Aldi has revealed that it is set to upgrade more than 20 of its UK stores before the end of 2025, as part of its latest push to improve the customer shopping experience.

Two of the discounter’s locations – Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria and Ebbw Vale in Wales – will undergo major extensions, while a further 21 sites will receive refreshed fixtures, updated layouts and improved sustainability features.

The supermarket chain said the works build on Aldi’s ongoing enhancement programme, which has already modernised more than 500 stores with features including brighter aisles, extra space for fresh and chilled lines, and updated equipment.

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Aldi UK managing director of national real estate at Aldi UK Jonathan Neale said the investment would help the retailer “continue to meet the needs of the communities [its] stores serve for years to come”.

He added: “Our investment into our store estate is part of our ongoing commitment to provide the very best shopping experience for our customers. By extending and refreshing our existing sites, we’re providing more sustainable and convenient stores.”

Alongside the upgrades, Aldi is pushing ahead with expansion, aiming to open around 40 new stores nationwide in 2025.

Stores set for upgrades include sites in Brighton, Chelmsford, Sunderland, Maidstone, Bristol, Kettering, Livingston and Eccles.

Full list of stores set to receive upgrades before the end of the year:

• Risedale Road, Barrow in Furness
• The Walk, Ebbw Vale
• London Road, Brighton
• Westway House, Clevedon
• Green Lane, Romiley
• Newbridge Hill, Louth
• Carley Hill Road, Sunderland
• Clock Tower Retail Park, Chelmsford
• Ambley Road, Gillingham
• South Road, Cupar
• Walsall Road, Cannock
• Laight Road, Maidstone
• Bessemer Road, Welwyn Garden City
• Fishponds, Bristol
• Healaugh Park, Yarm
• Stephens Way, Carmarthen
• Stanier Retail Park, Kettering
• Dunbar Road, North Berwick
• Weybrook Road, Heaton Chapel
• Unthank Road, Bellshill
• Stretford Mall, Stretford
• Almondvale Road, Livingston
• Albert Street, Eccles