Aldi sales exceed £10bn for first time in UK and Ireland

Opening of 70 more stores brings in 1m new customers and boosts profits by 30%
Aldi bagged more than 1 million new customers last year, helping push sales at the discount grocer through £10bn for the first time.Profits at the UK and Irish arm of the German chain jumped by almost 30% to £265m in 2017 as sales rose by 16.4% to £10.2bn, driven by the opening of 70 more stores. Continue reading...