Aldi gives staff third pay rise of the year to help with cost of living

Aldi has increased staff wages for the third time this year, making it the first UK supermarket to pay workers at least £11 an hour.

The supermarket giant, which employs over 40,000 staff in the UK, announced that all store assistants will receive the new rate of pay from January 1st 2023.

Aldi will also be increasing the rates of pay for thousands of logistics workers, with starting salaries of at least £10.90.

It added that workers within the M25 will receive £12.45 an hour from next year.

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This makes the supermarket’s starting rate 15% higher than it was a year earlier.

Aldi said it has invested £81 million into raising pay over the past twelve months, with around 26,000 store colleagues will benefit from the latest increase.

Giles Hurley, chief executive officer of Aldi UK and Ireland, said: “Just as we promise Aldi customers that we will always offer the lowest grocery prices in Britain, we are committed to being the highest-paying supermarket for our colleagues.

“We are incredibly proud of every single member of Team Aldi and are pleased to become the first UK supermarket to pay a minimum of £11 per hour to all store assistants, exceeding the Living Wage Foundation’s recommended real living wage.”

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Though Aldi isn’t the only retailer upping its wage this year, with rival supermarket Tesco and coffee chain Pret A Manger both increasing their wages twice in the last year.

Supermarket giant Asda also raised its pay to £10.10 an hour back in July after unions criticised it for lagging behind rival chains with a rate of £9.66 introduced in April.