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Metro
4 days ago
- Business
- Metro
Map shows where 10 new Aldi shops will open this summer
Budget shoppers rejoice as Aldi is about to open 10 brand new shops. Not only is the German supermarket opening new branches, but there are 30 existing shops which are set to receive a refurb in the coming weeks. Aldi is already the UK's fourth-largest supermarket with more than 1,000 shops nationwide, but now it's bringing its wares to new areas like Oldbury in the West Midlands, Fulham Broadway in London and Deeside in Wales. The brand hopes to eventually open 1,500 shops in the UK, and says it's spending £650million in 2025 towards that goal. These 10 new shops are set to open in the next 14 weeks, the brand says, and each new branch will create about 40 new jobs. In total, Aldi plans to open 40 new shops this year. Of those, it hopes to open nine branches within the M25, spending £55million in the capital. Jonathan Neale from Aldi UK said: 'At Aldi, our goal is to ensure everyone has access to high-quality food at unbeatable prices, and we're committed to achieving that with our ambitious store opening plans. 'We're targeting 40 new store openings in 2025, while many of our current stores will also be getting a refresh to enhance the customer experience, meaning we can consistently offer the best value for money to even more shoppers across the UK.' More Trending Aldi also says it's increasing pay for its staff later this year – the second of 2025. Back in March hourly rates increased to at least £12.75 (or £14.05 within the M25), but by September the rate will go up to £12.85 for those outside the M25 and £14.16 within. The budget supermarket had its best-ever Christmas last year, making £1.6billion in the four weeks to Christmas Eve. These are the 10 new Aldi supermarkets set to open in the next 14 weeks: Brighouse, West Yorkshire Oldbury, West Midlands Caterham, Surrey Sheffield, South Yorkshire Deeside, Wales Fulham Broadway, London Diss, Norfolk Hilton, Derbyshire West Denton, Newcastle Market Harborough, Leicestershire And these are the 30 shops being refurbished in the coming months: Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Herne Bay, Kent Aigburth, Liverpool Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent Southampton, Hampshire St Marys Gate, Sheffield Weymouth, Dorset Ancoats, Manchester Ayr, Scotland Northampton, East Midlands Nuneaton, Warwickshire Lye, Dudley Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear Inverness, Scotland Norwich, Norfolk Horwich, Greater Manchester Glastonbury, Somerset Darlington, County Durham Sandbach, Cheshire Bingley, West Yorkshire Cowdenbeath, Scotland Salisbury, Wiltshire Murdishaw, Cheshire Romiley, Greater Manchester Clevedon, North Somerset Hexham, Northumberland Louth, Lincolnshire Cupar, Scotland Burton On Trent, Staffordshire Chelmsford, Essex Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Aldi fans praise supermarket for free all-day breakfast treat that 'outdoes McDonald's' MORE: Beloved 90s beer returns to UK supermarkets after being axed in 2003 MORE: Tesco shoppers 'horrified' over supermarket's new AI feature in aisles
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Aldi to open 10 new stores this summer
By Published: Updated: Aldi will open 10 new stores across the country this summer, the supermarket chain has said. New Aldi shops will be opening in areas such as Oldbury in the West Midlands, Fulham Broadway in London and Brighouse in West Yorkshire. New stores will also be coming to Caterham in Surrey and Deeside in Wales. The grocer will also renovate 30 existing stores, with Herne Bay in Kent and Ancoats in Manchester among those to undergo a refresh. The openings form part of Aldi's long-term target to have 1,500 stores across Britain, with the supermarket set to invest £650million in expanding its footprint this year. 'We're targeting 40 new store openings in 2025, while many of our current stores will also be getting a refresh to enhance the customer experience, meaning we can consistently offer the best value for money to even more shoppers across the UK.' Aldi store assistants received a pay increase earlier this year, with hourly rates increasing to at least £12.75 and £14.05 within the M25. It has also committed to a further pay increase for store staff from September 2025, taking its minimum rates of pay to £12.85 per hour nationally and £14.16 per hour for those within the M25. It said on Thursday: 'Aldi is also the only supermarket to offer all colleagues paid breaks, which is worth approximately £1,370 a year for the average store colleague.' Earlier this month, Aldi pledged to continue sourcing all of its core fresh beef, pork and poultry from British farms and maintain its existing food standards amid ongoing trade talks with the US. Giles Hurley, Aldi UK and Ireland's chief executive, said the supermarket would not drop food safety and welfare standards even if current regulations were watered down to secure international agreements. British ministers have insisted there will be no downgrade in British food standards, which have been a significant barrier to entry for US-reared meat, including hormone-treated beef and chlorine-washed chicken. But concerns remain that the US will push Britain to accept American products with lower standards and weaken British standards to ensure closer regulatory alignment as trade talks continue. British grocery price inflation jumped to 4.1 per cent for the four weeks to 18 May, its highest level since February last year, adding to pressure on consumers already facing higher household bills, data from market researcher Kantar showed on Wednesday. The figure compared to grocery price inflation of 3.8 per cent in Kantar's report last month. Grocery sales in the period rose 4.4 per cent year-on-year. Data from Kantar on Wednesday showed Aldi and Lidl benefited from shopper's demand for bargains, with the duo enjoying their strongest growth since January 2024, at 8.4 per cent.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
There is no UK supermarket price war, says Aldi boss
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is not in the midst of a supermarket price war despite some suggestions to the contrary, the boss of the UK arm of German discounter Aldi said, warning rivals his business still had "huge potential" for growth. In March, Asda, Britain's third largest grocer, boosted speculation of a price war, saying it would take a hit to profits to finance a campaign of price cuts aimed at reversing a slide in market share. The warning hit the shares of industry leader Tesco and number two Sainsbury's, which took account of Asda's move in their profit outlooks. But Giles Hurley, chief executive of Aldi UK, the number four player, said on Thursday there had been "more talk than substance". "There has been a lot of talk about a price war, I don't think that has manifested itself," he told Reuters in an interview, pointing to industry data showing grocery inflation hitting 4.1% in May, a 15-month high. "I'd probably call it more of a phoney price war than a real price war," Hurley said, maintaining that Aldi's price gap to rivals "is as big as it's ever been". Data from market researcher Kantar published on Wednesday showed Aldi UK's sales rose 6.7% over the 12 weeks to May 18, its fastest growth since the start of 2024, with its market share hitting a record 11.1%, up 30 basis points year-on-year. Aldi UK, owned by Germany's Aldi Sud, and rival discounter Lidl GB have expanded rapidly over the past two decades, transforming the supermarket scene. Aldi UK now has Asda, which has a 12.1% market share, in its sights, with the Kantar data showing Aldi now sells more food and drink than Asda. "While I'm delighted with the growth that we have, there's massive headroom for us," said Hurley. He said the group, which currently trades from 1,050 stores, would invest 650 million pounds ($875 million) this year opening 40 stores and refreshing existing ones. A further 40 openings are planned for 2026 and its long-term target is 1,500. ($1 = 0.7427 pounds) Sign in to access your portfolio
Reuters
4 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
There is no UK supermarket price war, says Aldi boss
LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - Britain is not in the midst of a supermarket price war despite some suggestions to the contrary, the boss of the UK arm of German discounter Aldi said, warning rivals his business still had "huge potential" for growth. In March, Asda, Britain's third largest grocer, boosted speculation of a price war, saying it would take a hit to profits to finance a campaign of price cuts aimed at reversing a slide in market share. The warning hit the shares of industry leader Tesco (TSCO.L), opens new tab and number two Sainsbury's (SBRY.L), opens new tab, which took account of Asda's move in their profit outlooks. But Giles Hurley, chief executive of Aldi UK, the number four player, said on Thursday there had been "more talk than substance". "There has been a lot of talk about a price war, I don't think that has manifested itself," he told Reuters in an interview, pointing to industry data showing grocery inflation hitting 4.1% in May, a 15-month high. "I'd probably call it more of a phoney price war than a real price war," Hurley said, maintaining that Aldi's price gap to rivals "is as big as it's ever been". Data from market researcher Kantar published on Wednesday showed Aldi UK's sales rose 6.7% over the 12 weeks to May 18, its fastest growth since the start of 2024, with its market share hitting a record 11.1%, up 30 basis points year-on-year. Aldi UK, owned by Germany's Aldi Sud, and rival discounter Lidl GB have expanded rapidly over the past two decades, transforming the supermarket scene. Aldi UK now has Asda, which has a 12.1% market share, in its sights, with the Kantar data showing Aldi now sells more food and drink than Asda. "While I'm delighted with the growth that we have, there's massive headroom for us," said Hurley. He said the group, which currently trades from 1,050 stores, would invest 650 million pounds ($875 million) this year opening 40 stores and refreshing existing ones. A further 40 openings are planned for 2026 and its long-term target is 1,500. ($1 = 0.7427 pounds)
North Wales Live
5 days ago
- Business
- North Wales Live
Aldi taking on McDonald's by celebrating fan favourite hash browns
A major UK supermarket chain has decided to take on fast food giants McDonald's in a new campaign to celebrate their fan favourite hash browns. It comes after research uncovered the "great breakfast frustration' — the feeling Brits experience when they miss out on the breakfast cut-off, with over a third of Brits (42%) also calling for hash browns to be an all-day long delicacy. The UK's fourth largest supermarket, Aldi, is celebrating the beloved breakfast staple, the hash brown, and taking to the road to offer the breakfast favourite to Brits - but that's not all. The supermarket is also bringing the heat and challenging the McDonald's legendary hash brown with their own, cheaper version of the breakfast favourite. Aldi's branded food van will be pulling up outside selected McDonald's restaurants from precisely 11:01am, just after the fast-food chain's breakfast service ends and offering free, freshly cooked hash browns to those left craving their morning potato fix. The study revealed that 62% of UK adults believe 11am is too early to stop serving breakfast, with one in five (22%) saying they would prefer breakfast food to be available all day. What's more, comfort (23%), flexibility (17%), and convenience (15%) were cited as the key reasons Brits love breakfast. Julie Ashfield, Chief Commercial Officer at Aldi UK, said: "Brits love their hash browns and our Oakhurst Breakfast Hash Browns have developed quite the loyal following, with over half a million breakfast hash browns sold in store per week. That's why our hash brown van has been designed with one purpose — to bring the nation their crispy potato fix at any time of the day, not just before 11am.' Aldi's Oakhurst Breakfast Hash Browns have garnered cult status among breakfast enthusiasts, often reportedly outdoing McDonald's in blind taste tests across social media and food critic reviews. Capital FM host @aimeevivian shared her love of the viral hash browns on TikTok, saying: 'It's another run don't walk to Aldi!! I love a cheeky maccy's hash brown as a treat. So, to find these in @Aldi UK was a touch!' For those that miss out on Aldi's hash brown tour, the supermarket's popular hash brown range including the Oakhurst Breakfast Hash Browns are available to buy in stores now.
