German-owned discount retailer Aldi vowed Monday to create 35,000 new jobs in Britain by 2022, more than doubling its workforce and store network to meet booming demand. The company will invest £600 million ($953 million, 765 million euros) over the next eight years as discounters like Aldi and German rival Lidl continue to win customers in Britain from traditional supermarkets Asda, Morrison, Sainsbury and Tesco.
Aldi announced the news in the presence of Prime Minister David Cameron and finance minister George Osborne at its British headquarters in Atherstone, Warwickshire, in central England. "The Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer today welcomed plans from Aldi to create 35,000 new jobs over the next eight years as it strives to grow store numbers to 1,000 by 2022," it said in the statement.
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