Two new Aldi stores could soon open in Sefton.
The budget retailer has announced it is on the lookout for locations in Merseyside - and has confirmed it has its eyes on Formby and North Southport.
Aldi is now the UK’s fifth largest supermarket, with more than 900 stores across the UK, and has been on an expansion drive in recent years, opening around one new store a week on average to meet demand from customers.
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It is now looking for freehold town-centre or edge-of-centre sites suitable for development.
Aldi 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."
While there is already an Aldi store in Birkdale, people living in Formby are some six miles from their nearest store.
As well as sites in Formby and North Southport, Aldi is targeting areas such as Haydock, North St Helens, Kirkby, Liverpool city centre and South Liverpool.
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