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ALDI DONATES €1000 WORTH OF VOUCHERS TO STUDENT FOOD BANK APPEAL

Aldi supports UCC students struggling to afford food

Aldi Ireland has donated €1,000 worth of gift vouchers to University College Cork (UCC) Students’ Union food bank in response to its national appeal. The Students’ Union ran out of supplies just 50 minutes after opening with Students’ Union representatives attributing the high demand to rising rental prices, leaving many students struggling to afford their weekly shop.

ALDI IS VOTED IRELAND’S MOST SUSTAINABLE SUPERMARKET BY SHOPPERS

Aldi scores highly across key criteria in Ireland Sustainability Reptrak® Index 2021

Irish shoppers have voted Aldi as the most sustainable supermarket in Ireland according to the Ireland Sustainability RepTrak® Index 2021. The findings announced today are based on a comprehensive survey of 7,000 members of the public during January to March 2021. 

ALDI UNVEILS ITS NEW BAGENALSTOWN “PROJECT FRESH” STORE FOLLOWING €1M MAKEOVER

Aldi’s Bagenalstown “Project Fresh” store has reopened its doors to customers following an extensive €1 million renovation project, which has seen the store completely refurbished.

The newly refurbished store has received a full makeover in line with Aldi’s award-winning Project Fresh design.  Aldi’s Project Fresh store layout was recognised at the Checkout National Retail Supplier Awards, by scooping the Best New Store Build award for Aldi’s Ennistymon store, one of Aldi’s first Project Fresh stores.

CARLOW TOWN TO GET A NEW, BIGGER AND BETTER ALDI STORE

Upgrade to create 5 new jobs

Aldi Ireland today received planning permission from Carlow County Council and unveiled plans to replace and upgrade its Hanover Road, Carlow store in a move that will create an additional 5 new permanent jobs at the store.

The new and improved store will offer customers a larger shopping space, with the retail floor increasing by 32% from 998sqm to 1,315sqm. The new store will also be built according to Aldi’s award-wining ‘Project Fresh’ design, providing shoppers with an improved shopping experience.

ALDI EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT AS CONSTRUCTION OF NEW MONAGHAN TOWN STORE WILL NOW NOT PROCEED

Aldi Ireland expressed its disappointment today as it confirmed the construction of its new Monaghan Town store will now not proceed. This decision follows unsuccessful negotiations with Monaghan County Council concerning significant flood remediation and flood relief works outside the Aldi site boundary.    

An Bord Pleanála granted Aldi full planning permission in 2019 to build the new store on the junction of Macartan Road and Glen Road.

DONEGAL-BASED PRODUCER MULRINES AWARDED WITH €9.5M ALDI CONTRACT

Juice and smoothie producer increases volumes supplied to Aldi by almost 25%

Following a year of strong sales, the new 12-month contract will see Mulrines increase the volume of product it supplies to Aldi by almost 25%. The producer will now supply Aldi with over 11.5m litres of its Irish-produced fruit juices and smoothies each year, equivalent to five Olympic swimming pools full of product.

Mulrines is one of Aldi’s longest serving suppliers in Ireland, partnering with Aldi since 2002 and expanding into Aldi’s UK stores in 2003. 

ALDI LAUNCHES NEW OWN-LABEL CHOCOLATE BAR WITH TONY’S CHOCOLONELY

Aldi has launched a brand new chocolate bar with Tony’s Chocolonely in an Irish supermarket first.

The own-label Choceur CHOCO CHANGER is now available as a Specialbuy in Aldi stores across Ireland.

IRISH SHOPPERS THREW AWAY €365 EACH IN FOOD DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS

Aldi launches Food for Good campaign with FoodCloud to help those facing food insecurity

A new study conducted by Coyne Research on behalf of Aldi has found that Irish shoppers threw away almost €365 worth of food each during the Covid-19 lockdowns.

A third of Irish adults (36%) bought more food during the lockdowns, with one in three of these adults stating they wasted or threw out more food during lockdown restrictions compared to ‘normal’ pre-pandemic times.

ALDI’S PARTNERSHIP WITH FOODCLOUD WINS BIG AT THE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS IMPACT AWARDS

Supermarket awarded Partnership with Charity award by Chambers Ireland

Aldi Ireland has won the Partnership with Charity award at this year’s Chambers Ireland Sustainable Business Impact Awards in recognition of its work in combating food wastage and food poverty through its long-term partnership with FoodCloud.

Aldi has partnered with FoodCloud since 2014 to redistribute surplus food from its stores to charity partners. To date, Aldi’s stores have donated more than 2.25 million meals to over 300 charities saving the charity sector over €2.8 million.