A discount supermarket chain has confirmed that they are looking to open a store in Wilmslow.
Aldi, the UK's fifth largest supermarket with over 700 stores and over 29,000 employees, has an ambitious development programme.
The company, which has more than doubled its market share since 2010, is always looking for sites with a catchment population in excess of 10,000 which are ideally situated on principal roads with prominent road frontage.
An Aldi spokesperson said: "We are always considering new locations for stores across the UK, including in Wilmslow. Once we have confirmed a location we will update the local community."
In 2017 Aldi will open around 70 stores and by 2022, they plan to operate over 1,000 stores.
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Bring it on!!!
Aldi best
Also it means that they do not import raw meat, half processed, so that it can be called UK or british, because of some processing here, it becomes british. I do know that the standards abroad, are not the same as here
Each to their own, however having worked in the U.K. food industry for c20years (and supplied into top 4 plus discounters) you need to be mindful. Yes it's a German retailers but most food comes from bargain basement UK&I manufacturers....all operating on low single digit margins looking to cut costs.
PS I buy local from Chapel Lane butchers
Aldi may be a great asset but why the need to pour so much criticism on Sainsburys and Waitrose? Surely choice is good for everyone.
I'm glad it's not just me that finds the experience of shopping in Sainsburys Wilmslow a thoroughly onerous chore.
I remember at the time of the Wilmslow Vision consultation there was some mention of a supermarket wanting to build on the site of the Leisure Centre/Broadway Meadows.
You are recalling a vision then local councillors outlined to RoW during a whistle stop visit to view brown sites in Wilmslow. Waitrose would become apartments, the Leisure Centre would move to the school and a super store would replace this. Think the advent of RoW and Independent councillors has changed this thinking significantly.
Interesting social divide coming through this debate. I cannot connect flashy decor with essential food shopping. On the other hand JL certainly knows where the best butcher in Wilmslow can be found.
My experience of Lidl and Aldi is that they are great if you cherry pick the best bits, but the range is far less than the major supermarkets and you can't count of them consistently stocking the same products from week to week. If we go to one of those, we generally supplement it with a visit to somewhere else to get what we couldn't get there.
There's no point complaining about the Soviet decor and the one checkout that is open with a massive queue as those are part of the deal in how they keep the prices low.
Of the three currently in Wilmslow, my least favourite is Waitrose. Can't abide the people who think it is appropriate to walk round the store with their free hot coffee in hand, whilst pushing a trolley and then the empty cups just left lying on shelves anywhere in the store. Also re meat, we have a proper butchers on Chapel Lane, another in Alderley, plus there is the Cheshire Smokehouse and Nixon's Farm Shop, and when it comes to cakes the choice is to buy mediocre cakes from the big manufacturers in all the supermarkets or go for a few premier ones from Wienholts in Alderley. I know which I would rather have!
Lidl's produce is infinitely superior. Nowadays we would not dream of shopping in Aldi, whether in Knutsford, Didsbury or elsewhere. Once bitten etc (actually more than once as we thought the first instance was a one-off. It wasn't)
Like Jackie, my wife buys some items at Sainsbury, some at Waitrose & some at Lidl. Neither Sainsbury's or Waitrose are "run down" stores, the staff at both are most friendly & helpful at all times. Staff at Lidl are similarly helpful & friendly though the store maybe a wee bit cramped on occasions.
You guys use Aldi by all means, we certainly will not.
Like many people, I shop at multiple supermarkets and that mix is valuable. I don't used the small independents often enough (too time consuming), though Nixons & Weinholts are great. I think the fresh produce at Aldi has been surpringly good (sorry, Manuel), Sainsbury's is tired (sorry Sandra) and needs a good kick up the pants, 30 years ago it was great, now it is soooo far behind Waitrose. Waitrose is good for something a bit special. Tesco is still naff, despite the revamp. Co-op is actually really good, but mainly at 10pm! Anyone drive however far it is to the nearest Asda?? :-)
The activity on the cricket pitch was initiated by the Wilmslow Partnership and is part of an initiative by this group, in collusion with Wilmslow Cricket Club, to help drain the waterlogged outfield - with a hope that the excess water could be channelled into the newly refurbished pond. The 'various groups of people' observed have included the groundsman from the cricket club, who is discussing the possible solutions to alleviate the problems, together with surveyors. The interested groups are now discussing the timing and design of agreed remedial action.
The Partnership was also responsible for the initial clearance of shrubs and saplings - no tree felling has taken place as yet - from the area between the car park and Parkway (and this has been publicised both on this site and in the Wilmslow Guardian). The use of this site is still under discussion but is likely to be made into a wildlife haven and may include some planting of fruit trees in the autumn.
As I offered to Mr Buxton only yesterday and on another topic - should you wish to join any of the volunteer groups making a difference in Wilmslow - please contact me and I would be more than happy to point you in a direction of your choosing.
Next on the list open a B&M's in Wilmslow and I will be in shopping heaven!