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Aldi is looking to recruit over 500 new apprentices across the UK this year. It marks the UK’s fourth-largest supermarket’s biggest ever apprenticeship intake, with opportunities in Stores, Logistics and Buying, as well as for HGV drivers.
Aldi has officially donated 30 million meals to good causes since launching its food donations initiative in 2019.
In partnership with community giving platform Neighbourly, all of the supermarket’s 990 UK stores are partnered with foodbanks, charities and community groups across the country, who receive surplus food year-round.
Aldi has stepped up support for cost-conscious customers with the development of its budgeting advice hub.
Aldi’s ‘Amazing Savings’ page now offers customers access to a wide range of hints, tips and hacks, as well as numerous budget-friendly recipes.
Excess stock from Aldi’s network of Regional Distribution Centres is to be made available to Community Shop stores across the UK after the supermarket extended its partnership with Company Shop Group.
The supermarket has confirmed that all its Regional Distribution Centres will now help redistribute surplus food that cannot be sold in its stores.
Aldi is set to become the first supermarket member of the Podback recycling scheme, helping customers to recycle their used coffee, tea and hot chocolate pods.
As part of its membership, the supermarket will introduce its own-label pods into the Podback scheme in an industry first, whilst also helping to promote the free recycling service to shoppers throughout the country in over 980 stores.
Aldi is set to sell almost 50 million mince pies this Christmas as millions of shoppers flock to its stores amid the intensifying cost-of-living crisis.
The supermarket predicts it will also sell over 38 million pigs in blankets this festive season, in what will be Aldi’s biggest Christmas ever.
