Aldi has axed its click and collect service from 12 supermarkets due to “insufficient demand” from shoppers.
The budget supermarket first launched the service in 2020 and has since expanded it to the majority of its shops.
Click and collect is where you order groceries online, to then pick up in store, instead of being delivered to your home.
Aldi charges £4.99 to click and collect and there is no minimum spend.
The stores where click and collect was stopped at the end of June are:
Aylesbury - Rimmington Way
Brighton - Lewes Road
Burton on Trent - Horninglow Street
Coventry - Shultern Lane
Crawley - Betts Way
Chelmsford - Clock Tower RP Westway
Gillingham - Ambley Road
Kidbrooke - Kidbrooke Park Road
Kidderminster - Silverwoods Way
Maidstone - Langley Park Centre
Oldbury - Wolverhampton Road
Reading - London Road
A spokesperson from Aldi told Which? the supermarket has “paused” the service in the 12 stores but said “‘footfall and sales continue to grow rapidly”.
It added that over 200 of its approximately 990 UK stores still offer click and collect.
The news comes as Aldi prepares to stop its Specialbuys online home delivery services.
The move means customers will no longer be able to order Specialbuys or cheap wine to their door.
Aldi confirmed to The Mirror that the services will end in full on July 10.
An Aldi spokesperson said: "As the UK's cheapest supermarket we are always looking for ways to keep prices low for our customers.
"We have therefore taken the decision to end our Wine and Specialbuys online home delivery services on July 10.
"Customers can shop the full range of amazing Wines and Specialbuys at their nearest store or use our grocery click and collect service which is available in around 200 stores nationwide."
But in better news, Aldi is opening five new stores in June and July as it continues its expansion across the UK.
The first new stores opened in Southampton and Whittlesey.
A further three stores are then opening in July in Norwich, Castle Donington and Porthcawl.
The new stores form part of a commitment to invest more than £400million in store development this year.
The supermarket chain says the new store openings will create around 40 jobs on average.
