Aldi to open 15 new stores in time for Christmas
New locations include Luton and Edinburgh
Aldi has announced that 15 new stores are to open across the UK before the end of the year.
New stores from the supermarket are due to open in new locations such as Edinburgh, Luton and Poole in the coming weeks.
Each new store will reportedly create more than 30 new jobs on average, boosting local economies.
The addition of the new branches means that Aldi will have over 945 shops across the UK by the end of 2021.
New ALDI stores will be opened in:
- Windsor, Berkshire
- Luton, Bedfordshire
- Stamford, Lincolnshire
- Neath, Wales
- Govan, Scotland
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Bedlington, Northumberland
- Biddulph, Staffordshire
- Cumnock, Scotland
- Orpington, London
- Hamilton, Scotland
- Llanelli, Wales
- Tamworth, Staffordshire
- Cheam, London
- Poole, Dorset
The announcement comes as Aldi continues to invest heavily in the UK, with a target of £1.3 billion to be spent by 2023.
In addition, the supermarket chain said that 100 new stores are set to be opened within the next two years.
Speaking about the new locations, Ciaran Aldridge, national property director at Aldi UK, said:
"There are still too many people for whom shopping at Aldi isn’t a convenient option.
"We’re committed to changing that and opening nearly four new stores a week before Christmas clearly demonstrates our progress with this.
"The new stores bring us one step closer to our goal of making our award-winning products at unbeatable prices easily accessible to even more shoppers across the country, and we look forward to welcoming local customers in for their weekly shop."