ALDI Ireland will invest €7.2 million in upgrading six of its stores throughout the country in 2023. Alongside the recently opened renovated Athy store, Bandon, Ballinasloe, Mullingar, Sandyford, and Cashel will be part of the supermarket’s award-winning Project Fresh retrofitting programme, which overhauls a store’s infrastructure with energy-saving upgrades.
Since the beginning of the programme in 2016, ALDI has invested €62 million in the roll out of Project Fresh across its network of stores. This year, ALDI launched Project Fresh Enhanced, which will see for the first time exciting new units such as a fresh herb stand, a dedicated bread and cake fixture, and a Health and Beauty feature installed in the upcoming revamps.
To date, 93 stores have already been upgraded, with 5 more to be completed in 2023 and the remaining few stores to be revamped in 2024. Since 2016, all new stores and store extensions built and opened by ALDI have been built in the Project Fresh format.
Through the Project Fresh innovations, ALDI stores are significantly cutting their energy consumption with the use of modern and efficient chiller doors and refrigeration systems. This not only reduces each store’s environmental impact, but also allows ALDI to reinvest savings made in its store network to improve the overall shopping experience for customers and ensure that they are getting the freshest products at the lowest prices.
Energy Efficiency
ALDI’s Project Fresh programme has delivered a number of key energy-saving infrastructure upgrades across its store network.
These upgrades include, among others:
As a leading retailer in sustainability, ALDI’s stores are also fully powered by green electricity. ALDI has invested heavily in improving its energy management systems and its entire store network is now powered by 100% wind generated energy. ALDI was the second retailer in Ireland to achieve ISO 50001 accreditation in recognition of its efforts to improve energy efficiencies.
