Aldi has further raised its starting pay for store assistants to a minimum of £11.40 per hour nationally and £12.85 within the M25. The new £11.40 per hour starting rate, which is effective from July 1, 2023, is more than 13% higher than it was a year ago, it said.
It added that represented an investment of more than £100million in colleague pay in the past 12 months. It said the new rates were higher than the Real Living Wage, set by the Living Wage Foundation, of £10.90 per hour nationally and £11.95 inside the M25.
Aldi also said it was the only supermarket to pay for breaks, which for the average store colleague is worth an additional £927 annually. The announcement follows a series of pay increases, including raising hourly rates for 7,000 warehouse workers across the UK.
