{"id":77120,"date":"2026-08-22T14:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/77120\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:23:08","slug":"grand-opening-ribbon-cutting-for-springfield-aldi-next-week-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/77120\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand opening, ribbon cutting for Springfield Aldi next week | Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Upcoming Aldi grocery store\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1718\" height=\"1206\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a88f26e9ca5f.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"140\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An aerial view of an upcoming Aldi grocery store on Monday, July 14, 2026, that&#8217;s scheduled open in July on East Main Street in Springfield.<\/p>\n<p>                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldnewssun.com\/users\/profile\/Joseph%20Cooke\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Cooke &#8211; Photographer\/Videographer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new Aldi grocery store on the east side of Springfield will open next week.<\/p>\n<p>The grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at 8:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at 51 Fourth Ave.<\/p>\n<p>The store was built at the intersections of East Main Street and Fourth and Maplewood avenues, at the site of a former parking lot next to the UEC Theatre and across from Dollar Tree.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At our new Springfield ALDI store, customers will see why so many already choose ALDI for their weekly grocery shopping,&#8221; said Laura Bauer, regional vice president for ALDI. &#8220;As shoppers look to stretch their dollar further, we\u2019re excited to open this new location and bring more people a high-quality grocery selection they want and need at the lowest possible price. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the opening, the first 200 customers at the grand opening will get a gift bag filled with a sampling of Aldi-exclusive products and a gift card as part of the Aldi Golden Ticket giveaway program.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldnewssun.com\/local\/old-souls-farms-breaks-ground-on-new-champaign-county-expansion\/article_85de4033-7641-595f-8f23-dd2bd0a81eaf.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Old Souls Farms breaks ground on new Champaign County expansion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this new store, Bauer said shoppers can expect Aldi-exclusive products, as nearly 90% of items are exclusive brands, such as organic meats, fresh produce, sustainable seafood, standout cheese and wine selections; a curated grocery selection; and weekly Aldi finds that are on-trend, seasonal and limited-time items.<\/p>\n<p>Crews with Dalo Construction Inc. started working on the store in November 2025, a few months after Aldi Inc. bought the property from United Entertainment Corp for $975,000 in August 2025, according to the Clark County Auditor\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>The Springfield store will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. There is another Aldi grocery store in Springfield at 2091 N. Bechtle Ave. and a distribution center for the grocery chain at 4400 S. Charleston Pike.<\/p>\n<p>This newest opening brings Aldi closer to its goal of having 3,200 stores by the end of 2028, according to Bauer.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about ALDI, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aldi.us\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">aldi.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An aerial view of an upcoming Aldi grocery store on Monday, July 14, 2026, that&#8217;s scheduled open in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21128],"tags":[21143,2849,30292,21144],"class_list":["post-77120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-aldi","tag-aldi","tag-local","tag-springfield","tag-sud-nord"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}