Overview
- Aldi is asking shoppers to email NextNewStore@aldi.co.uk with town nominations by 18 June 2026 and will review the most‑requested locations before naming priority sites later in 2026.
- The retailer has published a Hertfordshire wish list that names Rickmansworth, St Albans, Stevenage, Hitchin and Ware as places it is targeting for new stores.
- Aldi says the campaign is part of a national expansion to reach 1,500 UK stores and involves more than £370 million of site investment this year.
- Sites identified through last year’s public nominations are already progressing, including work near Pendle Drive in Liverpool and projects in Hanworth and Willesden, and local reports say a Watford store in a former Iceland unit could open as early as June.
- Aldi presents the nomination drive as market research and community engagement to find underserved areas, promising new jobs and pay for local workers while competing with rivals such as Lidl that have published their own regional wish lists.