Aldi plans more than 220 new store openings for 2025
Aldi U.S. has big expansion plans for 2025 — including both new builds and store conversions.
The discount grocer says it plans to open more than 225 new stores in 2025 as part of its five-year growth plan, marking the most stores it will open in one year in the company’s nearly 50-year U.S. history. Aldi previously announced that it aimed to reach 800 new stores by 2028.
Last year, the grocer opened nearly 120 locations, bringing its total store count to over 2,400 and solidifying its position as the third-largest grocery chain by store count in the country.
Aldi's new store growth in 2025 will include a combination of organic growth and converting select Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores to the Aldi format. (In March 2024, the company completed its acquisition of some 400 stores Winn-Dixie and Harvey Supermarket stores from Southeastern Grocers.) In total, Aldi will convert approximately 220 Southeastern Grocers (SEG) locations through 2027.
As part of the strategy, Aldi said it has closed a transaction to divest approximately 170 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores that are not part of the conversion plan to a consortium led by C&S Wholesale Grocers, Southeastern Grocers' senior leadership and private investors. Aldi says this transaction allows the grocer to create a “focused conversion portfolio in the Southeast as it progresses its expansion plans across the country.”
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"When we announced our acquisition of SEG, we shared that we intended for a meaningful number of Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets to continue to operate, and we're delivering on that promise while also supporting Aldi growth,” said Aldi U.S. CEO Jason Hart. “Over the last year, we've seen firsthand how C&S Wholesale Grocers, SEG and their teams have continued to deliver great quality, service and value to their customers, and we are confident they will lead the company successfully into its next chapter.”
Grand openings for the first several converted SEG stores are underway, with approximately 100 converted locations re-opening as Aldi stores by the end of 2025.
In addition to its Southeast expansion, Aldi says it will add to its footprint in the Northeast and Midwest regions, grow its presence in the West with more stores in Southern California and Arizona, and enter new markets, such as Las Vegas.
"Aldi continues to see more shoppers come through our doors as they experience our quicker, easier and more affordable shopping experience firsthand," said Hart. "With our expansion across the country, Aldi is earning the trust of more shoppers in more communities than ever before, bringing us closer to becoming America's first stop for groceries."
