Aldi opens new Trim store
Aldi opened its new store in Trim this morning, creating 20 new jobs in the town.
Featuring Aldi’s new 'Future Store' design and layout, the new store has wider aisles and hi-spec fixtures and fittings. There is 40 pre cent more chiller space, a wide selection of fresh food at the front of the store and new signage that provides a more efficient and hassle-free shopping experience. The store features a spacious 1,254m² shop floor, while there are 107 free customer car parking spaces.
The new Trim store is Aldi's fifth store in Meath and brings its total number of stores in Ireland to 130.
Speaking at the store opening, Sarah Owens, Manager of Aldi’s new Trim store said: “We are delighted to open our new Trim store and look forward to welcoming many new customers from the local area. The Future Store design is much more spacious than a typical Aldi store and we are confident that our customers will find it provides a more enjoyable shopping experience. Aldi has grown in popularity across Ireland in recent years and we are pleased to make the quality, value and variety of our product ranges available to more people throughout Co Meath.”
Aldi is currently engaged in a €100m new store opening programme that will see 20 new stores open between 2017 and 2019 creating 400 new jobs. Aldi is also investing €60m in revamping and refurbishing its existing stores nationwide, introducing its “Future Store” design and layout.
Local councillor Noel French, has welcomed the new store, along with former Trim Town Councillors James O'Shea and Gerry Reilly.
"We would like to thank all the councillors, officials, staff and the public for their support for this project. This has been a long fight but it is now won. We hope that Aldi will bring and sustain commercial life in Trim, provide an opportunity for competition for prices in the town and widen the shopping experience in Trim. This site is where it will give Trim town centre's busineses the best chance of surviving. I do not want a dead town centre with
vacant shops. Yes. It will create traffic problems but I have asked the council to draw up a plan to address them and have been asking since June 2016," said Cllr French.