German supermarket chain will adopt the new living wage of €13.85 per hour from next month
Nevertheless, Aldi said last year that it plans to invest €320 million in 30 new stores in the coming years. Some €63 million is to be invested in the West of Ireland over the next two years, creating 140 full-time jobs.
On Monday, the group said it now has plans to “fast track” its Dublin expansion plan, which it said will see 11 new stores open across the next five years with the first, in Adamstown, to open “in the coming weeks”. Operating profits at Aldi Ireland topped €39 million in 2021, a 44 per cent decline from the previous year, as the German-owned supermarket chain grappled with higher prices and the disruption of Covid-19, accounts filed last November revealed.
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