Aldi will open 10 new stores across the country this summer, the supermarket chain has said. 

New Aldi shops will be opening in areas such as 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. 

The grocer will also renovate 30 existing stores, with Herne Bay in Kent and Ancoats in Manchester among those to undergo a refresh. 

The openings form part of Aldi's long-term target to have 1,500 stores across Britain, with the supermarket set to invest £650million in expanding its footprint this year. 

Each store opening will create around 40 new jobs, 'all with market-leading levels of pay, boosting employment opportunities within local areas', Aldi said.  

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.' 

Aldi store assistants received a pay increase earlier this year, with hourly rates increasing to at least £12.75 and £14.05 within the M25.

It has also committed to a further pay increase for store staff from September 2025, taking its minimum rates of pay to £12.85 per hour nationally and £14.16 per hour for those within the M25.

It said on Thursday: 'Aldi is also the only supermarket to offer all colleagues paid breaks, which is worth approximately £1,370 a year for the average store colleague.' 

Earlier this month, Aldi pledged to continue sourcing all of its core fresh beef, pork and poultry from British farms and maintain its existing food standards amid ongoing trade talks with the US. 

Giles Hurley, Aldi UK and Ireland's chief executive, said the supermarket would not drop food safety and welfare standards even if current regulations were watered down to secure international agreements.

British ministers have insisted there will be no downgrade in British food standards, which have been a significant barrier to entry for US-reared meat, including hormone-treated beef and chlorine-washed chicken.

But concerns remain that the US will push Britain to accept American products with lower standards and weaken British standards to ensure closer regulatory alignment as trade talks continue.

British grocery price inflation jumped to 4.1 per cent for the four weeks to 18 May, its highest level since February last year, adding to pressure on consumers already facing higher household bills, data from market researcher Kantar showed on Wednesday.

The figure compared to grocery price inflation of 3.8 per cent in Kantar's report last month. Grocery sales in the period rose 4.4 per cent year-on-year.

Data from Kantar on Wednesday showed Aldi and Lidl benefited from shopper's demand for bargains, with the duo enjoying their strongest growth since January 2024, at 8.4 per cent.