ALDI to Open 225 Stores in 2025

<p><strong><span class&equals;"legendSpanClass"><span class&equals;"xn-location">BATAVIA&comma; IL<&sol;span><&sol;span> <&sol;strong>&&num;8212&semi; ALDI announced its plan to open more than 225 new store locations in 2025 as part of the next phase of its <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;c212&period;net&sol;c&sol;link&sol;&quest;t&equals;0&amp&semi;l&equals;en&amp&semi;o&equals;4358242-1&amp&semi;h&equals;3910794683&amp&semi;u&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fcorporate&period;aldi&period;us&percnt;2Ffileadmin&percnt;2Ffm-dam&percnt;2Fnewsroom&percnt;2FPress&lowbar;Releases&percnt;2FALDI&lowbar;Growth&lowbar;800&lowbar;Stores&lowbar;Announcement&percnt;2Famericas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028&period;pdf&amp&semi;a&equals;five-year&plus;national&plus;growth&plus;strategy&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">five-year national growth strategy&period;<&sol;a> This is the most stores ALDI will open in one year in its nearly 50-year U&period;S&period; history as more shoppers than ever look to save up to 36&percnt; on an average shopping trip&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The new stores will open through a combination of organic growth and converting select Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores to the ALDI format&period; In total&comma; ALDI will convert approximately 220 Southeastern Grocers locations to the ALDI format through 2027&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As part of the strategy&comma; ALDI has closed a transaction to divest approximately 170 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores that are not part of the ALDI conversion plan to a consortium including C&amp&semi;S Wholesale Grocers&comma; Southeastern Grocers senior leadership and private investors&period; This transaction allows ALDI to create a focused conversion portfolio in the Southeast as it progresses its expansion plans across the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;When we announced our acquisition of Southeastern Grocers&comma; we shared that we intended for a meaningful number of Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets to continue to operate&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;re delivering on that promise while also supporting ALDI growth&period; Over the last year&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;ve seen firsthand how C&amp&semi;S Wholesale Grocers&comma; Southeastern Grocers and their teams have continued to deliver great quality&comma; service and value to their customers&comma; and we are confident they will lead the company successfully into its next chapter&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Jason Hart<&sol;span>&comma; CEO&comma; ALDI&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Converting the remaining locations to the ALDI format is critically important to our nationwide commitment to help shoppers fill their carts with quality groceries for less&period; As shoppers continue to feel sticker shock at the checkout&comma; the value ALDI delivers can&&num;8217&semi;t be beat&comma;&&num;8221&semi; added Hart&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Grand openings for the first several converted Southeastern Grocers stores are underway&comma; with approximately 100 converted locations re-opening as ALDI stores by the end of 2025&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to its Southeast expansion&comma; ALDI will add to its established footprint in the Northeast and Midwest regions&comma; grow its presence in the West with more stores in <span class&equals;"xn-location">Southern California<&sol;span> and <span class&equals;"xn-location">Arizona<&sol;span>&comma; and enter new communities&comma; like <span class&equals;"xn-location">Las Vegas<&sol;span>&period; As ALDI grows its footprint to serve more customers&comma; it also brings its employee-focused culture and industry-leading pay and benefits to more communities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;ALDI continues to see more shoppers come through our doors as they experience our quicker&comma; easier and more affordable shopping experience firsthand&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Hart&period; &&num;8220&semi;With our expansion across the country&comma; ALDI is earning the trust of more shoppers in more communities than ever before&comma; bringing us closer to becoming America&&num;8217&semi;s first stop for groceries&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last year&comma; ALDI opened nearly 120 stores&comma; bringing its total store count to over 2&comma;400 and solidifying its position as the third-largest grocery chain by store count in the U&period;S&period; More than one-in-four American households shop at ALDI for its affordable&comma; quality groceries&comma; which is double the amount from just six years ago&period; With shoppers saving money with every trip&comma; more shoppers are flocking to ALDI than ever before&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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