Aldi news and analysis
Aldi is a discount supermarket chain, which operates more than 1,000 stores in the UK. It focuses on stocking private-label products and regularly rotates the Specialbuys found in its middle aisles. The Grocer covers Aldi with regular news, analysis, insight and opinion, including updates on store expansion, pricing strategy, and its impact on the grocery sector.
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NewsAldi adds ‘select your store’ feature to app
By entering their postcode and selecting a store, users ‘will see the product range and pricing specifically for that store’
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NewsAldi to create 1,100 jobs this year as part of UK expansion
The jobs will come as part of previously announced plans to open about 40 new UK stores in 2026
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InterviewsAldi’s Julie Ashfield: grocery doesn’t need more ‘alpha females’
Julie Ashfield joined Aldi at 21 on the promise of £27k and a company car. Twenty-five years later, she talks confidence, culture change and ceiling tiles
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NewsAldi and Lidl top 2025 product recall league table
The discounters accounted for 13% of products pulled from shelves due to incorrect allergen labelling or contamination, analysis by The Grocer reveals
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NewsShoppers switch to own label and buy less to save money: NIQ
Total till sales at UK supermarkets increased 3.3% in the four weeks to 21 February, but volumes declined by 0.8% – a bigger fall than January’s 0.6%
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NewsSupermarket volumes remain under pressure as inflation picks up pace
Total take-home sales at the mults increased by 3.4% year on year in the four weeks to 22 February. However, growth lagged behind grocery price inflation
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NewsAldi calls on suppliers to pitch for listing in new Channel 4 series
Aldi’s Next Big Thing is returning for its third series, relaunched as ‘Aldi: The Next Big Seller’
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NewsAldi makes second pay rise announcement in weeks
It is the latest move in what has become a twice-yearly bidding war between Aldi and Lidl
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NewsAldi extends partnership with food surplus charity The Bread and Butter Thing
The partnership allows Aldi suppliers to donate products that are good to eat but cannot be sold in stores for reasons such as labelling errors or damaged packaging
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Analysis & FeaturesHow pay and benefits stack up at the supermarkets
We look at how wage levels at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Aldi, Lidl, M&S and Iceland compare
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NewsLidl set to open five stores on Thursday
Lidl is looking to maintain its 31-month streak as the UK’s fastest-growing bricks & mortar supermarket
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NewsAldi redesigning fruit juice at centre of Robinsons lawsuit
Aldi’s Sun Quench Squirty Squash has been delisted on Aldi’s website since the start of year
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NewsAldi gets go-ahead for Rye store as Jempson’s pledges continued local focus
Rother District Council’s planning committee voted unanimously in favour of Aldi’s proposal on 12 February
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NewsAldi sourdough loaf sparks complaint to Trading Standards
The Real Bread Campaign has lodged a complaint with Trading Standards over Aldi’s Specially Selected Signature Bake Dark Rye Sourdough loaf
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NewsJempson’s warns of major ‘harm’ from proposed Aldi store in Rye
The proposed Aldi store on the Winchelsea Road trading estate is due to be considered by Rother District Council’s planning committee on 12 February
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NewsNo 10 stages talks on ‘ambitious’ new food waste strategy
Wrap gave prime minister Keir Starmer a physical representation of the problem in the form of a pack of potatoes left in the Downing Street fridge
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NewsLidl raises pay and doubles full-paid paternity leave
‘We believe longer paid paternity leave is vital on our journey towards gender equality in the workplace,’ said Lidl GB’s chief people officer
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NewsAldi and Lidl should not be exempt from land rules, says minister
Investment minister Jason Stockwood was responding to a question in the House of Lords about the CMA’s review of Aldi and Lidl’s exemption from rules that bind other major supermarkets
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NewsLidl latest supermarket exploring top-up payments for poorest customers
Aldi, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco have already said they would be open to topping up Healthy Start vouchers
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NewsAldi launches ‘high in fibre’ logo on select products
Discounter Aldi has also joined an FDF initiative to boost the nation’s fibre intake