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Aldi invites Wilko employees to apply for 6,000 positions
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By Nithya Bose in UK Business News, posted August 25, 2023
Aldi is reaching out to employees affected by Wilko’s collapse, with more than 6,000 job openings across its UK stores.
The German discount giant is undergoing a major recruitment drive for its new stores in the coming months.
It’s also hiring for a vast number of store jobs in the country for its expansion efforts.
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Aldi is on a mission to provide long-term retail roles to those who have found themselves jobless due to the fall of Wilko.
Positions are from store assistants to caretakers and even store managers.
Kelly Stokes, Aldi UK recruitment director, said: “We continue to welcome more and more customers to Aldi stores every week, and we are working hard to meet the huge demand for our unbeatable prices.
“That means finding thousands of new Aldi colleagues to support this growth, which will hopefully be of interest to those who have recently lost out due to closures elsewhere.”
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Aldi employees get the highest pay rates in the UK supermarket sector.
Store assistants start with a competitive wage of £11.40 per hour, while those in London enjoy £12.85 per hour.
Aldi is the sole supermarket chain to remunerate its staff for breaks.
It potentially add up to £972 per year in extra income.
Recent reports confirm the imminent closure of Wilko’ 400 stores in the coming weeks, as attempts to rescue the group have faltered.
The administrator PwC informed GMB Union that there was “no prospect that the majority of the business will be saved”.
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