Aldi Elgin to move due to current store’s ‘limitations’
A national food retailer has announced plans to move a town’s existing store as its current location is “no longer fit for purpose”.
Aldi is seeking to move its Elgin store from Trinity Place to what it describes as a “new and improved” unit at Elgin Retail Park.
The proposals will result in 400m² larger sales floorspace which is more than 50 per cent larger than the current store.
The “difficult decision” to relocate has followed a number of years of exploring the potential to extend Aldi’s existing store in Elgin.
But the retailer says this ultimately has not been possible due to the current location’s limitations.
Aldi says that the relocation represents an investment of £3m within the local area, and will create approximately 10 new jobs as well as retaining all of the existing employees.
Andy Doyle, Real Estate Director at Aldi, said: “The relocation of our Elgin store would mark an exciting milestone in Aldi’s presence in Moray as we aim to provide a modern and enhanced shopping experience to the community.
“The proposed new store at Elgin Retail Park will be of a size more suitable to showcase our range and cater for our growing footfall.
“We are delighted to be working alongside a very successful local business in Robertson in bringing forward these proposals.”
Ahead of the submission of a planning application, an in person drop-in event will be held on August 28 between 3:00pm and 7:00pm at Elgin Town Hall to allow those with an interest to learn more about the proposals.
Members of the Aldi team will be on hand to discuss the development with members of the local community, answer any questions and collect feedback.
For those unable to attend the event, the consultation materials and an online feedback form will be available at aldiconsultation.co.uk/elgin.
Mr Doyle added: “Local feedback is extremely important to us, and we would encourage anyone with an interest in the proposals to attend the public consultation on August 28 and speak to the project team.”
