Is Aldi and Lidl’s UK expansion slowing down?

The seemingly unstoppable march of Aldi and Lidl continued last year, and was driven by one major thing: new stores.
Last year, Aldi committed to a long-term target to open 500 new stores across the UK, taking its total number of sites to 1,500, with 35 new stores set to open this year alone.
Despite its grand expansion plans, last year Aldi UK boss Giles Hurley told The Telegraph he had been made to delay the grocer’s opening schedule as it faced a large number of planning objections from