Supermarket retailer Aldi has begun construction on its $1 billion automated distribution centre in Bradfield, Sydney, around 25 years after the company first entered the market.
The 108,000sqm centre will double Aldi’s warehouse capacity in NSW, allowing it to handle more than 680,000 product cases a day and 2.5 million pallets a year. It is scheduled to open in 2030.
Aldi said it will supply stores across NSW and the ACT, with full capacity expected to be met through to the mid-2040s. At the same time, the company is building a similar facility in Tarneit, Victoria.
“Aldi has always taken a long-term view of our investment in Australia. The automated distribution centre in Bradfield will support our growth ambitions for the future, as we add approximately 100 additional Aldi stores nationally,” said Aldi Australia’s CEO, Anna McGrath.
“This will help us bring our great-quality, low-price offer to more Australian communities.”
McGrath added that the development comes as part of Aldi’s “enduring commitment to our customers”.
“We will not be beaten on the cost of their weekly shop,” she said. “We are investing in technology, automation and more sustainable infrastructure that will enable us to keep delivering on that promise in the future.”
“This project reflects the scale, innovation and complexity of the industrial facilities shaping Australia’s future,” said Jamie Crookes, MD of Richard Crookes, which will build the centre.
