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Aldi, Britain’s fourth largest supermarket, has revealed that it plans to create 5,500 new jobs across the course of 2024.

Roles available include store assistants, managers and cleaners at new stores opening this year.

The supermarket is also recruiting across its 11 regional distribution centres and within its head office.

The company is also the only supermarket to offer paid breaks, which for the average store colleague is worth more than an additional £900 a year.

Aldi currently has more than 1,000 stores and employs more than 45,000 colleagues and recently committed to opening 500 more stores across Britain.

Giles Hurley, chief executive officer at Aldi UK, said: “Our colleagues work incredibly hard and are without a doubt a huge part of our success at Aldi. We continue to welcome more and more customers to Aldi stores every week, not just because of our unbeatable prices and British sourcing, but also our amazing colleagues.

“We are looking forward to welcoming even more colleagues up and down the country to Team Aldi during 2024 as we progress towards our goal of making affordable, quality food accessible to everyone.”

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