Aldi will open 12 new stores across the UK before Christmas with each supermarket creating up to 40 jobs.. so will one be opening near you?
- Taunton, Somerset, and Oldham, Greater Manchester, to open stores this month
Aldi has revealed the locations of 12 new stores it will open before Christmas creating around 40 new jobs each as part of its target to have 1,500 branches in the UK.
The budget supermarket, which opened its 1,000th UK store in Woking last month, will be opening one new store a week on average between now and the end of the year.
New stores in Taunton and Oldham will open this month, after three new locations in Slough, Torquay and Cannock emerged last week.
Meanwhile, Farnborough and West Bridgford are set to see new Aldi branches open in November.
The supermarket is planning to invest £1.4 billion on expanding in the UK over the next two years.
Aldi has revealed the locations of 12 new stores it will open before Christmas around the UK
Each new store opening will create around 40 new jobs on average, boosting employment opportunities within local areas.
Store Assistants receive a starting pay of £11.40 per hour and those based in London get £12.85 per hour, while it is the only supermarket to pay for breaks, which Aldi says can be worth up to £972 a year.
George Brown, Real Estate Director at Aldi UK, said: ‘We’re welcoming more and more customers through our doors each week, which is why we’re investing in new stores up and down the country to bring our great value groceries to even more people and meet the growing demand for Aldi.
‘Shoppers know they’ll always get more for their money when they shop with us, and we’re confident Aldi’s success will continue to grow.’
News of the new stores comes after Aldi revealed it will make changes to some staple products as it aims to reduce the amount of plastic in its packaging.
The company plans to reduce its plastic packaging by a quarter by 2025, and is already halfway to achieving that goal before it steps up its packaging overhaul according to Aldi’s new Making Sustainability Affordable report.
The supermarket is set to invest £1.4 billion on expanding in the UK over the next two years – pictured is the new store in Slough
Three new locations in Slough, Torquay and Cannock emerged last week – pictured is the new store in Torquay
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‘Through our work with our supplier partners, we are redesigning all of our packaging to be 100% recyclable, reusable, or compostable by the end of 2025,’ the report reads.
So far they are on track to meet that goal, with 83.3 per cent of packaging on Aldi brands now fitting in that category.
Some of the biggest changes that customers will notice will be in mince meat, noodle cups and batteries.
A swap from tray packaging to soft ‘flow-wrap’ casings will reduce the amount of plastic in the product by 70 per cent.
Styrofoam noodle cup packaging will be phased out by the end of the year, with production already underway for paper-based cup replacements for instant noodles.
Changes have already been made for battery packaging, with paper now used instead of plastic, which will cut down on 17 tonnes of plastic waste each year.
Aldi’s sustainability director Daniel Baker assured customers that the sustainability push would not impact prices.
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