Aldi is building its biggest-ever store in the UK, and the retailer has suggested that it will be the first of many of the same size.
The store, in Louth, Lincolnshire, will be 19,000 sq ft in size, with a sales area of 13,498 sq ft - approximately 2,500 sq ft bigger than most of its current stores. The Louth store will also have parking capabilities for 100 vehicles.
Building work is expected to start in April, with the store scheduled to open in October.
Aldi's property director for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Mark Taylor, said: 'This will be the new standard size for all future Aldi UK stores.
'Previously the average size of our stores was 16,500 sq ft, but this new larger size will enable us to display our products in a more consumer-friendly way.'
Last summer, the discounter announced plans to go head-to-head with the major supermarkets with a £600 million expansion.
It plans to open 60 new stores this year, with new regional distribution centres in Barnsley and Cardiff.
Staff numbers, meanwhile, are expected to double to 24,000 in 2015.
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