Aldi plans 15 new supermarkets with hundreds of jobs available

New locations include Edinburgh, Poole and Orpington

Aldi says every new store creates an average of 30 jobs (Getty)

Aldi is to open 15 new supermarkets in the UK before the end of the year, creating hundreds of jobs.

The locations include Edinburgh, Orpington, southeast London, and Poole in Dorset, adding to the chain’s 930 existing stores.

They are part of more than £1.3bn to be invested in 100 new stores over the next two years.

Each new store creates 30 jobs on average, Aldi says.

Ciaran Aldridge, national property director at Aldi UK, said: “There are still too many people for whom shopping at Aldi isn’t a convenient option.

“We’re committed to changing that and opening nearly four new stores a week before Christmas clearly demonstrates our progress.”

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