GLASGOW Aldi workers are set to get a pay rise this festive season. 

Store colleagues across the city will see Aldi become the first supermarket in the UK to guarantee pay for store and warehouse colleagues of at least £12 an hour.

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Glasgow Times:

This move makes Aldi the first supermarket to offer rates in line with the Real Living Wage that was set in October this year.

Store assistants’ pay will also rise further to £12.95 nationally, and £13.85 within the M25, based on the length of service as part of Aldi’s £67 million investment into colleague pay.

Aldi is also the only supermarket to offer paid breaks, which for the average store colleague is worth an additional £900 annually.

Glasgow Times:

Giles Hurley, chief executive officer of Aldi UK and Ireland, said: “Just as we promise to provide the best value to our customers, we are also committed to being the highest-paying supermarket within the sector – which is why we are investing more than ever into this pay rise.

“We are incredibly proud of every single member of Team Aldi and this is a way of thanking them for all their hard work over the past year. We believe our colleagues are the best in the sector and they play a huge part in making Aldi what it is today.” 

The news comes in just as Aldi has been named the UK’s Cheapest Supermarket, according to consumer champion Which? (November 2023), as well as being named the UK’s Cheapest Supermarket for 2021 and 2022.