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Aldi to invest $1.8 billion to accelerate growth in Britain

Mark White by Mark White
September 27, 2021
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  • Plans 100 new stores
  • To create 2,000 new jobs
  • 2020 sales up 10.2%, profit down 1.2%

LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) – The British and Irish arm of German discount supermarket group Aldi will invest 1.3 billion pounds ($1.8 billion) in its business over the next two years as it attempts to accelerate its growth in market share, it said on Monday.

The retailer plans to open another 100 new stores in Britain, expand its logistics infrastructure, including a new distribution centre in central England, and invest in technology.

It said it expected to create more than 2,000 new British jobs next year, adding to the 7,000 permanent roles created over the past two years.

Aldi and German rival Lidl have grown rapidly over the last decade, forcing Britain’s big four supermarkets of Tesco (TSCO.L), Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) Asda and Morrisons (MRW.L) to cut prices and compete more aggressively.

However Aldi’s market share edged lower during the COVID-19 pandemic, partly due to a lack of a significant online business. It is Britain’s fifth-largest supermarket group, with 920 UK stores and an 8% market share.

The group, privately owned by Germany’s Aldi Sud (ALDIEI.UL), said 2020 sales rose 10.2% to a record 13.5 billion pounds but operating profit fell 1.2% to 287.7 million pounds, reflecting the costs of COVID-19.

CEO Giles Hurley said the firm had to deal with “some of the most difficult conditions our sector has ever seen”.

The COVID-19 crisis has prompted the group to accelerate its push into home delivery via a partnership with Deliveroo (ROO.L). It has also introduced a click-and-collect service that’s now live in 200 stores, and is trialling a checkout-free concept store in Greenwich, southeast London.

($1 = 0.7311 pounds)

Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Kate Holton and Pravin Char

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Mark White is the editor of the ProcurementNation, a Media Outlet covering supply chain and logistics issues. He joined The New York Times in 2007 as an commodities reporter, and most recently served as foreign-exchange editor in New York.

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