A combined investment of more than $1 billion in Western Sydney will bring ALDI’s new Automated Distribution Centre to Bradfield, as it gears up for a major expansion of its supermarket network across Australia.
Scheduled to open in 2030, the Automative Distribution Centre will double ALDI’s warehouse capacity in NSW, allowing it to handle more than 680,000 product cases a day at peak and 2.5 million pallets a year, an increase of 30 per cent more than today.
The facility will be built on a 22-hectare site with 108,000 square metres of floor space, spanning the equivalent of 18 Sydney Opera Houses combined.
The centre will replace ALDI’s existing distribution facilities at Minchinbury, Prestons and Eastern Creek and once operational, it will supply ALDI stores across NSW and the ACT, with capacity designed to meet forecast demand through to at least the mid-2040s.
ALDI’s billion-dollar Automated Distribution Centre construction is currently underway in Bradfield. Pictures: Supplied
The new centre is set to incorporate advanced robotics technology, with 80 per cent of operations expected to be automated – operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week
The new centre is set to incorporate advanced robotics technology, with 80 per cent of operations expected to be automated, including storage and retrieval systems assisting to manage inventory and move products through the facility.
This automation is set to run 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
A similar facility is also under construction in Tarneit in Victoria, to service the state and taking ALDI’s total investment in Automated Distribution Centres to more than $2.5 billion.
ALDI Australia’s CEO Anna McGrath said the store has always taken a long-term view of its 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,” she said.
“This will help us bring our great-quality, low-price offer to more Australian communities.”
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ALDI Australia’s CEO Anna McGrath at the Bradfield site
A render of the new ALDI Automated Distribution Centre, set to open in 2030
The centre will also mark first major development within Ingham Property Group’s broader 182-hectare industrial estate and is one of the first major logistics projects associated with the Western Sydney Aerotropolis, expecting to add over 3,000 construction jobs and more than 500 ongoing operational roles once its running.
“We are pleased to be partnering with a forward-thinking business like ALDI, who opened the door to city-shaping private investment in the Aerotropolis as a firm response to the Federal and State government’s upfront investment in infrastructure,” Matthew Ramaley Chief Executive Officer of Ingham Property Group said.
The centre comes twenty-five years after ALDI opened its first Australian stores in Sydney, now building for its next generation of shoppers.