New jobs could be created in Pwllheli if a budget supermarket secures a site for a new store.

Aldi is on the lookout for new locations in Wales and have named Pwllheli as one of their target towns.

The UK’s fifth largest supermarket chain is targeting 36 Welsh towns and hopes to have 1,200 stores open by 2025.

It currently has more than 880 stores across the UK and is on the lookout for freehold town-centre or edge-of-centre sites suitable for development.

It says each site should be around 1.5 acres and able to accommodate a 20,000 sq ft store with around 100 parking spaces, ideally on a prominent main road and with good visibility and access.

Ciaran Aldridge, national property director at Aldi UK, said: “Aldi is growing rapidly and we are welcoming around a million new customers into our stores every year.

“But there are also hundreds of towns across the UK where there is not an Aldi, meaning there are hundreds of thousands of people who can’t easily access the high quality, affordable food our customers love.

“We are willing to explore all opportunities, including developer-led schemes or existing retail units.”