800 new Aldi grocery stores are set to open in the US by 2028

The supermarket chain said that it has finished acquiring Winn-Dixie and Harvey's parent firms, many of which will also be converted into Aldi outlets.

Over the next five years, grocery giant Aldi intends to open 800 new locations in the United States. In a statement released on Thursday, the German-owned business with headquarters in Illinois announced that it intends to develop or add hundreds of new Aldi stores in its current strongholds in the Northeast and Midwest, as well as in the western United States and Southern California.

While "a meaningful" number of Winn-Dixie and Harveys stores in the Southeast will continue to operate under their current brands, the business plans to turn many of these locations into Aldis. On Thursday, Aldi announced that it had finished acquiring Southeastern Grocers, the firm that owns Harveys and Winn-Dixie.

Aldi anticipates that roughly 50 stores will start the conversion process in the second half of 2024; most will reopen as Aldi in 2025. According to SupermarketNews.com, as of last summer, Aldi was the 13th-largest grocery store in the United States, just ahead of Dollar General in terms of market share. However, as of right now, Aldi is the grocery store with the quickest rate of growth in the country.

According to a survey by the market research firm Dunnhumby, Aldi, which is well-known for its cheaper costs through private-label options, has aggressive growth ambitions that pose a serious threat to established companies, particularly in southeastern areas like Florida.