Aldi opening 80 new stores with list of first locations confirmed

Aldi has announced plans to open 80 new stores over the next two years as part of a record £1.6billion investment.

A total of 21 stores are set to open in the next 13 weeks, including Shoreditch in London, Durham in the North East, and Kirkintilloch in Scotland.

It comes after the budget supermarket confirmed 20 priority locations where it was actively wanting to open new sites, including Bromley and Ealing in Greater London, South Shields in Tyne and Wear, and Witney in Oxfordshire.

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Aldi currently has 1,060 UK stores but wants to increase this 1,500 stores. Its latest expansion will create thousands of jobs and more opportunities for British suppliers.

The supermarket has published its latest financial results for the 12 months to December 2024, which it revealed sales increased to £18.1billion.

The company said operating profit fell to £435.5million partly due to lower prices for customers, investment in infrastructure and higher pay for colleagues.

Aldi last week revealed it has reduced over 900 prices across its range of products in recent months. The supermarket says it has invested more than £300million in price cuts since the start of 2025, including fruit and vegetables, bread, dairy and household essentials.

Aldi also increased store assistant pay twice this year, with workers taking home a minimum of £13.02 an hour nationally, and £14.35 within the M25, from the start of this month.

Giles Hurley, Chief Executive Officer for Aldi UK and Ireland, said: “Shoppers are still finding things difficult and that’s why we’re staying laser focused on doing what Aldi does best - offering customers great quality products at unbeatable prices.

“Nobody else is making the same commitment to everyday low prices – no clubs, no gimmicks, no tricks - just prices our customers can trust and quality they can depend on.

“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.”

It comes after Which? once again named Aldi the cheapest supermarket last month. The consumer group revealed a shop with 75 items cost £127.92 on average at Aldi in August 2025.

This was 38p cheaper than the same shop at Lidl with its loyalty scheme Lidl Plus, which cost £128.30 on average. The list of 75 items included both branded and own-brand items, such as Birds Eye Peas, Hovis bread, milk and butter.