Aldi nears 400 supermarkets in Spain. The German supermarket giant will reach half a thousand supermarkets in the Spanish market before the end of the year. Aldi will pick up its pace of openings in the second half of the year to achieve its plan to open around 50 outlets in the country during the financial year. This will mean that the food distribution chain will exceed half a million square metres in Spain.
According to the Spanish newspaper Expansión, the German chain has opened 12 new shops so far this year, bringing its total to 406 establishments, adding 15,000 square metres of sales area in the domestic market, where it already has more than 450,000 square metres and has taken on 700 employees, bringing its workforce to 6,900.
Its main focus has been on new growth areas for the company, such as Galicia (Pontevedra), the Balearic Islands (Mallorca and Menorca), the Canary Islands (Lanzarote) and Asturias (Siero), while strengthening its presence in the regions where its flagship has more visibility, such as Madrid (Valdebebas and Paseo de la Habana), Catalonia (El Masnou), Andalusia (Cordoba) and Valencia (Valencia, Alzira and Villarreal).
The group will focus on expanding in these four autonomous communities, with almost half of its planned openings in the second half of the year in these regions. It will also open in Melilla and consolidate its positions in the Canary Islands and the north of Spain.
Pending the release of its 2022 results, a year in which double-digit growth is expected, the group's subsidiary in Spain, Aldi Supermarkets, had a turnover of €1,486 million in the 2021 financial year, up 8.66%, with a net profit of €10.7 million, almost half that in 2020, due to heavy investments for its growth in the country.