The supermarket is set to invest £650m in expanding its footprint this year aloneAldi on Northway in MaghullAldi on Northway in Maghull(Image: Iain Watts)

Aldi has revealed its full list of 115 hotspot locations where new stores could be built, including five key areas in Merseyside. The budget supermarket currently operates over 1,000 in the UK, but wants to increase this to 1,500 in the long-term.

Prime locations for expansion have been identified in Aintree, Kirkby, Upton, New Brighton, and Toxteth. Other areas of interest have bee pinpointed in parts of London, Manchester, the South West, Scotland and Wales. It comes after Aldi revealed it is set to open ten new stores over the summer, while a further 30 stores will be refurbished. Some of the new locations include Oldbury in the West Midlands, Fulham Broadway in London and Brighouse in West Yorkshire.

New stores will also be coming to Caterham in Surrey and Deeside in Wales, while branches in Herne Bay in Kent and Ancoats in Manchester will be part of those that are being revamped.

The supermarket is set to invest £650m in expanding its footprint this year alone. Each new store opening will create around 40 new jobs, with an hourly pay rate of at least £12.75, or £14.05 within the M25.

The company has also committed to a further pay increase for store colleagues from September 2025, The Mirror reports. This will take its minimum rates of pay to £12.85 per hour nationally and £14.16 per hour for those within the M25.

Jonathan Neale, managing director of national Real Estate at Aldi UK, said: “At Aldi, our goal is to ensure everyone has access to high-quality food at unbeatable prices, and we’re committed to achieving that with our ambitious store opening plans.

“We’re targeting 40 new store openings in 2025, while many of our current stores will also be getting a refresh to enhance the customer experience, meaning we can consistently offer the best value for money to even more shoppers across the UK.”

Full list of Aldi’s prime locations for new stores

Central & West Midlands

  • Bloxwich
  • Walsall
  • Birmingham
  • Wellingborough
  • Coventry
  • Wolverhampton (North West)
  • Wolverhampton (South West)
  • Tipton
  • Warwick
  • Chelmsley Wood

North/East Midlands

  • Leicester, Fosse Park
  • Leicester Forest East
  • Derby, Allestree
  • Leicester, Birstall
  • Nottingham, Beeston
  • East Midlands McArthurGlen Designer Outlet
  • Derby, Normanton
  • Leicester, North Evington
  • Eastwood, Nottingham Road
  • Leicester, Oadby

Merseyside, Cheshire, Shropshire & North Wales

  • Amlwch
  • Aintree
  • Kirkby
  • Upton
  • New Brighton
  • Toxteth
  • Dolgellau
  • Caernarfon
  • Warrington
  • Queensferry
  • Church Stretton
  • East Anglia, Essex & Hertfordshire

East of England

  • Cambridge (South)
  • St Albans
  • Basildon
  • Brentwood
  • Basildon
  • Rayleigh
  • Southend / Leigh on Sea
  • Harpenden
  • Ware
  • Hitchin

South Central & Home Counties

  • Winchester
  • Bath
  • Bracknell
  • Cheltenham
  • Dorchester
  • Oxford
  • Slough
  • Banbury
  • Chesham
  • Maidenhead

London

  • Chiswick
  • South Ealing
  • Rickmansworth
  • Notting Hill
  • Kensington
  • Chingford
  • Watford
  • Barnet
  • Barnet
  • Hackney Central
  • Highbury & Islington
  • Beckenham
  • Lewisham
  • Sidcup
  • Chessington
  • Twickenham

South East

  • Brighton
  • Newhaven / Peacehaven
  • Haywards Heath
  • Chatham
  • Polegate
  • Worthing
  • Crawley
  • Guildford
  • Reigate / Redhill
  • Aldershot

South Wales & South West

  • Bristol
  • Penzance
  • Barry
  • Plymouth
  • Swansea
  • Exmouth
  • Cardiff
  • Exeter
  • Hereford
  • Ivybridge