Aldi has just opened the doors to its 900th UK store in Sandhurst, Berkshire, but it's not stopping there.
The German discounter is racing ahead with plans to reach 1,200 stores in the UK - opening about one a week - and is spending £1.3billion to do it.
And with new stores, come new jobs - with 4,000 new roles in the UK next year alone to support the growth.
Aldi regional managing director John Richardson, said: “Until today, Sandhurst was one of many areas in the UK without an Aldi.
"That means it was another place where people didn’t have easy access to the highest-quality groceries and the lowest prices, every day.
“Opening our 900th store means that, after years of careful investment in our UK store network, we’re another step forward in making Aldi available to as many shoppers as possible, which is more important than ever before as many household budgets become squeezed."
Other recent openings include Hertford, St Ives and Cambridge, Plympton, Holyhead and Market Drayton.
Sandhurs store manager Rob Tandy said: “It’s been a wonderful morning here at the opening of Aldi Sandhurst.
"It was lovely to welcome our new customers into store and I look forward to meeting more of the community in the coming weeks.
“I’d also like to thank our customers for following the social distancing guidelines we have in place to ensure the safety of both our customers and colleagues.”
And people won't have to wait long to get inside the 901st store either.
Aldi told Mirror Money there are nine more new openings planned between now and the end of November alone.
The next places to see a new Aldi open will be:
- Eston
- Ruthin
- Edinburgh
- Livingston
- Beaumont Leys in Leicester
- Hartlepool
- Stewarton
- Southampton
- Faversham
