Aldi has pledged to create more than 2,000 new jobs across the UK between now and Christmas as part of an expansion drive.
The supermarket, which currently has over 920 stores and employs around 38,000 people, says it plans to open more than one new store a week this year.
Branches will open in towns and cities such as Canterbury, Swansea and London, the grocer said.
Shop floor workers will be paid up to £10.57 nationally, and £11.32 inside the M25 in the new locations.
Other store roles available will include managerial positions, caretakers and cleaners, as well as store apprentices.
The supermarket is also currently recruiting for 900 jobs across its 13 regional distribution centres around the UK, and a further 175 vacancies at its head office in Atherstone, Warwickshire.
It is also on the lookout for over 80 graduates to join its next graduate scheme intake, starting from September onwards.
Aldi chief executive, Giles Hurley, said: “As we continue to invest in new stores, bringing unbeatable Aldi prices to millions of customers, we’re looking for thousands more colleagues to join our incredible teams across the country. I look forward to welcoming each and every one of them in the future”.
The German discounter announced the openings as part of a pledge to reach 1,000 stores by 2022.
A £1.3bn project will see 50 new stores open over the next 12 months.
Planning documents show a list of over 1,000 areas where Lidl is hoping to secure deals with landlords.
The majority of the first 50 openings will be in town centres, edge of city centres, retail parks and metropolitan locations.
Target areas include Brighton, Oxford and Bristol in the south, Birmingham, Warwick and Leicester in the Midlands, and Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington in the north.
In Wales, Cardiff, Newport and Swansea have been highlighted as key areas, while Edinburgh, Dumbarton and Shotts are being looked at as key sites for new stores in Scotland.
The two chains, which now account for a significant amount of the UK's market share, are facing fresh competition from new Russian supermarket Mere which plans to debut in Britain this year.
The discount grocery chain promises to be 30% cheaper than even Aldi and Lidl.
It will open its first-ever UK store in Preston on August 14, in a former branch of Nisa.
The store was due to open at the start of 2021, then in June, as the pandemic delayed builders being able to work.
Mere UK business development manager Aleksandr Chkalov told The Grocer: “On 14 August we will be glad to present our new retail model: a real hard discounter, with no shelves, no service, no convenience, just the lowest prices.”
Some of the brands that will be sold in the Preston store are Cusheen toilet paper, Maxsonic batteries, Reach sanitising wipes and Warrior energy drinks.
Where are Aldi's new stores?
Aldi told The Mirror the following stores are lined up to open in the coming weeks:
- Rugby Road, Lutterworth
- Thornybank Industrial Estate, Dalkeith
- Portlethen Retail Park, Muirend, Aberdeen
- Bispham, Blackpool
- Newport Road, Caldicot
- Queensway Centre, Weston Super Mare, Worle
- Chartists Way, Morley
- A29, Bognor Regis
- Canterbury, Sturry Road
- Crudwell Road, Malmesbury
