A major supermarket chain with over 1,000 sites has closed a store in a blow to shoppers. Aldi has pulled down the shutters on its Swanfield Place branch in Llanelli, Wales, with shoppers at the German budget chain warned.

The next nearest Aldi store is about 1.5miles away in Trostre Road. Aldi said: “Our Swanfield Place Store no longer meets our requirements, and the store will close in Spring 2025. Our valued customers will still be able to shop and save close to home at our Trostre Road Store, and our amazing colleagues will be relocated to local stores.”

Councillor Sarah Evans told InYourArea: ”This is a hell of a blow to those who do not have a car in my ward who face a far longer journey to travel to do their weekly shop.

“In particular it will hit the elderly and the most vulnerable the hardest. Llanelli welcomed Aldi with open arms as it brought cheaper prices and competition to the other major supermarket chains.”

Many noted that the nearest Aldi site was around 1.5 miles away, which would be too difficult to reach without a car. "Another great shop leaving our town, Aldi is closing their shop in Llanelli in April," one wrote on Facebook.