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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Subtle change in Aldi stores praised by Aussie shoppers: ‘About time’  Yahoo News Source link

(Reuters) – Grocery chain Aldi said on Monday it is hiring more than 20,000 new workers and raising its wages in the United States as it gets ready for the busy holiday season at a time when retailers and restaurants are scrambling to find workers. The U.S. arm of the German discount supermarket group said it has increased its average national starting wages for store and warehouse workers to $15 and $19 per hour, respectively. Aldi will host a hiring week in September to fill an array of… Source link

An Aldi customer has taken a stance against excessive plastic packaging, removing her groceries from the wrappers and leaving behind a giant pile of plastic on the supermarket’s packing bench. The UK customer, known only as Jackie, attached a statement to the store window and shared images of her protest to a Facebook group called ‘Overheard in Aldi’, attracting over 1400 comments. The customer deamnded a ‘radical rethink’ on Aldi’s plastic policy. Source: Facebook “Dear Aldi manager, I… Source link

A woman has been filmed causing AUD$180,000 worth of damages after storming an Aldi and smashing bottles of alcohol, causing great concern among customers. The video was recorded at a supermarket in Stevenage, UK, on Wednesday (local time) afternoon. Footage shows the woman wearing a hoodie and a backpack sliding bottles of alcohol off the shelves with her arms. She then slips in the mess she created and falls to the ground. “Oh god, she’s not right,” a man is heard saying off-camera. The… Source link

Aldi customers have shared their surprise about a little-known checkout rule preventing parents from buying alcohol while shopping with their children.  A woman inquired about the rule on the supermarket’s Facebook page late last week, causing dozens of shoppers to share in her confusion. “Parents shopping with children are not allowed to purchase alcohol?” she wrote. The customer didn’t say how she had fund out about the rule but insisted it was not fair for single parents. “There… Source link

A Victorian mum has used an unexpected Aldi product to develop her own hilarious yet practical face mask amid the state’s struggle to clamp down on community transmission of the novel coronavirus. Emily Rumbold, a mum-of-seven from Melbourne, opted to repurpose an old wet wipe packet into a nifty mask, in line with the state’s recent mandating of face coverings for all residents in the city. Adding an additional feature, she positioned the opening lid over her mouth, allowing convenient… Source link