Aldi boosts staff pay by 20% at warehouses

Staff at Aldi’s warehouses have seen their pay rise 20% in a year after the supermarket gave workers another boost to their wages.

The German-headquartered business will give its 7,000 of its warehouse staff a new minimum rate of £13.18 per hour from February, the third rise since the beginning of last year, when rates stood at £11.48.

It comes after Aldi’s recent pay review for store sssistants which saw the firm offer starting pay of £11.00 an hour nationally, rising to £11.90, and £12.45 rising to £12.75, within the M25.

Giles Hurley, boss of Aldi UK and Ireland, said: “Just as we promise our customers that we will do all we can to support them, we are equally committed to supporting our amazing Aldi colleagues – as we remain the highest-paying supermarket in the UK.

Almost one pound in six spent in supermarkets in the run up to Christmas went to the German discounter twins Aldi and Lidl as the cost of living crisis sent shoppers seeking out cut price groceries in their droves, new figures reveal today.

In the 12 weeks to Christmas Day the two companies had a record combined market share of 16.3% - ahead of the number two chain Sainsbury’s - as sales passed £5.5 billion, according to latest data from market researchers Kantar.

The data shows Aldi sales surging by 27% on the previous year to reach a market share of 9.1%, while Lidl’s revenues were 23.9% up giving it a share of 7.2%.

Aldi, which has more than 900 stores, pledged to offer the lowest prices to shoppers throughout 20223 “no matter what.”