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Aldi confirms HUGE store change as it gives shop new lease on life after closing down – it’ll be ‘brighter & simpler’
It follows months of changes and new products at the German grocery giant
ALDI will shut a UK store next week to inject a new lease of life into the aisles - in a massive new era for the supermarket.
Lovers of the budget grocer in Renfrewshire will be saddened to learn its checkouts will fall silent next month.
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That's because Aldi is closing its Erskine store at 8pm on Thursday, March 14, until 8am on March 21.
A spokesperson for the German retail giant said this is for "refurbishment works".
They added: “When we reopen on Thursday 21st March at 8:00am, the store will be in our new layout."
This ensures "more space" for fresh, chilled and food-to-go ranges.
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Plus the whole store will be "much brighter with simpler layouts", Aldi insisted.
This week the supermarket introduced an Irish cream that tastes just like a Cadbury's Cream Egg.
Limited Edition Ballycastle Chocolate Crème is described as "a deliciously smooth, Irish Cream blend with delicate hints of chocolate and sweet vanilla."
It follows months of changes at the supermarket, including the removal of wooden forks from its Food to Go range, which includes sushi, salads and pasta pots.
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Aldi said the move, implemented across all its 990 stores, will save 28 tonnes of cutlery from being thrown in the bin, Aldi said.
Aldi's store in Thetford shut its doors on October 14 before reopening a few weeks later.
Yet, people were so upset they threatened to boycott the store's reopening.
Similarly, Aldi closed another branch in Sheerness town centre in November.
However, Aldi has confirmed its shoppers won't be without a store for long.
The retailer announced plans to open its new £9 million store in Neats Court, Queenborough in April.
The new multi-million-pound complex is opposite the Queenborough retail park and will be a third larger than the existing premises with 134 parking spaces - 59 more than in Sheerness.
After the major retailer opened its 1000th store, Aldi announced plans for its next phase of expansion which will include another 500 stores.
The retailer said: "It is a long-term target and is not a ceiling to our ambition to have an Aldi store close to everyone in the UK."
However, as Aldi hopes to expand many other popular retailers have struggled over the past few years.
Energy costs have risen and more shoppers than ever are choosing to order online rather than head into stores.
This has left some retailers grappling with budgets and having no choice but to close stores to cut costs.
Homebase closed a store last year leaving it with just 93 stores remaining since it was taken over by Hilco Capital in 2018.
Poundstretcher closed multiple stores last year but also opened new stores in closed Wilko stores.
Even charity shops are struggling Oxfam confirmed it would close eight of its UK stores last year.
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Clintons, Boots, HMV and Halfords are among the chains shutting stores.
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