Aldi has announced it is on the lookout for 50 new store locations across the North West - from South Liverpool to Windermere.
The supermarket giant has been on an expansion drive in recent years, with around one new site a week opening on average - it now boasts more than 900 UK stores.
The firm has today announced it is looking for freehold town-centre or edge-of-centre sites suitable for development.
It said each site should be around 1.5 acres and able to accommodate a 20,000 sq ft store with around 100 parking spaces, ideally on a prominent main road and with good visibility and access.
Ciaran Aldridge, national property director at Aldi UK, said: “We have been investing in Britain for more than 30 years now, but we know that there are still areas that either do not have an Aldi at all, or that need another store to meet customer demand.
“Shoppers are increasingly looking to get unbeatable prices on their weekly shop without compromising on quality. That’s why, more so than ever, we’re keen to explore all opportunities to open new stores across the country.”
Here are the towns that Aldi is targeting:
Merseyside
- Haydock
- North Southport
- North St Helens
- Formby
- Kirkby
- Liverpool - Central
- Liverpool – South
Cheshire
- Culcheth
- Macclesfield
- Wilmslow/Handforth
- Birchwood
- Cheshire Oaks
- Crewe
- Grappenhall
- Lymm
- North Chester
- Runcorn
- Stockton Heath
- Tarvin
- Warrington
- Widnes
- Alsager, Stoke on Trent
- Birchwood
Greater Manchester
- Altrincham
- Burnage
- Bradshaw/Bromley Cross
- Cheadle Heath
- Chedle Hulme
- Didsbury
- East Sale
- Hazel Grove
- Heald Green
- Lowton
- North Manchester
- North Wigan
- East Oldham
- Orrell
- Radcliffe
- Shevington Vale
- Stockport
- West Didsbury
- Wigan
Cumbria
- Keswick
- Windermere
- Staveley
Lancashire
- Colne/Nelson
- Darwen
- Lancaster
- Ormskirk
- Penwortham
