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Aldi assembles team to deliver target of 500 new stores

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Aldi has created a new National Real Estate Team as it looks to deliver its plan to open 500 new UK stores. The UK’s fourth-largest supermarket recently announced a long-term plan to operate 1,500 UK stores and the distribution network to service them. Its new…

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