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RECORD SALES FOR ALDI AS MILLIONS MORE ‘DISCOVER DISCOUNT’ 

• Cost-of-living crisis has ‘changed the way Britain shops for groceries’
• Aldi pledges £1.4bn investment to help it serve more communities across the UK with quality, affordable groceries
• Over £350m of price reductions across 650 products so far this year to help customers, with more cuts planned ahead of Christmas

ALDI ADDS BOWEL CANCER SYMPTOMS TO TOILET WIPE PACKS

Aldi is adding the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer to its own-brand toilet wipes.

The updated packaging follows the addition of the potentially life-saving information to all its packs of toilet roll as part of Bowel Cancer UK’s #GetOnARoll campaign, created in response to calls from the late campaigner Dame Deborah James and her fellow patient Cara Hoofe last summer.

ALDI TO SUPPORT NATIONWIDE BEACH CLEAN PROJECT

Aldi is backing the Marine Conservation Society’s Beachwatch programme with a £50,000 sponsorship.

The supermarket becomes the biggest corporate funder of the Marine Conservation Society’s beach cleaning and litter survey project, Beachwatch, which aims to support more than 15,000 volunteers to participate in 1,200 local beach cleans over the next year. 

ALDI OPENS APPLICATIONS FOR ITS AREA MANAGER PROGRAMME – WITH STARTING SALARIES OF £50,000

Aldi has opened applications for its latest Area Manager intake.

Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket, which was recently named Employer of the Yearby The Grocer* for the second consecutive year, is looking to fill 100 roles on its Area Manager programme. 

Applicants enrolled on the scheme will participate in a year-long training programme, equipping them with all the skills they need to run a collection of stores successfully. 

ALDI ANNOUNCES BIGGEST ROUND OF PRICE CUTS ON FRUIT AND VEG ESSENTIALS

Aldi, the UK’s cheapest supermarket*, has lowered the prices on an extensive range of fruit and veg products.

ALDI OPENING 1,000TH STORE AND TARGETS 500 MORE

Aldi is opening its 1,000^th UK store in Woking, Surrey, today (07/09/2023) and has committed to a new long-term target of 1,500 stores in the UK, which will see the company invest billions of pounds into the UK economy.

ALDI NAMED CHEAPEST SUPERMARKET FOR FIFTEENTH MONTH IN A ROW 

• Latest research from consumer group Which? has found Aldi to be the UK’s cheapest supermarket for the fifteenth consecutive month 
• A basket of shopping at Aldi is over £8 cheaper than Tesco 
• Shoppers can save a whopping £14.30 compared to the most expensive supermarket, for the same basket of items 

For the fifteenth month in a row, Aldi has been officially named the cheapest supermarket in the UK. 

ALDI TRIALS NEW LOOSE PRODUCE ITEMS

Aldi is to trial four new loose fruit and vegetable lines in a bid to further reduce plastic waste.

Lifting the scales – Aldi and the MSC gives insight into how you can enjoy seafood sustainably

This Sustainable Seafood September, Aldi has partnered with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to help shoppers enjoy seafood while also remaining conscious of the environment.

The below tips have been curated by Liz Fox, Corporate Responsibility Director for Aldi UK, and experts from the MSC to help shoppers do just that.

From trying alternative species and products, to myth busting the frozen versus fresh debate, here are several ways to buy sustainable seafood.