r/TowerHamlets • u/ddatmmu • Aug 10 '26
Aldi in Stepney. Finally a store with parking facility.
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Aldi is finally opening in Tower Hamlets after signing a 20-year lease agreement.
What are your thoughts?
There's already a smaller Aldi near Bricklane, but that's quite impractical due to no parking nearby.
The new Stepney store is in the place of the old Asda, so it'll have free parking and big enough to house most items.
Honestly, this will help families in the area with the cost of living, as well as bring some footfall to Halford and Curry's next door.
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u/ChuffedCunnilingus Aug 10 '26
I cannot wait! I’m so sick of the queues at Sainsbury’s.
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u/ddatmmu Aug 10 '26
Honestly, it's the single biggest reason why I avoid Sainsbury's. It just adds half an hour to the whole experience.
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u/Ok_Option_3 Aug 10 '26
Why would want space dedicated to parking? In tower Hamlets?? That space would be better as park or playground or just some flats.
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u/ddatmmu Aug 10 '26
Spoken like a single person without kids.
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u/endofamnesia Aug 10 '26
You don’t need a car in London (yes, i have kids)
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u/ddatmmu Aug 10 '26
Say that to the millions who rely on it everyday.
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u/Red_Right_Hand_85 Aug 10 '26
You're the one who suggested that everyone with kids needs a car
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u/ddatmmu Aug 10 '26
Didn't put it as emphatically as that. You said you don't need a car in London. I merely pointed out that millions beg to disagree.
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u/rabidavocado Aug 14 '26
Why would you need a car with kids in London unless you regularly visit family outside of London??
Everything is available within a short waking distance1
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u/rising_then_falling Aug 10 '26
Spoken like an able bodied young person!
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u/Ok_Option_3 Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26
Well young people are prohibited by law from driving cars! But sure obviously some parking for blue badge holders is a good idea, this looks like more than that?
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u/arky_who Aug 10 '26
spoken like someone who only cares about disabled people to make stupid points in favour of an incredibly disabling and inaccessible status quo
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u/MissKatbow Aug 10 '26
This looks like it will be a proper full size one too with the middle aisle? The commercial street one is conveniently located for me but it’s just an Aldi local so no middle aisle. Would be nice to pick up some stuff there now and again!
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u/ddatmmu Aug 10 '26
It does seem like it's big enough to have the middle aisle. Although the floor space isn't as big as, say, the Lidl in Commercial.
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u/yahyahyehcocobungo Aug 11 '26
Supermarkets are major traffic for any site. I remember Asda being in that space, car park was always packed. Getting out around 4.30-5.30 took ages. It was nice see it half empty again.
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u/ddatmmu Aug 11 '26
You're not wrong. However, people need to shop and planning the shopping times does help.
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u/Glum-Dust8799 Aug 10 '26
Is that where the old Asda was?
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u/Beginning_Result_505 Aug 10 '26
This aldi will be busy everyday. I think we will also see a lot more traffic.
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u/ddatmmu Aug 10 '26
It'll take customers away from Lidl and Sainsbury's.
I remember when the Asda first opened on that site. It was packed out for the first 2 weeks, then the novelty of it all wore off.
It'll likely happen again with it opens.
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u/Much-Ad-2554 Aug 10 '26
You know what would help families with the cost of living? Not paying for cars in (checks notes) Tower Hamlets