Aldi to open 30 stores in 13 counties and create 1,000 jobs over five years

Aldi is to invest €400 million in 30 new stores in Ireland, creating 1,000 new local jobs over the next five years.

The stores will be located across the country in 13 counties, including Dublin, Cork, Sligo, Wicklow, Kildare, Galway, Monaghan, Longford, Limerick, Kilkenny, Meath, Mayo and Donegal, while Aldi will be recruiting for roles right across its store network, warehouse operations and office facilities.

Additionally, Aldi will continue to implement its price cuts programme this year to support customers, having invested €20 million already this year in over 400 price cuts, with further investment planned for the rest of 2024.

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The additional investment over the next five years comes as Aldi has claimed its economic contribution to Ireland in 2023 was €757 million, while the retailer spent €1.1 billion with Irish suppliers.

Aldi says it has paid more than €1.3 billion in wages over the past 25 years and its capital investment in Ireland since 1999 is €2 billion. Directly, and indirectly, Aldi says it supports more than 12,500 jobs in Ireland and is responsible for a regional spread of employment far above the national average.

Aldi Ireland commissioned Professor Anthony Foley to provide an analysis of the economic contribution and impact that the retailer has made, and continues to make, on the Irish economy. The analysis claimed:

• For every one per cent in lower prices, for which the Aldi presence contributes, consumers are saving at least €90 million per year
• Aldi Ireland is on course to serve its one billionth customer in Ireland in 2025
• An additional approximately 110 stores are required over the next five years from the current main five operators to meet the needs of the growing population and the Government’s ambition to build 250,000 housing units over the next five years.

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