Aldi looking at Heysham for new store location

The UK's fourth-largest supermarket recently invited the public to suggest areas most in need of an Aldi store.

Aldi has now analysed thousands of suggestions to help shape its store search for the years ahead.

Priority areas in Lancashire where the supermarket is actively looking include Darwen, Chorley and Heysham.

Aldi currently has more than 1,050 stores across the UK and is working towards a long-term target of 1,500.

Over the summer, 10 new stores are set to open in areas including Caterham in Surrey, Sheffield in South Yorkshire, and Fulham Broadway in London.

The expansion is part of a £650 million investment this year alone, helping Aldi bring its unbeatable value to even more communities.

Jonathan Neale, managing director of National Real Estate at Aldi UK, said: “We want to make high-quality, affordable food accessible to everyone, and that means opening new stores in the communities that need them most.

"The response from the public has been invaluable in helping us identify where demand is greatest, and where we need to focus our efforts on finding the sites that can become new stores."

Each site should be able to accommodate a 20,000 sq ft store with around 100 parking spaces. Ideally the location will be near a main road with good visibility and access.

Anybody who has a site that may fit Aldi’s requirements should contact [email protected].