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Aldi’s new Christmas Specialbuys toy range goes on sale this Thursday 22nd October. To ensure everyone gets a chance to get hold of these great value offers, Aldi will be limiting customer purchases to one of certain toys on sale.
Aldi’s Newcastle West, The Square “Project Fresh” store has reopened its doors to customers following an extensive renovation project which has seen the store completely refurbished. Project Fresh sees Aldi invest €60m in revamping the layout and design of all of its 144 stores nationwide.
Aldi is the first retailer in Ireland to test blockchain technology successfully to validate its corporate buying policy for organic and sustainably produced Irish seafood. Aldi and Verifish are participating in a pilot project with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s seafood development agency. This project is funded under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.
Aldi Ireland is trialling 100% home compostable bags across its 1kg Irish Rooster Potato range, becoming the first retailer in Ireland to do so. If successful, the new packaging would help remove five tonnes of non-recyclable plastic packaging from stores each year across Aldi’s 1kg Irish Rooster Potato range, a change which would impact more than a million bags of potatoes annually.
Aldi Ireland has agreed a new €3 million deal with Dublin-based Pizza Sorrento to supply all its 143 Irish stores. The new contract will see Pizza Sorrento supply Aldi with over 2,500,000 handmade Original and Sourdough Twin Pack Pizza Bases over the next two years.
Aldi Ireland will become the first retailer in Ireland to fully remove all black plastic from its core food range next month. Aldi has cut a massive 30 million difficult-to-recycle black plastic trays from its products and stores, saving 410 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic waste and replacing it with 100% recyclable alternatives.
Aldi Ireland announced it will be trialling reusable fresh produce bags made from 100% recycled plastic bottles at 10 of its stores across Ireland. From 10th August, customers at participating stores can purchase the reusable bags designed to hold fresh fruit and vegetables for just €0.49 per bag.
Aldi Ireland has today announced that it has substantially reduced the sugar content of its children’s breakfast cereals range.
As a result, 40 tonnes of sugar has been removed from Aldi’s stores annually across children’s breakfast cereals products, enough to fill 350 shopping trollies.
