Aldi targets 27 UK locations for new stores - including two upmarket Greater Manchester suburbs

Aldi has revealed a list of places where it's looking to open new supermarkets in the coming years - including two upmarket Greater Manchester suburbs. The budget supermarket is undergoing a huge expansion drive.

Last month, it asked shoppers to highlight the areas where they'd like to see new Aldi stores. After receiving thousands of requests, the supermarket has now revealed the list of locations.

Areas include London, Surrey, Hampshire - and Chorlton and Cheadle in Greater Manchester. But the supermarket chain have said this is just a 'wish list' and does not mean Aldi will definitely go on to open shops at these places.

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Each site should be able to accommodate a 20,000 sq ft store with around 100 parking spaces. Ideally, the location will be near a main road with good visibility and access. The supermarket says it is also on the lookout for sites to accommodate its Aldi Local store format inside the M25, which are around 5,000 sq ft in size. The supermarket chain has more than 1,020 stores in the UK at the moment but aims to have 1,500.

Jonathan Neale, Managing Director of National Real Estate at Aldi UK, said: "We want to make high quality food accessible to all, but we can't do that while there are still some towns and areas that either don't have an Aldi or have capacity for additional stores."

"We recognise there is huge demand in certain regions for more stores, which is why we decided to get the public's input on our latest list of priority locations. They have helped us identify where demand is greatest and we will continue to work to bring Aldi to as many people as possible."

Places where Aldi wants to open stores

• Woodford, London

• Surbiton, London

• South Croydon, London

• Notting Hill, London

• Walthamstow, London

• Beckenham, London

• Bromley, London

• Barnet, London

• Redhill, Surrey

• Aldershot, Hampshire

• Haywards Heath, West Sussex

• Burgess Hill, West Sussex

• Chatham, Kent

• Cheadle, Greater Manchester

• Chorlton, Manchester

• Formby, Liverpool

• Newark, Nottinghamshire

• Chesterfield, Derbyshire

• Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

• Rayleigh, Essex

• Brentwood, Essex

• Dorchester, Dorset

• Clarkston, Scotland

• Cathcart, Scotland

• Penzance, Cornwall

• Warwick, Warwickshire

• Bath, Somerset