Supermarket giant gives pay rise to employees - higher than the Real Living Wage

Shivani Chaudhari
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Supermarket giant gives pay rise to employees - higher than the Real Living Wage <i>(Image: Aldi)</i>
Supermarket giant gives pay rise to employees - higher than the Real Living Wage (Image: Aldi)

SUPERMARKET giant Aldi is giving its staff in Worcester another pay rise.

The supermarket giant has maintained its position as the UK's best-paying supermarket by raising its starting pay for store assistants in Worcester to a minimum of £11.40 per hour.

The new starting rate will be effective from Saturday, July 1 and the pay rise is more than 13 per cent higher than it was a year ago, representing an investment of more than £100 million in colleague pay in the last 12 months.

READ MORE: Aldi launch Too Good To Go scheme across Worcester

And the new rates are higher than the Real Living Wage, which is set by the Living Wage Foundation, of £10.90 per hour across the country.

Adli is also the only supermarket who pays their staff while they are taking breaks.

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The announcement follows a series of pay increases, including raising hourly rates for 7,000 Warehouse colleagues across the UK.

There are three Aldi stores in Worcester. 

One store is on Pheasant Street, another is on Tybridge Street and the third is on Bath Road.

Worcester News: Aldi gives all store colleagues in Worcester another pay rise
Worcester News: Aldi gives all store colleagues in Worcester another pay rise

Aldi gives all store colleagues in Worcester another pay rise (Image: Aldi)

Giles Hurley, chief executive officer of Aldi UK and Ireland, said: "We believe our colleagues are the best in the sector and we are committed to ensuring they are also the best paid.

“We are incredibly proud of every single member of Team Aldi in Hereford and Worcester and are pleased to become the first UK supermarket to pay a minimum of £11.40 per hour to all store assistants."

Adli is also set to create more than 6,000 jobs across the country this year, which adds to the 4,500 permanent roles created last year.

The supermarket, which was named by Which?, who are a consumer website, as the UK’s cheapest for 2022, has more than 40,000 colleagues and over 990 stores in the UK.

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