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Metro
6 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
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Yahoo
Illegal immigrant jailed for cannabis farm
An illegal immigrant has been jailed for three years after an "industrial" cannabis growing operation was found in an extension attached to a Brighouse hotel and wedding venue. The sophisticated set-up, uncovered in 2024, could have produced cannabis worth almost £500,000 on the wholesale market and up to £1.4m at street value, Bradford Crown Court heard. Le Thanh Long, 23, worked in other parts of the Casa Hotel and Restaurant on Elland Road while hotel guests enjoyed fine dining, prosecutor Nadim Bashir said. Long, of Withington Road in Manchester, was found guilty of being concerned in the production of cannabis, and was jailed on Monday for three years. Long and four other Vietnamese men were cleared of their involvement in another large cannabis grow uncovered during a police raid on the former Ritz Ballroom on Bradford Road in Brighouse, when 1,800 plants were found inside the former dance venue. The defendants said they were victims of modern slavery and had been forced to work there in January 2024. Electricity workers at the Casa Hotel eventually discovered in August that the supply to the premises had been bypassed, Mr Bashir said. Police set up a "scene guard" overnight following the discovery of the cannabis operation, and more than 1,700 cannabis plants were found in 13 "grow rooms", Mr Bashir said. Long was found to be hiding in the premises before making a bid to escape in the early hours, but was spotted running from the scene by an officer and detained at a nearby bus stop. Barrister Jeremy Barton, defending Long, said his client had worked as a "gardener" for about four months. During sentencing, Judge Kirstie Watson said the cannabis found at the Casa Hotel was being produced on an "industrial basis" and that Long must have been aware of the scale of the operation if he had been involved for four months. "I accept that having entered this country illegally, looking for work, that vulnerability was no doubt exploited by others," she told Long via an interpreter. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North HM Courts & Tribunals Service
BBC News
20-05-2025
- BBC News
Illegal immigrant jailed for Brighouse cannabis farm
An illegal immigrant has been jailed for three years after an "industrial" cannabis growing operation was found in an extension attached to a Brighouse hotel and wedding sophisticated set-up, uncovered in 2024, could have produced cannabis worth almost £500,000 on the wholesale market and up to £1.4m at street value, Bradford Crown Court Thanh Long, 23, worked in other parts of the Casa Hotel and Restaurant on Elland Road while hotel guests enjoyed fine dining, prosecutor Nadim Bashir of Withington Road in Manchester, was found guilty of being concerned in the production of cannabis, and was jailed on Monday for three years. Long and four other Vietnamese men were cleared of their involvement in another large cannabis grow uncovered during a police raid on the former Ritz Ballroom on Bradford Road in Brighouse, when 1,800 plants were found inside the former dance defendants said they were victims of modern slavery and had been forced to work there in January workers at the Casa Hotel eventually discovered in August that the supply to the premises had been bypassed, Mr Bashir set up a "scene guard" overnight following the discovery of the cannabis operation, and more than 1,700 cannabis plants were found in 13 "grow rooms", Mr Bashir was found to be hiding in the premises before making a bid to escape in the early hours, but was spotted running from the scene by an officer and detained at a nearby bus Jeremy Barton, defending Long, said his client had worked as a "gardener" for about four sentencing, Judge Kirstie Watson said the cannabis found at the Casa Hotel was being produced on an "industrial basis" and that Long must have been aware of the scale of the operation if he had been involved for four months."I accept that having entered this country illegally, looking for work, that vulnerability was no doubt exploited by others," she told Long via an interpreter. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
