington County, Va. in June 2015. The company operates about 10,500 stores in 29 countries, including more than 65 stores in nine states on the East Coast.