Shoppers have less than 24 hours to wait for Watford's first Aldi store.

The budget supermarket chain opens tomorrow (Thursday) at 8am with the first 30 customers through the door receiving a complimentary bag of fresh and fruit vegetables from Aldi's Super 6 range.

The 1,254 square metre store is situated inside the former Toys'R'Us store in Century Park, near Watford Arches.

To celebrate the store opening, store manager Krystal Kilgannon and her team will be joined by Team GB rower, Constantine Louloudis, to cut the ribbon.

Ms Kilgannon said: "We can’t wait to open the doors to the new store in Dalton Way. It’s set to be a special day as we’ll be celebrating the opening of Aldi’s first store in Watford and having Olympic hero Constantine Louloudis join us will make it a morning to remember."

Aldi's new Watford store and the new Lidl opposite has made this corner of town a prime destination for budget supermarket shopping.

Aldi will be open seven days a week - from 8am to 10pm on Mondays to Saturdays and 11am-5pm on Sundays.