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ALDI BECOMES FIRST SUPERMARKET TO PAY MINIMUM OF £11.00 AN HOUR TO ALL STORE ASSISTANTS

• Starting pay for Aldi Store Assistants will increase to £11.00 per hour nationally and £12.45 within the M25, from 1^st January 2023
• Pay rates rise further to £11.90 nationally and £12.75 within the M25 based on length of service
• Around 26,000 store colleagues will benefit from the increase, which takes the company’s investment in pay in the last 12 months to £81m
• New minimum pay rates for store colleagues are over 15% higher than a year ago
• As well as receiving the highest hourly rates in the sector, Aldi colleagues remain the only supermarket workers to be paid for breaks in shifts

ALDI ON THE HUNT FOR 100 NEW AREA MANAGERS

Employer of the Year^* Aldi has opened applications for its latest Area Manager scheme intake.

ALDI ENHANCES MENOPAUSE SUPPORT WITH NEW TRAINING

Aldi is enhancing its support for those experiencing menopause with the introduction of training for managers.

ALDI INTRODUCES CARDBOARD PORRIDGE POTS IN SUPERMARKET FIRST

Aldi is moving to cardboard packaging for its own-brand porridge pots in a bid to further reduce plastic waste.

The move will see the supermarket introduce fully recyclable, card-based porridge pots, saving an estimated 175 tonnes of plastic going onto the market each year.

WHO’S GOING TO BE ALDI’S NEXT BIG THING? NEW CHANNEL 4 SHOW SEES SMALL BRITISH PRODUCERS GET BIG OPPORTUNITY

• Thirty-six small-scale suppliers compete for space on Aldi’s shelves
• Julie Ashfield, Managing Director of Buying at Aldi UK decides which products will be launched as Specialbuys in stores
• Anita Rani and Chris Bavin host six-part Channel 4 series launching 20^th October

ALDI ANNOUNCES MAJOR JOBS PUSH AHEAD OF FESTIVE SEASON

Aldi is set to create around 3,000 new jobs ahead of the festive period as it gears up for its biggest-ever Christmas.

The supermarket is looking to fill over 2,000 temporary and permanent store positions to help replenish stock and provide additional assistance to customers visiting Aldi’s stores during this busy period.

ALDI REVEALS WHERE IT’S STILL LOOKING TO OPEN STORES AFTER BECOMING BRITAIN’S FOURTH LARGEST SUPERMARKET

Aldi has revealed where it’s still looking to open new stores after official data shows it has become Britain’s fourth largest supermarket.

ALDI TO OPEN NEW ECO CONCEPT STORE

Aldi will open a new eco concept store in Royal Leamington Spa on 29^th September.

The Leamington Spa store has been designed to significantly reduce carbon consumption, with sustainable building materials and design changes estimated to reduce life-cycle carbon emissions by up to two-thirds.

ALDI DOUBLES DOWN ON PRICE PROMISE TO CUSTOMERS AS HOUSEHOLDS FACE RISING COSTS

• Aldi pledges lowest prices as cost-of-living crisis worsens for millions of households 
• Customer numbers and market share surge as cost-conscious shoppers switch from traditional, full price supermarkets
• 16 new stores to open over next 12 weeks as part of ongoing £1.3bn expansion plan
• Over 25m meals donated to 1,300 local charities through Neighbourly partnership to help most vulnerable
• Profits fall in 2021 due to investment in prices, people and pandemic-related expenses