Aldi has announced plans to invest a £1.6bn over the next two years, opening 80 stores to meet the UK’s demand for affordable groceries.

The supermarket chain will open a total of 21 stores in the next 13 weeks, including Shoreditch in London, Durham in the North East, and Kirkintilloch in Scotland.

The retailer, which currently has 1,060 stores, has previously announced plans to scale to 1,500 stores across the UK. Earlier this year, it confirmed 20 priority locations where it was actively seeking sites, including Bromley and Ealing in Greater London, South Shields in Tyne and Wear, and Witney in Oxfordshire.

“Since we opened our first UK store over 35 years ago, we’ve brought high-quality, affordable groceries to almost 800 towns and cities, but there are hundreds more communities that don’t have an Aldi nearby. We’re more determined than ever to meet that demand, and that’s why we’re investing a record £1.6bn over the next two years, to bring Aldi prices closer to millions more customers.”   

Giles Hurley, Chief Executive Officer, Aldi UK and Ireland

Aldi confirmed its investment plans alongside financial results for the 12 months to December 2024, which showed sales increased to £18.1bn from £17.9bn in 2023.

The company said operating profit fell to £435.5m from £552.9m in 2023, representing a margin of 2.4%, which it attributed to continuing its commitment to lower prices, alongside investment in infrastructure and pay increases for colleagues.   

Recently released Kantar data showed Aldi’s sales have accelerated again in 2025 with growth of 4.8%, taking its market share to 10.8%. Earlier this year it overtook Asda to become the UK’s third largest grocer by value of food and drink sales.

“Shoppers are still finding things difficult and that’s why we’re staying laser focused on doing what Aldi does best – offering customers great quality products at unbeatable prices. Nobody else is making the same commitment to everyday low prices – no clubs, no gimmicks, no tricks – just prices our customers can trust and quality they can depend on,” commented Hurley.