A CHEAP grocery store chain has opened a location today, and is giving shoppers the chance to win $500 worth of groceries within the next few days.
Aldi cut the ribbon on a new store in Tuscaloosa, Alabama today, and has another opening in Ridgeland, Mississippi on September 25, where the grocery giveaway will be held.
Aldi has opened a new store in Tuscaloosa, Alabama today[/caption]
The chain plans to open another 35 new stores across nine states before the end of the year.
Mississippi shoppers can win the $500 grocery gift card if they scan specific signs in the new Ridgeland store between September 25 and September 28.
The store is holding other offers for early bird customers who get through the doors first.
As a part of the opening, the first 100 customers will be given a goody bag worth of Aldi merchandise and other sought after grocery items.
The bags will each contain a golden ticket that could be worth up to $100.
On September 24, the day before the store is open to the public, select customers will be chosen for a sneak peek.
The store will then be opened at 9am the following day.
Mississippi has 14 other Aldi locations operating across the state.
These are:
- 840 Brookway Blvd., Brookhaven
- 1825 S. Harper Road, Corinth
- 10511 D’Iberville Blvd., D’Iberville
- 101 Primos Road, Flowood
- 6042 U.S. Hwy. 98, Hattiesburg
- 4065 Goodman Road W., Horn Lake
- 105 Edgewood Drive, McComb
- 131 S. Frontage Road, Meridian
- 3801 Bienville Blvd., Ocean Springs
- 6626 Goodman Road, Olive Branch
- 3809 Denny Ave., Pascagoula
- 7051 Sleepy Hollow Drive, Southaven
- 671 Hwy. 12 W., Starkville
- 3990 N. Gloster St., Tupelo
MORE OPENINGS
September 25 will be a busy day for Aldi, as multiple stores are set to open.
One is coming to Rainbow City, Alabama, while two are coming to the state of Louisiana, in the Hammond and Sliddell areas.
Then, on October 2, two stores will open in Surprise, Arizona and Milton, Florida will open.
The remainder of the 35 stores Aldi aims to open this year do not have a date yet.
New Aldi stores opening
Alabama
Tuscaloosa, 9750 Highway 69 S. – Opening Sept. 18
Rainbow City, 3331 Rainbow Drive – Opening Sept. 25
Selma, 1952 W. Dallas Ave. – Date TBA
Arizona
Surprise, 17038 West Waddell Road – Opening Oct. 2
Florida
Milton, 5428 Dogwood Drive – Opening Oct. 2
Bushnell, 1122 N. Main St. – Date TBA
Englewood, 4100 S. McCall Road – Date TBA
Englewood, 1951 S. McCall Road – Date TBA
Fort Lauderdale, 941 SW 24th St. – Date TBA
Gainesville, 300 SW 16th Ave. – Date TBA
Jacksonville, 6060 Fort Caroline Road – Date TBA
Leesburg, 27405 U.S. 27 – Date TBA
Orlando, 1403 S. Hiawassee Road – Date TBA
Ormond Beach, 353 W. Granada Blvd. – Date TBA
Deerfield Beach, 2301 W. Sample Road – Date TBA
Lehigh Acres, 61 Bell Blvd. N. – Date TBA
Naples, 13725 Immokalee Road – Date TBA
New Port Richey, 12124 Moon Lake Road – Date TBA
New Port Richey, 6400 Massachusetts Ave. – Date TBA
North Fort Myers, 5690 Bayshore Road – Date TBA
Palm Harbor, 1360 Tampa Road – Date TBA
Port Saint John, 6257 U.S. 1 – Date TBA
St. Petersburg, 3327 9th Street N. – Date TBA
Sarasota, 4230 Bee Ridge Road – Date TBA
Georgia
Cordele, 1011 East 16th Ave. – Date TBA
Illinois
Chicago Ridge, 9640 Ridgeland Ave. – Date TBA
Louisiana
Hammond, 2302 W. Thomas St. – Opening Sept. 25
Slidell, 2985 Gause Blvd. E. – Opening Sept. 25
Zachary, 5005 Church St. – Date TBA
Maryland
Charlotte Hall, 37548 Traveled Lane – Opening Sept. 18
Mississippi
Ridgeland, 750 Highland Colony Parkway – Opening Sept. 25
Gulfport, 11312 Highway 49 – Date TBA
Long Beach, 109 N. Cleveland Ave. – Date TBA
Pennsylvania
Dillsburg, 1350 Gettysburg Pike – Date TBA
Harrisburg, 2020 EG Drive – Date TBA
Aldi is chasing its goal of 225 new stores in total in 2025, which would break its record of the most stores it has opened in the US in a single year.
CONVERSION PLANS
By the end of 2028, Aldi plans to open 800 new locations, and convert 220 recently acquired Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets by 2027.
Aldi bought 400 stores from the chain’s shared parent company, Southeastern Grocers in 2024.
The chain is currently converting one Winn-Dixie into an Aldi store in St. Johns County, Florida.
It is expected to be opened within the next few months,.
Another conversion is taking place in Ormond Beach, Florida, which marks Aldi’s second location in the city.
But the chain recently sold back 170 of these 400 stores to Southeastern Grocers, working in combination with C&S Wholesale Grocers .
Aldi will hold onto the 220 stores it plans to convert into its own format.
Southeastern Grocers will keep control of the 220 stores for now as Aldi slowly converts each one.
Mississippi shoppers can win the $500 grocery gift card if they scan specific signs in the new Ridgeland store between September 25 and September 28[/caption]
