Aldi has named where it wants to open 30 new stores and three of them are in Merseyside.
The supermarket has 990 stores but plans to expand to 1,200 over the coming years. Aldi confirmed that 40 new shops will open next year after investing in store development.
Aldi is looking for a freehold town centre or edge-of-town sites that are around 1.5 acres and can accommodate a 20,000 square foot store with around 100 parking spaces. Ideally, each location would be near a main road with good visibility and access, with priority locations listed below.
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According to the Mirror, Giles Hurley, CEO at Aldi UK, said: “Demand for Aldi has never been higher here are still some towns and areas that either don’t have access to an Aldi or have the capacity for additional stores.
“To meet that demand, we need to open more stores and it’s our mission to keep driving our ambitious expansion plan to achieve that.”
Aldi's plan for 40 new stores this year is set to create around 6,000 new jobs in the UK. Aldi said the reason for the openings comes after the demand for budget groceries has "never been higher".
Full list of Aldi stores
- Formby
- Upton
- Liverpool
- Wigan
- Penwortham
- Wilmslow
- Birmingham
- Warwick
- Wellingborough
- Cathcart, Glasgow
- Drylaw, Edinburgh
- Bonnyrigg
- Barry
- Torquay
- Saltash
- Basildon
- Rayleigh
- St Albans
- York
- Harrogate
- Scarborough
- Sunderland
- Chesterfield
- Ossett
- Chesterton
- Tunbridge Wells
- Worthing
- Bath
- Oxford
- Dorchester
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