It comes after budget supermarket Aldi asked for feedback from the public on where it should open new branches
Aldi has published an updated list of priority locations across the UK where it wants to open new stores. It comes after the budget supermarket asked for feedback from the public on where it should open new branches.
This expansion is part of a £650million investment this year. Each site should be able to accommodate a 20,000 sq ft store with around 100 parking spaces and ideally be near a main road with good visibility and access.
The supermarket is also on the lookout for sites to accommodate its Aldi Local store format in Central London in zones one and two, which typically have a minimum size of 5,000 sq ft of trading space, along with an additional 3,000 sq ft of ancillary space.
Anybody who has a site that may fit Aldi’s requirements should contact [email protected].
Aldi has more than 1,050 stores and is working towards a long-term target of 1,500. The supermarket has also today revealed that ten new stores will open in summer including Caterham in Surrey, Sheffield in South Yorkshire, and Fulham Broadway in London.
Jonathan Neale, Managing Director of National Real Estate at Aldi UK, said: “We want to make high-quality, affordable food accessible to everyone, and that means opening new stores in the communities that need them most.
“The response from the public has been invaluable in helping us identify where demand is greatest, and where we need to focus our efforts on finding the sites that can become new stores.”
Aldi store assistants received a pay increase earlier this year, with hourly rates rising to at least £12.75 and £14.05 within the M25. It has also committed to a further pay increase for store colleagues from September 2025.
This will take its minimum rates of pay to £12.85 per hour nationally and £14.16 per hour for those within the M25.
Jonathan Neale, Managing Director of National Real Estate at Aldi UK, said: “At Aldi, our goal is to ensure everyone has access to high-quality food at unbeatable prices, and we’re committed to achieving that with our ambitious store opening plans.
“We’re targeting 40 new store openings in 2025, while many of our current stores will also be getting a refresh to enhance the customer experience, meaning we can consistently offer the best value for money to even more shoppers across the UK.”
Full list of priority locations for new Aldi stores
- Braintree, Essex
- Bromley, Greater London
- Chesham, Buckinghamshire
- Balby, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
- Ealing, Greater London
- Ferndown, Dorset
- Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
- Kirkby, Merseyside
- Largs, North Ayrshire
- Pickering, North Yorkshire
- Ponteland, Northumberland
- South Croydon, Greater London
- South Shields, Tyne and Wear
- Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
- Uckfield, East Sussex
- Warwick, Warwickshire
- Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
- Witney, Oxfordshire
- Worthing, West Sussex
