Aldi announces openings of brand-new stores for 2026 across Warwickshire, East Sussex and more

• Aldi has announced it is set to open 40 new stores
• The openings are part of a £1.6 billion investment programme
• Aldi has been recognised by Which? as the UK’s cheapest supermarket

Discount supermarket Aldi has announced that it is set to invest £370 million this year, which will lead to the opening of new stores across the country.

The supermarket’s opening target for 2026 is to open 40 stores, in the likes of Southam in Warwickshire, Hastings in East Sussex, Amersham in Buckingham, and more.

The opening of the new stores is part of Aldi’s £1.6 billion two-year investment programme, as it works toward a long-term goal of operating 1,500 stores across the UK.

This follows from its opening programme in 2025, which saw Aldi open new stories across areas such as East Dunbartonshire, East Sussex, London and Wales.

Giles Hurley, Chief Executive Officer at Aldi UK and Ireland, said: "Our unwavering commitment is to make high-quality, affordable groceries accessible to everybody.

"But we recognise that there are still areas without an Aldi store, so our expansion plans for 2026 are designed to address some of these gaps as we work towards our long-term goal of 1,500 UK stores. We’ve always believed that access to high-quality affordable food is a right, not a privilege, and that’s why it’s our mission to make this a reality for customers up and down the UK.”

Aldi recently conducted research which found that families in over 200 UK towns that don’t have an Aldi store are paying up to £2,337 more on food shopping.

Consumer group Which? has named Aldi the UK’s cheapest supermarket for five years in a row. The supermarket has also won The Grocer’s ‘Super Grocer 33’, which is a survey which compares a 33-item food shop across all major UK supermarkets.

For more news on Aldi, you can read our review of its award-winning champagne, here.