Exclusive: Aldi puts 350 jobs at risk in head office restructure
Aldi is consulting over proposals to restructure some head office teams, in a move that could see up to 350 jobs cut, Grocery Gazette has learnt.
It is understood that the changes will affect some roles in the buying departments, including non-food, and finance, as well as some back-office functions.
However, the discounter is also looking to increase the number of buying roles at its Atherstone headquarters.
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A spokesperson for Aldi told Grocery Gazette: “To support our continued growth and to offer the best experience to our customers, we are consulting over proposals to restructure some Head Office teams.
“No customer facing roles are affected, and no final decisions will be made until the consultation process is complete.
“We are committed to supporting our colleagues throughout this process. Wherever possible, we will seek to redeploy affected colleagues within the business.”
The news comes just a week after the supermarket unveiled plans to invest £67m to upgrade its existing store estate in 2025.
Earlier this week, Aldi also announced that store assistants would receive a better-than-expected pay rise next month in a move it claims will make it “Britain’s best-paying supermarket”.
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After the disgrace of P&O, I am shocked to witness this happening again from a company that, I thought, led from their heart. I will never be shopping at Aldi again, I have lost all trust in them.
Questionable that apparently no final decisions have been made but we have all been sent our redundancy packages – trying to cover your back by any chance Aldi? No wonder people have stopped shopping there since you clearly have no morals
People certainly haven’t stopped shopping there! Both Aldi and Lidl are continuing to grow fast.
GB finance 172 people will lose their job between now and 2027 (timeline hasn’t been announced who is going when) with a smaller 20 person team being formed after. Options are you take your redundancy package, apply for one of the 20 spaces to train the new Indian workers and stay on if successful (and then inevitably be made redundant later on) or try and move elsewhere in the business.
not to mention, the redundancy they’re offering is HALF what they offered the regional staff that were at the same level as us when they made them redundant (as well as giving them £5,000 to retrain)