Lidl GB to recruit over 1,000 roles

Lidl GB has revealed it will be recruiting for over 1,000 new hourly paid roles over the next five months.

The roles will span across stores and warehouses and include customer assistants, cleaners and warehouse operatives.

It said new recruits will earn a minimum of £10.90 an hour outside of London and £11.95 inside the M25; the highest starting pay of any other supermarket in the UK.

All new jobs will be permanent and include full and part-time positions, which will see pay increase up to £12.00 and £13.00 with length of service, depending on location.

The supermarket, which last week opened three brand new stores in Alperton, Oxford and Gillingham last week, is set to open further new stores over the next five months.

It is also in the process of recruiting for warehouses, including for its Belvedere warehouse which is undergoing a total redevelopment and recently completed the first phase of its expansion programme. The supermarket is also set to open its new Luton distribution centre next year, which it began recruitment for back in March.

Nan Gibson, Lidl GB chief HR officer, said: “We’re incredibly proud of our colleagues across the country, whose hard work and loyalty mean that we are the fastest growing supermarket, with over 1.5m more people shopping with us than last year.

“As our customer base continues to grow, and as we open more new stores and warehouses, we need more people to join team Lidl. Not only will new colleagues be the highest paid in the industry as a result of our newly increased rates, they also be part of an amazing team of people that are working to help make good food accessible to all households, at a time that is so needed.”