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THE LATEST UPDATE FROM OUR CEO GILES HURLEY

Aldi CEO Giles Hurley has written to customers today. The full letter is below:

AN UPDATE FROM OUR CEO GILES HURLEY

Aldi CEO Giles Hurley has written to customers today.

The full letter is available below and outlines a number of comprehensive safety measures that are currently in place in all Aldi stores.

ALDI OPENS 900TH STORE AMIDST RECORD INVESTMENT

Aldi opened its 900^th UK store in Sandhurst, Berkshire, today.

ALDI DOUBLES SIZE OF DELIVEROO TRIAL

Aldi is to double the size of its trial of on-demand grocery deliveries with Deliveroo this week.

ALDI SCRAPS SINGLE-USE BAGS FOR FRUIT AND VEG NATIONWIDE

Aldi, Britain’s fifth largest supermarket, is to save more than 100 tonnes of plastic a year by scrapping single-use bags for loose fruit and veg across all stores.

ALDI PLEDGES RECORD £1.3 BILLION INVESTMENT AS SALES SOAR

• Aldi unveils £1.3 billion investment plan to mark 30^th anniversary in the UK
• Annual sales increase 8.3% to £12.3 billion (YE 31 December 2019)
• 1 million British shoppers switch to Aldi**
• Offering customers the best value remains Aldi’s ‘most important commitment’ as household budgets are squeezed
• CEO, Giles Hurley, praises employees, suppliers and customers for ‘courageous’ effort responding to Coronavirus outbreak

LETTER FROM GILES HURLEY

Aldi CEO Giles Hurley has written to customers today.

The full letter is available below and outlines a number of comprehensive safety measures that are currently in place in all Aldi stores.

ALDI TO TRIAL CLICK AND COLLECT

Aldi is trialling its first UK click-and-collect services, it confirmed today. The supermarket is currently running a trial of the service for Aldi colleagues from a store in the Midlands and plans to extend that to customers in the coming weeks.

ALDI REFILLS TO CLEAN UP 550 TONNES OF PLASTIC IN SUPERMARKET FIRST

Aldi is the first supermarket to launch own-brand concentrated cleaning liquids that will refill spray bottles up to four times, in a move that will save an estimated 550 tonnes of single-use plastic a year.