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ALDI TO INVEST £1.3 BILLION AS SALES HIT NEW RECORD
27 September, 2021FY20 | FY19 | Change | |
Sales* | £13.531bn | £12.280bn | +10.2% |
Customers** | 17.8m | 17.6m | +1% |
Operating profit | £287.7m | £291.2m | -1.2% |
Pre-tax profit | £264.8m | £271.5m | -2.5% |
- CEO Giles Hurley praises colleagues for their outstanding efforts during the pandemic
- Annual sales increase 10.2% to a record £13.5 billion (YE 31 December 2020)
- Over 60% of households shopped with the retailer in the last year**
- £1.3bn investment pledged over the next two years (2022-2023) to create ‘more places and more ways to shop with Aldi’
- New Aldi checkout-free store planned in Greenwich, London
Aldi, Britain’s lowest-priced and favourite supermarket, has pledged to invest £1.3 billion over the next two years (2022-2023) in a bid to further accelerate its share of the UK grocery market.