Aldi gives pay rise to all 30,000 shop staff and plans to hire 4,000 more this year

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Discount supermarket chain Aldi has delivered a new year pay rise for its 30,000 store staff and revealed plans to recruit another 4,000 shop workers over the year ahead.

The German-owned retailer said it will increase its national minimum hourly pay rate for store employees to £9.55 from February 1, from £9.40.

Those who work inside the M25 will earn at least £11.07 an hour, up from £10.90. Aldi is one of the only UK supermarkets to pay for breaks and claimed that, including these, its national hourly rate for an average shift will rise to a sector-beating £10.11.

It came after Morrisons last week became the first UK supermarket to announce its minimum pay will increase to at least £10 an hour from April.