Aldi shares list of priority locations for new stores
Aldi has revealed its list of priority locations across the UK where it would like to open new stores.
This follows a recent public campaign in which the supermarket invited shoppers to suggest areas they believe are most in need of an Aldi store.
After reviewing thousands of submissions, Aldi has used the feedback to help guide its store expansion strategy.
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.”
Explaining its requirements, Aldi said each site should be able to accommodate a 20,000 square foot store with around 100 parking spaces.
Aldi currently has more than 1,050 stores across the UK and is working towards a long-term target of 1,500. As part of a £650 million investment this year, ten new stores will open this summer in areas such as Caterham in Surrey, Sheffield in South Yorkshire, and Fulham Broadway in London.
The latest list of priority locations where Aldi is actively looking for sites include:
- 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
The supermarket looking for sites to for its Aldi Local store format in Central London in zones one and two.
