How Aldi is leaving its competitors in the dust

Aldi is stepping up its game in the Aussie supermarket war with its big building boom seeing a new store opened every six days.

The German juggernaut now operates more than 400 supermarkets around Australia, with plans to open another 60 stores this year and an additional 60 stores in 2017.

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As Aldi tries to keep a thumb on new sites, a 7News search has found its fingerprints all across the country – including on shopping strips, prime land within the suburbs and signing up for more major developments.

“They are aggressive in terms of the speed in which they secure a site they want, and then they’re very aggressive in making sure nobody else gets it,” Roger Montgomery, chairman and chief investment officer of Montgomery investment said.

“They get their prices down to a point where the others can’t match, and there is still profitable so they can afford this massive rollout,” he said.

Shoppers should standby for new stores across NSW – Marsden Park, Warriewood, Belrose, Fairfield and Narellan alongside new stores also in Caringbah, Kirrawee and Glenmore Park.

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Meanwhile, Aldi is looking at site in Springwood and is looking to plug a site in Mosman.

Aldi’s strategy is ‘here, there and everywhere’, filling gaps across the suburbs, growth zones on the city’s fringe and even leases in the CBD.

This will come at the expense of Woolworths and Coles.

While building new stores, Aldi is also extending and refitting some of its older outlets.