A third location will open next month, adding to the existing stores.
Aldi is preparing to open over 225 stores by 2025.
This is Aldi’s most aggressive expansion in one year to date.
The German supermarket chain’s US headquarters are located in Batavia, Illinois.
The chain opened two new locations in Las Vegas on Thursday, marking its official entry into the market.
The locations opened in Henderson and North Las Vegas, Nevada.
A third location is set to open in May on Rainbow Boulevard and Arby Avenue in Las Vegas.
The grand openings began with a Vegas casino-themed celebration.
Customers were given special Aldi poker chips that looked like quarters and functioned as 25-cent deposits to gain access to the carts.
Henderson visitors could also participate in a one-day “High Savers Room” experience.
Local CBS affiliate KLAS covered the launch, noting that Aldi was selling a dozen eggs for $4.47.
According to the report, the prices beat those of competing Las Vegas stores Smith’s and Albertsons.
In 2025, Aldi will open over 225 new stores, including brand-new locations as well as conversions of select Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarkets.
The effort is part of Aldi’s five-year plan to open 800 new stores across the country by the end of 2028.
The first of 14 upcoming Aldi stores opened in Fort Walton Beach, Florida on Thursday.
Four more Florida stores, in Apollo Beach, Avon Park, Deltona, and Tampa, are set to open on May 1.
The rest are scheduled to arrive later this year.
Aldi will open nearly 120 new stores in 2024.
Placer.ai reported that Aldi experienced double-digit traffic increases in 11 out of 12 months last year.
February peaked at 22.9%.
Growth slowed to 8.8% in December, but it still outpaced second-place H-E-B, which posted 3.6% year-over-year gains that month.
