Budget chain Aldi to open near Rustington

Work begins on the new Manor Retail Park which will house Aldi and Chandlers BMW's HQ

A NEW discount superstore is set to be built on the outskirts of Rustington at one of the area’s newest retail parks along the A259.

Budget supermarket chain Aldi has been revealed as the latest retailer to come to the area.

The firm has earmarked land at the new Manor Retail Park development, off Mill Lane, as the site for its latest store.

The move was revealed by landowner Store Property Investment Ltd, which owns the eastern side of the retail site – which will include the new Chandlers BMW base.

Sarah Wickens, director of Store Property, said the move was an exciting development for the surrounding villages of Rustington and Angmering.

She said: “Aldi has been looking to get in the area for quite some time.

“Obviously Lidl are in Littlehampton, so they didn’t want to go there.

“But the Mill Lane site is perfect, it’s just far enough away that it wouldn’t be competing with Lidl.”

Sarah added: “I think Rustington’s future is looking great.

“I think Waitrose has been very well received and it seems to be doing really well. Rustington seems to be a really popular place.”

The news has come months after the German-headquartered food retailer announced it was ‘actively seeking’ a new base in Worthing and Littlehampton, among others areas in the county.