Aldi wants to open hundreds more stores across the south of England in a bid to have more stores than Sainsbury’s.
The German discounter said it was now planning to have 1,500 shops across the UK, compared to 1,000 currently. The new target is up from its earlier goal of 1,200 stores, which it was aiming to hit by 2025.
It opened its 1,000th store on Thursday in Woking.
Sainsbury’s – Britain’s second biggest supermarket by market share – has 600 supermarkets and around 800 convenience stores.
Aldi is targeting areas where it does not have stores, including in London and the South East, where its market share is lower than elsewhere in the UK.
