Aldi confirms plans to open 80 new stores
Aldi is to invest a record £1.6 billion over the next two years in the opening 80 new stores in the UK.
This will include some 21 shops launching in the next 13 weeks in places like Shoreditch in London, Durham in the North East, and Kirkintilloch in Scotland.
Earlier this year, the supermarket revealed 20 priority locations where it was actively seeking sites, including Bromley and Ealing in Greater London, South Shields in Tyne and Wear, and Witney in Oxfordshire.
Currently operating 1,060 stores, the supermarket has plans to scale to 1,500 stores across the UK.
Subscribe to TRBAldi has also announced that sales in the UK increased to £18.1 billion in 2025 from £17.9 billion in the prior year.
Meanwhile, operating profit fell to £435.5 million from a previous £552.9 million after the supermarket lowered prices, invested in infrastructure, and increased staff pay.
Aldi said sales have accelerated in 2025 with growth of 4.8%.
Giles Hurley, chief executive of Aldi UK and Ireland, said: “Since we opened our first UK store over 35 years ago, we’ve brought high-quality, affordable groceries to almost 800 towns and cities, but there are hundreds more communities that don’t have an Aldi nearby. We’re more determined than ever to meet that demand, and that’s why we’re investing a record £1.6bn over the next two years, to bring Aldi prices closer to millions more customers.”
