The discounter Aldi inaugurates a new store in Ariège

It's an opening that was particularly awaited by the population, but also by the entire store team: after nearly 20 years on Avenue Saint-Roch, the Aldi food store inaugurated its new premises on November 6 last at the northern entrance to the city. The store now offers a sales area of ​​999 m2, as well as a car park with 79 spaces, 4 of which are equipped with charging stations for electric vehicles.

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“Some difficulties and twists and turns”

It's official, after 5 months of work, Aldi has opened its new store, which took the place of the old Silo (belonging to the Pechiney industrial group). Excellent news for the municipality: “I have several reasons to rejoice, declared Alain Sutra, the mayor of the city, the first is that you participate in the dynamism of the territory, it is also the beautification of the northern entrance to the city. The Silo had its history, but it lasted too long […]. And finally, you create jobs by hiring 3 additional people, without forgetting the next ones who will be created by the buyer of your old premises, that adds up and is a great satisfaction. » A mutual satisfaction, insists Laure Chauvière, the technical manager of the group: “Aldi and Tarascon-sur-Ariège, it’s a story that has lasted since 2005. In this new project, we have experienced some difficulties and twists and turns, and in that I thank the Mayor and his entire team for their unfailing and very valuable support, because without you, clearly nothing would have been possible. »

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“Committed to a sustainable environmental approach”

More spacious and more modern, this new point of sale was built “on the basis of demanding environmental specifications”, confides the company's regional management. With a surface area of ​​999 m2, this new store has integrated “green installations”, which are part of a sustainable environmental approach: photovoltaic shades in the parking lot, photovoltaic panels on the roof, heating by recycling the calories from the groups cold: this new store, which has 11 employees, implements the brand's latest “green” concept. “Through this project we have two objectives: to give a new image of the brand in the town, and to offer a new purchasing experience to our customers. » This inauguration was also an opportunity for the president of the Intercommunalité du Pays de Tarascon Philippe Pujol, to highlight the administrative obstacles encountered by businesses: “ […] Everything is good to do to keep this area alive, because we know that administratively it is never simple, and it becomes more and more complicated to successfully set up projects.”