Aldi reports record UK sales as shoppers change habits in cost of living crisis

A shopper walks into an Aldi supermarket near Altrincham. Kantar data from July showed the retailer was the UK’s fastest-growing grocer. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Aldi has reported record sales in the UK last year, which the chain attributed to shoppers hunting for discounted groceries as food costs soared during the cost of living crisis.

The retailer said it had attracted an extra 1 million customers to its 1,000 UK stores over the past year, in what it said was a sign that shoppers were turning their back on established supermarkets.