Aldi to celebrate Downers Grove opening

Aldi is holding a grand opening its first store in Downers Grove on Thursday, Nov. 1.

The new Downers Grove as part of a $3.4 billion investment to expand to 2,500 stores nationwide by the end of 2022.

To celebrate the store opening, Aldi will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday at 8:25 a.m. followed by a golden ticket giveaway offering gift cards to the first 100 customers. Shoppers can also sample Aldi-exclusive brand foods and enter a sweepstakes for a chance to win a year's supply of Aldi produce.

"Everyone deserves great food at affordable prices. This is our mantra at Aldi, and we're excited to introduce it to customers in Downers Grove with our brand new store," said Laura Branneman, Batavia division vice president for Aldi. "Aldi stores are designed with shoppers' time and money in mind, and we're proud to bring the community a better grocery shopping option."

She said the new Downers Grove Aldi store layout provides an improved in-store experience and features additional refrigeration space to accommodate even more fresh, healthy and convenient products. Compared to last year, 20 percent of the Aldi product selection is new. The Aldi product expansion is the next phase of the company's aggressive, national growth and remodel plan. As part of the product expansion, Aldi is increasing its fresh food selection by 40 percent with many organic, convenient and easy-to-prepare options.