<P> Aldi launched in Great Britain, on 5 April 1990, when it opened its first store there in Stechford, Birmingham, using the wholly owned English registered company of ALDI Stores Limited and Aldi sales in Britain grew consistently . In October 2013, Aldi opened the 300th store in Great Britain . By 2017 Aldi had over 600 stores there, and was opening them at a rate of more than one a week with the aim of having a thousand stores by 2022 . </P> <P> It was still a small player in Great Britain, with a grocery share of less than 3.6%, but its importance, along with that of continental no - frills competitor Lidl was growing, with half of shoppers in Great Britain visiting Lidl or Aldi over Christmas that year . Aldi opened stores in affluent locations, including Knutsford and Bury St Edmunds . </P> <P> In much of Australia, Aldi filled a void in the discount supermarket business that arose when the discount grocery chain Franklins went out of business . Aldi opened its first store in Sydney, 2001 and has grown rapidly since, maintaining a 12.6% market share as of early 2016 . </P> <P> Aldi Süd expanded to the United States under the Aldi banner, having expanded throughout the Eastern and Midwestern U.S., mostly through organic expansion, though it did buy Bottom Dollar Food in late 2014 from Delhaize Group . Aldi Süd revealed expansion plans in 2015 and expanded into the Southern California market, where Aldi Nord's Trader Joe's is based . On 25 November 2016 Aldi Süd confirmed that it will expand to China in late 2017 . </P>

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