The 5% rise in turnover was reported alongside a total UK grocery market share of 10.6% for Aldi, with the discounter commenting that sales had been driven by its “everyday low prices”, leading to more customers buying more products in more stores.
Operating profit for the same 12-month period was flat on the previous year at £432.9 million (2024: £435.5 million), representing an operating margin of 2.3% (2024: 2.4%).
The supermarket, which currently has 1,092 stores, said its £900 million investment in 2027 will include 40 new stores, plus continued works on its distribution network. The supermarket is set to open 30 stores over the next ten weeks, including Dumbarton, Newport and Willesden, London.
It also detailed its plans to scale to 1,500 stores across the UK, with a “focus on communities cut off from affordable groceries due to lack of local choice or competition”.
“Recent droughts at home and events overseas have highlighted just how fragile our food system is.”
Other measures include a commitment to continue cutting prices across its range in the build-up to Christmas. So far this year, Aldi said it has invested £340 million in reducing prices on more than 1,000 products, including butter, fresh meat and frozen fish.
The supermarket went on to commit to sourcing at least 50% of products through long-term agreements with its suppliers by 2027. Multi-year contracts give producers and manufacturers greater confidence to invest in boosting production capacity, which Aldi said would make the system less reliant on overseas imports.
Aldi said it spent £14 billion with British suppliers in 2025, with round 80% of its sales coming from British suppliers, including 100% of its everyday fresh beef, pork and poultry being sourced from British farms.
Giles Hurley, chief executive officer for Aldi UK and Ireland, commented: “The cost of food remains one of the biggest pressures on households across the country. Recent droughts at home and events overseas have highlighted just how fragile our food system is and why food security must be a long-term national priority.
“We’re working hard to make good food more affordable for every family – cutting prices on everyday essentials, signing long-term supplier agreements to help increase home-grown production, and continuing to bring affordable groceries to even more communities through our store opening programme.
“This is why more customers are buying more products at Aldi – our relentless focus on simple, everyday low prices and award-winning quality.”
