Aldi plans £900m investment and 40 new stores in 2027

Aldi plans to invest £900 million in 2027, including opening 40 new stores and expanding its warehouse and distribution network, despite a fall in annual earnings.

The German-owned supermarket chain reported operating profits of £432.9 million for 2025, down 1% from £435.5 million the previous year. Pre-tax profits fell 3.8% to £400.5 million, while turnover rose 5% to a record £19 billion.

Aldi currently has 1,092 shops across the UK and Ireland. It said it is also opening 30 stores over the next 10 weeks, including locations in Dumbarton, Newport and Willesden in London.

The UK’s fourth-largest grocery chain has previously said it aims to reach 1,500 shops across the UK, focusing on communities with limited access to affordable groceries because of a lack of local choice or competition.

Aldi said it would continue cutting prices ahead of Christmas, after a £340 million price-cutting campaign earlier this year.

Giles Hurley, chief executive of Aldi UK and Ireland, said food costs remained a major pressure on households. He said recent droughts in the UK and events overseas had highlighted the fragility of the food system and the need to make food security a long-term national priority.

Mr Hurley told reporters on Monday that Aldi was not seeing any systemic food shortages, but described conditions over the summer as unprecedented. He also said the outlook for food inflation was hard to predict and that the company would continue investing to keep prices low compared with UK supermarket rivals.