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The UK’s fifth-largest supermarket, Aldi, has partnered with SportsAid to support some of the UK’s most promising young athletes.
The partnership will see Aldi help to fuel a team of 20 young athletes who are performing at the top of their field as they work towards becoming Olympic or Paralympic athletes.
Aldi, the UK’s fifth-largest supermarket, has launched a series of gender transition guides to support colleagues who are either undergoing transition or already transitioned.
Created with input from colleagues across the business, the guides aim to support transgender colleagues at all stages, alongside providing guidance for their direct leaders and tips for co-workers on how to help their colleagues return to work.
Aldi has notched up a record eighth year as the UK’s leading supermarket when it comes to complying with the Groceries Supply Code of Practice, according to a poll by the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA), the regulator for the sector.
Aldi, in partnership with Team GB and ParalympicsGB, is ramping up its Get Set to Eat Fresh programme in a bid to educate an extra one million children about affordable healthy eating by the end of 2024.
Get Set to Eat Fresh is a nationwide education programme designed to help young people aged 5-14 years develop the skills required to cook nutritious, low-cost meals.
Aldi is calling on streets across the UK to enter a competition to win funding for the ultimate Jubilee bash.
The supermarket’s Jubilee Street Party Fund will see it give away a series of £500 Aldi vouchers to help communities up and down the country celebrate Her Majesty’s big day.
Aldi is to work with an African cashew nut company Cashew Coast to empower female factory workers and farmer communities in the Ivory Coast, as well as encourage more environmentally friendly nut production.
The company sources nuts directly from local farmers in the Ivory Coast and processes them, by employing women from nearby communities.
Aldi has revealed that its stores will be open as usual over the Jubilee Bank Holiday.
Over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend, normal opening hours will remain in place at Aldi’s more than 960 stores, meaning customers have time to pick up everything they need to enjoy the celebrations over the long weekend.
Aldi is removing plastic shrink wrap from its multipacks of its Corale baked beans in a bid to further reduce plastic waste.
The move will save 78 tonnes of single-use plastic from going to landfill each year, while still offering shoppers a multipack discount when they buy four tins.
Aldi has revealed its store opening times over the May Bank Holiday.
Over the May Bank Holiday weekend, over 860 stores in England and Wales will be open until 10pm on 30th April and 4pm on Sunday 1st May, to ensure everyone can pick up everything they need to enjoy the long weekend.