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ALDI UNVEILS NEW BAYSIDE STORE

25 new jobs created for local area

Aldi’s nationwide expansion continues today with the opening of its new store in Bayside, Co. Dublin, creating 25 permanent jobs in the local area.

Located at Bayside Square, Co. Dublin, the new store is Aldi’s 24^th Dublin store and 147^th in Ireland.

New Store Design

Featuring Aldi’s exciting award-winning Project Fresh layout and design, the new store boasts a large shop floor spanning 1,364m², wide aisles and hi-spec fixtures and fittings. There are also 153 car park spaces available to customers of Bayside Square, along with ten bicycle rack stands.

Speaking at the store opening, Katarina Domorakova, Aldi Bayside store manager said: “Our new Bayside store is fantastic news local shoppers! The spacious design means it is easier for customers to pick up what they need, and our aim is to ensure the very best customer shopping experience. From all the staff here at the new store, we hope everyone has a chance to pop in an avail of our great savings and pick up some of our award-winning products at unbeatable prices!”

Aldi’s Investment in County Dublin

To date, Aldi has made a capital investment of over €167 million in Dublin. Aldi is the best paying supermarket and currently employs 656 full-time staff across the county. Aldi is seeking to recruit 278 new employees for its Dublin stores this year, including 146 permanent positions.

Community Support

Aldi’s existing stores across Dublin are deeply involved in their local communities. To date, the stores have donated over 260,000 meals to local charities through FoodCloud, saving the charities more than €329,000. Each store is also part of Aldi’s Community Grants network, with DSPCA, National Rehabilitation Hospital and Sonas some of the many local charities that have availed of the €500 bursary grant in recent years.

Supplier Support

Aldi supports a variety of food and drink producers across Dublin and spent €145 million with its Dublin producers in 2020. Aldi is committed to growing its Irish supply base and increasing the number of locally produced Irish products available at its stores. Aldi currently partners with 75 food and drink producers across County Dublin.

Aldi has invested more than €3,000,000 in its Grow with Aldi supplier development programme since 2018, which offers up-and-coming artisan Irish food and drink producers the chance to have their products listed in Aldi’s 147 stores.

In March 2020, Aldi reduced it payment terms for all suppliers that transact up to €1 million worth of business annually. Payments are processed and paid within five working days.

The new Aldi Bayside store opening hours are:

• Mon to Fri: 09:00 – 22:00
• Sat to Sun: 09:00 – 21:00