ALDI, QuickChek Submit Plans To Open In Somerset County

BRANCHBURG, NJ — A new grocery store and convenience mart with an adjacent gas station are seeking to come to Somerset County, according to planning documents.

ALDI, Inc. has submitted plans for a 19,053-square-foot grocery store in Branchburg on Route 202 and Old York Road in September (resubmitted in November), according to documents from the township's Environmental Commission meeting on Wednesday.

The application proposed to subdivide the current lot into two separate lots, with ALDI’s proposed 4.5-acre lot leaving a remaining 19.82 acres open for another applicant or applicants. An application for a 5,670-square-foot QuickChek store and adjacent gas station at the same intersection was reviewed in December, per meeting documents.

QuickChek’s application includes plans for an entrance and exit on both Route 202 North and Old York Road, as well as the construction of a drainage and sanitary system.

The proposed ALDI would be Somerset County’s first ALDI (the nearest ALDI location is in the Flemington Mall on Route 202). Other nearby ALDI locations include Phillipsburg, Piscataway, New Brunswick and South Plainfield.

An existing QuickChek is located at 261 Union Ave. in Bridgewater; other locations include Bound Brook, Manville and Raritan.