The 5% increase in turnover came as Aldi reported a 10.6% share of the UK grocery market. The discount supermarket attributed the performance to its “everyday low prices”, saying the proposition had encouraged shoppers to purchase more products across a growing number of stores.
Operating profit remained broadly unchanged for the 12 months, reaching £432.9 million compared with £435.5 million in 2024. This resulted in an operating margin of 2.3%, down slightly from 2.4% the previous year.
Aldi, which now operates 1,092 UK stores, said its planned £900 million investment in 2027 would fund 40 new locations alongside further improvements to its distribution network. It is also due to open 30 stores during the next ten weeks, including sites in Dumbarton, Newport and Willesden in London.
The retailer also set out its ambition to grow its estate to 1,500 stores nationwide, prioritising “communities cut off from affordable groceries due to lack of local choice or competition”.
“Recent droughts at home and events overseas have highlighted just how fragile our food system is.”
As part of its affordability strategy, Aldi said it would continue reducing prices across its range ahead of Christmas. The business has invested £340 million so far this year to lower the cost of more than 1,000 products, including butter, fresh meat and frozen fish.
The supermarket further pledged that, by 2027, at least half of its products would be sourced through long-term supplier agreements. Aldi said multi-year contracts would give food producers and manufacturers the certainty needed to invest in additional production capacity, helping reduce the UK food system’s dependence on overseas imports.
Aldi spent £14 billion with British suppliers during 2025, with around 80% of its sales supplied by UK businesses. All of its everyday fresh beef, pork and poultry is sourced from British farms.
Giles Hurley, chief executive officer for Aldi UK and Ireland, said: “The cost of food remains one of the biggest pressures on households across the country. Recent droughts at home and events overseas have highlighted just how fragile our food system is and why food security must be a long-term national priority.
“We’re working hard to make good food more affordable for every family – cutting prices on everyday essentials, signing long-term supplier agreements to help increase home-grown production, and continuing to bring affordable groceries to even more communities through our store opening programme.
“This is why more customers are buying more products at Aldi – our relentless focus on simple, everyday low prices and award-winning quality.”