Aldi has published an updated list of priority locations across the UK where it is seeking sites for new stores.
The discounter recently invited the public to suggest areas most in need of one of its stores. Aldi said it has since analysed thousands of suggestions to help shape its store search for the years ahead.
The latest list of priority locations where Aldi is looking for sites includes:
- 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
“We want to make high-quality, affordable food accessible to everyone, and that means opening new stores in the communities that need them most,” said Jonathan Neale, Managing Director of National Real Estate at Aldi UK.
“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.”
Aldi currently has more than 1,050 stores across the UK and is working towards a long-term target of 1,500. Over the summer, 10 new stores are set to open as part of a £650m investment this year.
The discounter stated that new sites need to be able to accommodate a 20,000 sq. ft. store with around 100 parking spaces and be located near a main road.
Aldi revealed that it was also looking for sites to accommodate its smaller Local store format in Central London in zones one and two, which typically have a minimum size of 5,000 sq. ft. of trading space.
NAM Implications:
- Maybe a good way of gathering support for local planning applications?
- Every little helps!
