Aldi has launched a new nationwide initiative to pinpoint prime locations for new store openings and is calling on the public to help.
The German discounter has asked Brits to identify which areas across the UK need a new Aldi store, with suggestions to be submitted by 31 May.
The areas with the most suggestions will then be considered as prime locations as the grocer looks to build hundreds of new stores across Britain.
The ‘Next New Store’ initiative comes just a month after the supermarket said it would open 35 new stores across the UK this year as part of a £550m investment into expanding its footprint.
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“We’ve identified some key places where there is demand for more stores already, but now we are calling on the public to share their views. This will be used to help inform our property search over the coming years.”
This week, rival Lidl also unveiled plans to open “hundreds” of new stores across the country this year, as it celebrates its 30th anniversary in the UK.
Over the next few months, the retailer is looking to expand in places like Bristol, Birmingham and Berwick as well as London’s Wandsworth, Fulham, Hoxton and Canning Town.
Lidl also published its latest list of desired locations for potential new stores, such as Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, and towns from Woking and Wadebridge to Dumfries and Didcot, and, like Aldi, it promised to pay out a finder’s free for successful sites.
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