Aldi searching for new staff at Black Country stores

The UK’s fifth largest supermarket is looking for people of all levels of experience to fill roles at its stores across the region including from stock assistants all the way up to store managers.

Among the sites in the region looking to hire are the stores in Dudley, Halesowen and Oldbury, which have six vacancies each.

Aldi already employs more than 1,300 people at its 44 stores in the West Midlands, and is looking to grow its team over the coming months as part of its ongoing expansion plans in the region.

Nationally the German discount supermarket business has said it will create 1,200 new jobs across the UK during the rest of this year as it continues with plans to open a raft of new stores.

It plans to open an average of one new store each week between now and Christmas. It already has more than 890 stores and around 35,000 UK staff, said it has already created 2,800 new permanent jobs this year after grocery sales surged in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

Kelly Stokes, recruitment director at Aldi UK, said: “As we continue to grow, we’re looking for more ambitious and hard-working individuals to join our team at stores across the West Midlands.

“Our store teams are dynamic and fast-paced, offering plenty of exciting new challenges every day. There’s something here for everyone, from new starters looking to take their first step on the career ladder to more experienced team managers seeking a new challenge.

“Our amazing colleagues are central to everything we do at Aldi and remain one of the key factors in our success, and we’re looking forward to expanding our team to provide an even better in-store experience for our customers.”

Aldi is the UK’s lowest priced supermarket. Research released by Which? in July showed customers doing a full shop at Tesco will currently spend 23 per cent more than they would for the same goods at Aldi. And those shopping at Sainsbury’s would have spent 30 per cent more than at Aldi.

Aldi has a five-year partnership with Teenage Cancer Trust – its fundraising target of £5 million will go towards helping the trust to reach out to every young person with cancer in the UK.

Aldi’s rates of pay are significantly higher than the Government’s National Living Wage and also above the Living Wage Foundation’s recommended national rates. Store Assistants receive a minimum hourly rate of £9.40 nationally and £10.90 in London.