Aldi has named Angel, Clapham and Kew as the locations for three new London supermarkets opening in 2027, the first sites confirmed in a 40-strong wave of new stores backed by a £900 million investment programme.
The discount grocer said the trio of capital openings will form part of its biggest annual expansion push to date, with 40 new shops planned across Britain next year. Beyond London, the first confirmed locations include Bridgend in South Wales, Exmouth and Ivybridge in Devon, Halifax in West Yorkshire, Haywards Heath in West Sussex, Ryde on the Isle of Wight and Winnersh in Berkshire.
Aldi currently trades from 1,095 stores across the UK and has set a long-term ambition of reaching 1,500. The company said the 2027 programme would prioritise communities where shoppers have limited access to affordable groceries because of thin local choice or weak competition.
Jonathan Neale, Aldi UK’s managing director of national real estate, said: “These new locations are part of our £900 million investment programme for 2027 and will help us bring Aldi’s award-winning quality and unbeatable value to even more communities.”
The announcement follows a frantic period of growth for the retailer. Aldi has said it will open 30 new stores in the final months of 2026 alone, a sprint it expects to create thousands of jobs while opening up more shelf space for British suppliers. It also plans continued investment in its distribution network to keep pace with the new shops.
A rapid London rollout gathers pace
The 2027 trio comes hot on the heels of an already busy year for Aldi in the capital. The chain has confirmed four new London supermarkets opening before Christmas, and earlier announced it would open 30 new shops in ten weeks, with Willesden joining the London rush.
Taken together, the openings point to a deliberate acceleration in London, where the discounters have historically been under-represented compared with the rest of the country. High rents and scarce large sites long made the capital a harder market to crack, but Aldi’s pipeline suggests it now sees London as one of its biggest growth opportunities.
Why Angel, Clapham and Kew matter
The choice of locations is telling. Angel in north London, Clapham in the south and Kew in the south-west are all densely populated, well-connected neighbourhoods with a relatively affluent shopper base — precisely the kind of areas where Aldi and its German rival Lidl have been winning over middle-income customers squeezed by the cost of living.
Industry watchers say the move underlines how the traditional weekly shop is fragmenting: households that once did a single big trip to Tesco or Sainsbury’s increasingly split their spending, picking up staples at a discounter and topping up elsewhere. A foothold in areas such as Clapham and Kew puts Aldi directly on the doorstep of shoppers who might once have considered it a compromise — and forces the big four to respond on price.
Competition for London’s grocery pound is only intensifying. Waitrose has finally set an opening date for its long-awaited Cricklewood supermarket, a reminder that at the premium end of the market, the battle for new sites is just as fierce.
For now, Aldi is not saying exactly when in 2027 the three London stores will open their doors, nor how many jobs each will create. But with 40 openings planned nationally, thousands of new roles in the pipeline and suppliers braced for more orders, the £900 million programme marks the discounter’s clearest statement yet that its conquest of the capital is only just beginning.
Exact addresses and opening dates for the Angel, Clapham and Kew stores are expected to be confirmed closer to launch, with recruitment for store teams typically beginning several months before the doors open.
