Budget supermarket Aldi has announced it will open 100 new stores across the UK over the next two years – including up to six in the Warrington area.

Sites being considered locally include, Birchwood, Culcheth, Grappenhall, Lymm, Stockton Heath and Warrington.

The supermarket has pledged to invest £1.3 billion by 2023 in a bid to further grow its retail estate, as it continues to push ahead with plans to open an average of one new store a week.

Aldi, which now has more than 920 stores across the UK, is searching for freehold town-centre or edge-of-centre sites suitable for property development.