Frozen food giant Farmfoods is set to move into a former branch of Aldi in South Yorkshire later this month.

Aldi closed its Fitzwilliam Road branch in Eastwood, Rotherham, in October and staff were redistrubuted to other stores. The German discount retailer’s Fitzwilliam Road store was under instruction for sale and let with commercial property agents, Lamb & Swift.

Since opening, Aldi have gone on to open up further stores at Parkgate, Masbrough and Bramley with the closest being just 1.5 miles away.

Farmfoods announced on its website that a new store in the Aldi location is set to open on January 14.

Farmfoods is set to open a store in Rotherham later this month

Aldi has announced it will open 100 new stores across the UK over the next two years, and has pledged to invest £1.3 billion by 2023 in plans to open an average of one new store a week.

The retailer has targeted three areas in Yorkshire – South Bradford, Meadowhall and York.

Farmfoods, Rotherham: Supermarket to open new store at site of former Aldi in South Yorkshire