Aldi, the German budget supermarket chain has acquired Peacocks premises on Kilburn High Road (opposite The Goose pub). The store will open in Spring 2013.
Retail Week reports:
“Aldi is to open a string of small stores in “prominent” London locations as it looks to grab a slice of the increasingly competitive market.
The German discounter, which has 15,000 sq ft stores as standard, has published requirements for property agents to scout 6,000-8,000 sq ft stores in central London, the first of two new formats it is set to launch.
Aldi requires the stores to be in high footfall locations close to transport links, with or without a car park and it is understood that the first store to open will be in Kilburn on the site of a former Peacocks store.”
The petrol station and shop on the corner of Kilburn High Road and Christchurch Avenue has passed to Shell from Spar ownership. The shop is now much neater and even more expensive! It’s good to see all he Spar staff have kept their jobs with the new operator.