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ALDI To Reopen In Avondale
The North Side store has been revamped to include more space for products, natural lighting and environmentally-friendly building materials.
CHICAGO — ALDI's Avondale store will reopen on Wednesday, Nov. 14 after it temporarily closed for remodelling. The store at 3320 W. Belmont Ave. is part of a $1.9 billion initiative to revamp and expand more than 1,300 ALDI stores nationwide by the end of 2020. ALDI has invested $180 million to update more than 130 stores in the Chicagoland area.
To celebrate the store reopening, ALDI will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 8:25 a.m. The store will offer gift cards to the first 100 customers. Shoppers can also sample ALDI brand foods and enter sweepstakes for a chance to win a year’s supply of produce.
The new store layout includes additional refrigeration space to accommodate more products, more open ceilings, natural lighting and environmentally-friendly building materials.
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The store will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday.
As part of the company’s expansion plans, ALDI plans to add 25,000 new jobs in stores, warehouses and offices nationwide by 2022.
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Currently, ALDI is in the midst of a national rollout with online grocery delivery service Instacart. By Thanksgiving, ALDI Instacart will be available across 35 states in 5,000 new ZIP codes, the companies said. ALDI Instacart is already an option for shoppers in Chicago.
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