Aldi potato supplier Cockerill has invested £1.7m in automation and future growth.
Cockerill has supplied Aldi since the supermarket first arrived in the UK and provides potatoes across bagged and loose lines including more than 16 million loose baking potatoes annually.
It has doubled the volume of potatoes it supplies to Aldi since 2023, which Aldi said had “given the business the confidence to invest in its people, technology and farming operations to help supply quality British potatoes to even more customers”.
“We’ve been supplying Aldi since it first launched in the UK, and it’s been fantastic to grow alongside the business,” said Joanne Forster, account manager at Cockerill. “As a family business, we’re incredibly proud to supply quality British potatoes to millions of Aldi customers and we’re excited to bring our produce to even more shoppers across the country as the partnership continues to grow.”
It is investing £1.7m in new technology to improve productivity including investment in regenerative farming practices, including the use of cover crops, alongside ongoing initiatives to reduce waste both in the field and across its packing operations.
“It’s fantastic to work with family businesses like Cockerill, who have been growing quality British produce for generations,” said Julie Ashfield, chief commercial officer at Aldi UK. “It’s rewarding to see the business continue to invest in the local community as our partnership goes from strength to strength.”
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