Discount supermarket chain Aldi is set to open a new UK store each week throughout this month, adding four locations and creating up to 120 jobs.
The expansion follows the recent launch of the retailer’s Balsall Common store near Solihull.
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Further openings scheduled for this month are in Essex, Hoxton, Rayleigh, Shropshire and Telford.
According to the company, each of those stores is expected to provide up to 30 jobs.
The new stores are part of Aldi’s £370m ($511.78m) store expansion plan for 2026, which was set out in January as part of wider plans to increase its presence in the UK.
The retailer said the funds would support 40 new store openings over the course of the year.
That £370m programme sits within a wider £1.6bn investment strategy spanning two years, announced last year, under which Aldi continues to work towards its 1,500-store target nationally.
Aldi UK national real estate managing director Jonathan Neale said: “We know there are still communities across the country that want access to an Aldi store, and we are working hard to bring our unbeatable value to more of them.
“Opening a new store every week throughout September demonstrates the pace of our expansion while creating new jobs and bringing high-quality, affordable food to even more shoppers.”
In July, the retailer also pledged £100m to reduce prices on 330 products in the UK.
That took the total number of price cuts this year to more than 1,000 products, with total investment in price reductions reaching £300m.
The latest reductions applied to fresh and frozen food, store-cupboard essentials, household goods, and personal care products.
Last month, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a provisional proposal to designate Aldi, Lidl GB and Lidl NI as Large Grocery Retailers (LGRs), a status that would place the three retailers under land use restrictions.
