Nearly 18 months after Island Echo exclusively revealed that Aldi were to open a second supermarket on the Isle of Wight, development of the new Lake store has begun.
An area of Spithead Business Centre at Merrie Gardens, Lake has been fenced off ahead of the demolition of former offices, which will make way for the 97-space car park for Aldi. The site will host a new 1,140m² food store which will see the creation of up to 40 full and part-time jobs with a minimum employment contract of 25 hours a week.
The German budget supermarket confirmed the opening of the second store just over a year ago and were given the green light by the Isle of Wight Council in June of last year.
Aldi opened their first Isle of Wight store in Cowes back in September 2013.
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