Aldi announce new Edinburgh, East and West Lothian stores as part of 2020 expansion

Leith, Haddington and Livingston will be the home of new Aldi stores in 2020.
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Aldi has announced plans to open a further six stores in Scotland this year as it continues its expansion across the UK, with new stores heading for Edinburgh and East and West Lothian.

Commercial Street in Leith and Houstoun Road in Livingston will see openings of the discount supermarket in the coming 12 months, while the Gateside Commercial Park in Haddington will also have a new store.

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Two of the new stores will be in Glasgow, on Crown Street in the Gorbals and Gallowgate in Parkhead, with one opening on Rigg Street in Stewarton.

Leith, Haddington and Livingston will be the home of new Aldi stores in 2020.Leith, Haddington and Livingston will be the home of new Aldi stores in 2020.
Leith, Haddington and Livingston will be the home of new Aldi stores in 2020.

Meanwhile, the discount supermarket's new £25 million storage and chill facility in Bathgate is expected to be fully operational by the end of April.

The new facility and stores will create an estimated 200 jobs - taking the total number of staff employed by the retailer in Scotland to 2,800 by the end of 2020.

Richard Holloway, Aldi's regional managing director for Scotland, said: "This is an exciting time for Aldi as we look ahead to 2020 and plan for the next 25 years in Scotland.

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"Our new state-of-the-art storage and chill facility will be fully operational by the end of April, which will aid our expansion across Scotland while allowing us to increase the range of Scottish products available on our shelves.

"For several years Aldi has led the way with local sourcing, and we see Scotland as a key area of growth for the business.

"We're proud to have reached our ambition to stock over 450 Scottish products significantly ahead of our target of the end of 2020, and we will continue to work in partnership with our local suppliers to increase this to over 500 locally-sourced products in the next two years."