ALDI Suning Life Plaza Store is opening on August 2.The manager at ALDI Suning Life Plaza said the 1,000-square-metre store is nearly ready. After the final licensing and stocking, it will welcome shoppers at 8 a.m. on 2 August. Regular hours: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. start on 4 August.

ALDI began in Essen, Germany, in 1913 as a small discount grocer. Today it runs over 13,000 stores across four continents, serving shoppers in countries from Germany and Austria to China, the U.S., Australia, the U.K. and Hungary. Worldwide, ALDI is known as a prestigious retailer and a trailblazer in store-brand goods.

ALDI landed in China and quickly tuned in to what local shoppers want. Using its worldwide quality system, it sticks to a simple promise: top quality without the big price tag, and no membership needed. Knowing Chinese family sizes, it packs goods in smaller sizes that still cost less. Its fast-growing shelf of own brands means customers spend less, stress less and get in and out quicker.

ALDI JoyFun Store is expected to open by year end.ALDI's second Fengxian store, inside JoyFun, is on the way. The head of leasing for JoyFun at Jinhai Sub-district revealed that the 1,062-square-metre store will open with JoyFun by the end of this year.