Aldi to open 100 U.S. stores in 2021

Aldi is expanding its footprint and adding a new regional headquarters to support its ongoing expansion.

The German discount grocer plans to add 100 stores in 2021, with the locations focused on Arizona, Florida, California and the Northeast. The company is also breaking ground on a regional headquarters and distribution center in Loxley, Alabama, that will support it expansion throughout the Gulf Coast region.

The 564,000-sq.-ft. facility is the company’s sixth distribution center in the southern U.S., and will be equipped to service up to 100 stores in Alabama, Southern Georgia, Mississippi, the Florida Panhandle and Louisiana, which will be the 38th state where Aldi operates. It is scheduled to open next year.

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