Aldi has listed Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, as one of its priority locations for opening a new store. 

The supermarket chain has stepped up its search for new sites across the country as it aims to continue rolling out new stores at pace.

New industry data revealed this week that Aldi remains the fastest-growing supermarket. As well as growing sales by over 26% year-on-year, during the last three months Aldi attracted 1.3million more shoppers with customer spend switching from every other supermarket.

Aldi plans to invest more than £400million in store development over the coming year as it targets new and refurbished stores across the UK.

Aldi, Whittle Road, Meir (Sarah Garner).

It currently has more than 990 stores but is committed to continuing towards its current target of 1,200 stores across the UK to reach more shoppers, with Chesterton on its list of priority locations.

That means it is on the lookout for freehold town-centre or edge-of-town sites that are about 1.5 acres and can accommodate a 20,000sq foot store with about 100 parking spaces.

Ideally, each location would be near a main road with good visibility and access, with priority locations listed below.

The supermarket offers a finder's fee for agents who recommend a site, which is either 1.5% of a freehold price or 10% of the first year's rent for leasehold sites.

Priority locations include:

1. Birmingham
2. Warwick
3. Glasgow
4. Edinburgh
5. Wilmslow
6. Wigan
7. Barry
8. Torquay
9. Basildon
10. St Albans
11. York
12. Scarborough
13. Sunderland
14. Chesterfield
15. Liverpool
16. Chesterton
17. Tunbridge Wells
18. Bath
19. Oxford
20. Dorchester

Anybody who has a site that may fit Aldi's requirements should contact [email protected]

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