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Lidl will open some of its first 20 U.S. stores on June 15 as the Germany-based grocery chain undergoes rapid expansion in the U.S., the company announced Wednesday.

Three Richmond-area stores will be among the first 20 Lidl stores opening this summer, but the company has not said if the local stores will open June 15 or later this summer.

The three Lidl stores that will be among the first to open are at 12151 W. Broad St. in the new GreenGate mixed-used development in western Henrico County; at 1311 Mall Drive near Chesterfield Towne Center; and at 5110 S. Laburnum Ave. near Williamsburg Road in eastern Henrico.

The company also is opening six other stores in Virginia this summer — in Virginia Beach, Hampton, Culpeper, Chesapeake, Norfolk and Newport News — along with nine stores in North Carolina and two stores in South Carolina.

“We are excited to open our first stores in the United States in a few short weeks,” Brendan Proctor, Lidl US president and CEO, said in a statement.

“When customers shop at Lidl, they will experience less complexity, lower prices, better choices and greater confidence,” Proctor said.