The German food chain ALDI will open its first store in Lanzarote on February 22 on the Rambla Medular in Arrecife. The new area will have more than 1,300 m2 and will have a staff of 27 workers.
The new ALDI supermarket, specialized in offering quality at the lowest possible prices, will include more than 360 local items, from 60 Canary Island producers, which will account for 20% of its assortment.
This new opening in Arrecife is the tenth ALDI in the Canary Islands, where it first landed in July 2022. In addition to Lanzarote, the supermarket chain is present in Tenerife, Gran Canaria, and Fuerteventura. In total, it provides more than 250 direct jobs through its establishments and the logistics platform in the municipality of Agüimes (Gran Canaria).
The new ALDI store in Arrecife is part of the company's expansion plans for this 2023, with which it plans to open nearly 50 stores in Spain throughout the year. On the 22nd, in addition to the new Lanzarote supermarket, ALDI will open another establishment in Asturias.
In addition to these openings, ALDI's expansion plans for this 2023 include the company's arrival in the autonomous city of Melilla and the opening of new stores in Galicia, the Balearic Islands, the Community of Madrid, Catalonia, Andalusia, and the Valencian Community.