Aldi reveals 8 areas of London where a new store could open soon, including Croydon and Barnet

Aldi is eyeing eight locations in London where it could open a store. It comes after seeing the supermarket asking shoppers across the country where they want to see a new store.

There are currently over 1,020 stores in the UK with hopes of growing to over 1,500. But Aldi wants to expand to places it believes need one, which includes more than 100 in the M25.

Each Aldi site should be able to accommodate a 20,000 sq ft store with around 100 parking spaces. However, shops in the M25 should be more than 5,000 square metres.

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Jonathan Neale, managing director of national real estate at Aldi UK, said: “We want to make high quality food accessible to everyone, but we can’t do that while there are still some towns and areas that either don’t have an Aldi or have capacity for additional stores.

“We recognize that there is huge demand in certain regions for more stores, which is why we decided to seek public input on our latest list of priority locations. They have helped us identify where demand is greatest and we will continue to work to bring Aldi to as many people as possible.”

The 8 proposed London stores

• Woodford

• Surbiton

• South Croydon

• Notting Hill

• Walthamstow

• Beckenham

• Bromley

• Barnett

Proposed stores outside London

• Redhill, Surrey

• Aldershot, Hampshire

• Haywards Heath, West Sussex

• Burgess Hill, West Sussex

• Chatham, Kent

• Cheadle, Greater Manchester

• Chorlton, Manchester

• Formby, Liverpool

• Newark, Nottinghamshire

• Chesterfield, Derbyshire

• Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

• Rayleigh, Essex

• Brentwood, Essex

• Dorchester, Dorset

• Clarkston, Scotland

• Cathcart, Scotland

• Penzance, Cornwall

• Warwick, Warwickshire

• Bath, Somerset

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