Bringing ALDI to Abingdon-on-Thames
Aldi knows its customers are currently travelling out of the Abingdon area to visit its stores. It has wanted to open a local store in Abingdon for some time and is delighted to have identified this Wootton Road site as a suitable location. The site will be developed, using sustainable construction materials and techniques, to provide a fresh, modern, new Aldi discount foodstore.
This significant investment would create up to 40 new jobs, which Aldi would actively seek to recruit from the local area.
The site, which is already earmarked for development, will be extensively landscaped and designed to complement and integrate with the approved housing to the east and the intended residential development to the south.
Ample parking will be provided, including 120 car parking spaces, 7 designated parent and child bays, and 5 bays for blue badge holders. There will also be click and collect parking, cycle parking and electric vehicle charging points.
These proposals would bring a much needed discount foodstore to north Abingdon, reducing the need to travel and ensuring the area has sufficient supermarket provision for its existing and future needs. Unlike other supermarkets, Aldi is not a ‘one stop shop’. Our smaller stores focus on a limited range of great value, high quality goods, complementing rather than competing with existing local shops and services.
A new, modestly sized food store with a net sales area of 1,315m2
Parking spaces for 103 cars, including four accessible bays, eight parent-and-child spaces and electric vehicle charging points
Free customer car parking together with bicycle parking
Up to 40 full and part-time permanent local jobs
Additional employment opportunities during the construction period and via the supply chain
A high-quality design which offers a contemporary shopping experience
Extensive landscaping across the site to integrate with the intended residential development to the south
Increased local food choice, reducing the need to travel further afield
Aldi leads the way on supporting British farmers. 100% of its fresh everyday meat and poultry in the UK is from British, Red Tractor approved farms and more than 40% of the fresh fruit and vegetables in the UK are also British
