ALDI in the news

Welcome to the ALDI media centre. You can view the latest media coverage of our company below.

03 April 2013
Product Recall - Nadoli “Office Pro” Sticky Tape & Dispenser
Media Statement 

18 March 2013
ALDI Australia puts Sustainable Seafood on the Table
ALDI Australia is proud to announce it will engage Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) to work together on evaluating the sustainability of its seafood range. 05 March 2013
ALDI launches low cost pre-paid mobile plans
On Wednesday 6 March, ALDI Australia, the Smarter Shopping retailer, will extend its product offering with the launch of three unique, flexible and affordable prepaid mobile plans.

20 February 2013
ALDI wins Supermarket of the Year
For the second year in a row, ALDI Australia has been recognised as Supermarket of the Year at the Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards for 2012. ALDI has also won several other awards across multiple catergories including; Product of the Year, Canstar Blue Awards and several Sydney Royal Cheese and Dairy Produce Show awards.

16 February 2013
ALDI Australia leads the way to a cleaner environment
Our everyday laundry range is Australian Made & Phosphate Free

14 February 2013
More Australians to experience smarter shopping
ALDI decides to enter into both the South Australian & West Australian markets

21 January 2013
Product Recall
Emporium Selection Triple Cream Brie & Double Cream Camembert 200g

05 Novembr 2012
ALDI's Olive Oils lead the way!
ALDI Australia receives Silver and Bronze medals for its Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil

26 October 2012
Product Recall
ALDI Almat Laundry Liquid Concentrate Summer Infusion 2L
ALDI Almat Laundry Liquid Concentrate Tropical Burst
ALDI Almat Laundry Liquid Concentrate Oriental Blossom 2L

14 October 2012
Product Recall
Gueldenpfenning "Higgledee" Baby Terry Towel Sleepsuit

24 February 2012
Product Recall
Aquaport Bio Ethanol Luminous Patio Flame

8 December 2011
Coffee Machines
Marketers proclaim cafe-style coffee can be had at home every day – but can machines really create cafe-quality coffee, and do they have to cost a fortune? ACA have enlisted a coffee expert to deliver the verdict on the best quality at-home coffee machines for every budget.

17 October 2011
Swiss apple skin solution?
ALDI has incorporated the anti-ageing properties believed to be associated with Swiss apple into its Lacura skincare line, and ACA get the experts' verdict on the new range.

27 September 2011
Finding the best frozen chip
They're a fail-safe family favourite, but with so many brands of hot chips on offer it can impossible to choose. A Current Affair's panel of experts makes it easy by putting them to the taste test.

13 September 2011
Generic brand savings
We'd all like to save some money on skincare products but do the budget brands really work? An insider who has worked with some of the industry's biggest brands reveals the beauty secret the skincare industry doesn't want you to know.

13 September 2011
New generation of generics
Supermarkets are stocking their shelves with hundreds of new generics. From cleaning and personal grooming products, to kitchen utensils, pest control and even budgie seeds, the renaissance of the no frills generic alternative is prompting an expansion of the product range like we've never seen before.

5 September 2011
Washing powder versus liquid
Laundry detergents come bearing all kinds of promises, but what we want most from them is good value and clean clothes. ACA put to rest the liquid versus powder debate and determine which product will save you money and get the job done by testing top brands — and even a home recipe.

22 August 2011
Cleaning products tested
Cleaning products for every room have been put to the test, to see if the cheap no-name cleaners can match the most expensive brands.

17 August 2011
Meeting the debt challenge
With a new kitchen, an overseas holiday and savings to show, Michael Hart and his family have come a long way. Three years ago they couldn't have dreamed of any of it. “Since debt street we basically started shopping at ALDI, and we still do that today.

10 August 2011
Aldi gets the tick of approval
Aldi is the first Australian grocery retailer to earn the Heart Foundation Tick of approval with more than 100 of its home brand food items to display the tick by the end of 2011. But Aldi says it is pushing its good-health agenda with a target to have more than a quarter of its range tick approved.

27 July 2011
Grocery price challenge
There is a new player in the great grocery challenge, and A Current Affair is putting new supermarket giant Costco to the test in our biggest supermarket showdown ever. Costco joins Woolworths, Coles and Aldi under our cost-comparison microscope.

24 July 2011
Check out who has the lowest prices
About 8000 Canberrans were willing to bet Costco would have the cheapest groceries in the ACT, buying annual memberships for $60 before the store opened its doors. But a Sunday Canberra Times consumer test reveals German discount store Aldi easily boasts Canberra's cheapest average basket of groceries.

21 July 2011
Home hair dye challenge
Dyeing your hair in a salon can cost up to $200 so it's no surprise that people are increasingly opting for the DIY option. ACA puts four home hair dyes to the test to find which offers the best value and best results.

13 July 2011
Budget bread gets nutrition tick
Supermarkets have cut prices for home-brand bread to as little as $1 a loaf, but the belief that it is low-quality steers many shoppers towards more expensive brands. Now, an Aussie nutritionist has busted the myth that cheapest is nasty with some surprising comparisons that will have budget bread back on the shopping list.

7 July 2011
Best budget moisturisers
Moisturisers are a part of just about everyone's beauty routine, but is it really necessary to pay big bucks for supple, youthful skin? With the help of experts, A Current Affair road test the big-name supermarket moisturising creams that cost less than $10, to determine if they are actually worth buying.

5 May 2011
Washing powder road test
In A Current Affair's big washing powder road test, the leaderboard has been upset by a savvy newcomer. We put the big brands under the microscope — Biozet, Cold Power, Drive, Duo, Fab, Omo and more — to determine which is the best value and offers the best results.

4 May 2011
ALDI cookbook
You’ve hit the supermarket with a recipe in hand, only to find ash-coated goats cheese or Zimbabwean smoked river fish hard to come by. What if you could ensure every item in your recipe book was not only at the one supermarket, but a budget supermarket. Bronwyn Cameron has achieved this very feat – and Aldi was so impressed they put her on the payroll.

28 April 2011
Supermarket’s decision stacks up well
An Orange dietitian has welcomed the move made by ALDI to banish all artificial colouring from its food products by saying it was a positive step for health especially among children.

27 April 2011
ALDI ditches artificial colourings
Discount chain ALDI has been praised for removing all artificial colourings from its product range.

26 April 2011
ALDI abandons colour additives
The two big supermarket chains will continue to sell food with artificial colours, even though ALDI will remove all products with the additives from its shelves as of Thursday.

26 April 2011
ALDI removes artificial colours from food
Discount retailer ALDI has become the first supermarket chain in Australia to banish artificial colourings from its entire range of food products.

19 April 2011
Best Easter eggs
With so many chocolate easter eggs and bunnies on the supermarket shelves, it's hard to know whether paying more is really worth it. We have taken care of the taste testing for you - and discovered which cheap and cheerful brands are just as tasty as the premium varieties.

15 April 2011
Laundry powders put to the test
The supermarket price war has moved from the pantry to the laundry. The price of washing powders, liquids and concentrates are being slashed. And while price is one thing, how well they perform is another, so Today Tonight has tested the products to see which gets the best results.

6 April 2011
Margarine madness
Terminology trickery - Why the battle of the 'super spreads' is now misleading shoppers into buying margarine for their health, but does it really work?

4 April 2011
Washing Powder
In the great washing powder test, we pit the big brands from the big supermarkets against each other to determine which is the best for price and quality.

3 April 2011
ALDI gets eco-conscious
ALDI supermarkets in Australia will soon ban the sale of laundry detergents containing phosphates.

3 April 2011
ALDI aims to go green with laundry detergents
Budget supermarket chain Aldi is taking a green lead in phasing out phosphates from laundry detergents.

2 April 2011
Scrub-up gives ALDI green tick
Budget supermarket chain ALDI is taking a green lead in phasing out phosphates from laundry detergents.

15 March 2011
$10 Beauty
We reveal the $10 anti-ageing cream blowing the expensive brands out of the water.

11 March 2011
ALDI liquor launch looms in NSW
The ALDI supermarket chain has applied for the right to sell alcohol in its NSW stores, in its latest attempt to disrupt the Woolworths and Coles grocery and liquor duopoly.

7 March 2011
Bread, milk and a slab of beer
Bugle Bay Bitter beer, Vizka vodka and Baron St Jean bubbly may soon be seen on Shellharbour shelves as supermarket upstart ALDI launches a bid to open bottle shops in the region.

16 December 2010
Big rush tipped for ALDI opening
Bring your shopping bags and a $2 coin for the trolley and be prepared for a shopping bonanza at the official opening of ALDI in Maroochydore today.

6 December 2010
Summer Sunscreen Guide
Breaking through the branding to find the best summer sunscreens.

22 November 2010
Choice steak study
We put steak from ALDI, Coles and Woolworths to the test against beef from a premium butcher - and what we find is the supermarket can be just as good, or better, than the premium butchers.

16 November 2010
ALDI takeover
The massive ALDI expansion that has the supermarket giants shaking in their boots. With the discount supermarket already 240 stores strong, the plan for another 105 means cheaper groceries are just around the corner.

27 October 2010
ALDI first to launch carbon footprint label - ethicalliving.com.au
ALDI, in conjunction with Planet Ark, will officially launch their everyday olive oil range featuring a Carbon Reduction Label today.

27 October 2010
Carbon labelling comes to the supermarket - smh.com.au
AUSTRALIA'S first formal system of carbon labelling will be introduced today - and it has already revealed that olive oil imported from overseas has a similar carbon footprint to oil made from olives grown here.

3 August 2010
Super-sized ALDI warehouse opens in Dandenong South - Dandenong Leader
German supermarket giant Aldi has opened a $140 million warehouse and distribution centre in Dandenong South.

2 August 2010
ALDI opens warehouse - The Journal
A new $140 million ALDI warehouse in Dandenong South will continue to boost the city's commercial sector for years to come.

29 July 2010
New warehouse gives jobs boost - Star Dandenong
More than 140 jobs have been created with the opening of ALDI Stores new Warehouse and Distribution Centre in Dandenong yesterday (Wednesday).

13 July 2010
ALDI brand to go food-colouring free - Australian Food News
ALDI Australia has reformulated its private label range to exclude artificial food colours.

12 July 2010
ALDI Stops Using Artificial Food Colors - Private Label
ALDI Australia has reformulated its private label range to exclude artificial food colors, according to www.just-food.com.

12 July 2010
ALDI stops using artificial food colours in private-label range - Just Food
ALDI Australia has reformulated its private label range to exclude artificial food colours.

11 July 2010
Guess who's coming to dinner? - The Age
With supermarket chain Aldi soon to remove another eight food additives from its product lines, consumer and industry groups are once again debating the danger (or otherwise) of what we eat.

21 May 2010
ALDI wins accolade for 'best pie' - news.com.au
The best pie honour from consumer advocacy group Choice went to Aldi's Elmsbury Bakehouse Premium Grain Fed Beef Pie...

21 May 2010
Laboratory finds Coles brand meat pie has just 22.7 per cent meat - Herald Sun
Aldi's Elmsbury Bakehouse Premium Grain Fed beef pies were awarded best all rounder for combined meat, nutrition and flavour.

11 May 2010
Meat survey - A Current Affair
Aldi was a cut above the rest... at $36.92 for our supplies — about ten dollars cheaper than the rest.

5 May 2010
Fruit and veges compared - A Current Affair
We visit the big supermarkets and independent grocers and hear expert opinions on quality, freshness and price..

13 April 2010
The real thing - The Age
Sales of fake and substandard olive oil have shaken consumers — and angered local producers.

8 April 2010
Egg hunt - Star News Group
ALDI donated about 500 eggs for the children to scavenge at the Hampton Park Community House last Thursday.

6 April 2010
Egg-citing hunt for Cranebrook kids - Penrith Press
DOZENS of children enjoyed a giant Easter egg hunt at the Barnardos Children’s Family Centre, Cranebrook, last Wednesday.

16 March 2010
Supermarket Aldi embarks on aggressive graduate recruiting campaign - Herald Sun
Cut-price supermarket chain Aldi is gearing up to take on the majors with an aggressive graduate recruiting campaign to grab at least 200 of Australia's brightest young brains.

15 March 2010
ALDI launches new website to encourage graduates to consider a career with ALDI
ALDI officially launches its new interactive graduate recruitment website today, hoping to fill at least 200 graduate positions over the next four years.

10 March 2010
ALDI opens its doors at Katoomba - Blue Mountain Gazette
Katoomba shoppers eagerly visited their new Aldi supermarket, at the corner of Waratah and Katoomba Streets, on its opening day last Thursday.

1 March 2010
Supermarket Showdown - A Current Affair
Home and generic brands are taking over our supermarket shelves and it seems their quality is better than ever.

1 March 2010
ALDI: Another outlet in Austalia - Food Industry Week
German-owned discounter ALDI has opened its 223rd supermarket in Australia at Top Ryde in Sydney's northern suburbs.

24 February 2010
ALDI brings excitement - South West News
ALDI will open the doors of its Mt Ommaney Centre outlet tomorrow.

24 February 2010
Choice for shoppers - Blue Mountains Gazette
A new ALDI store will open its doors on the corner of Waratah and Katoomba Streets, Katoomba on Thursday, March 4, bringing a new shopping experience to the Upper Mountains, employment opportunities and retail competition.

22 February 2010
Top 3 Supermarket Saving Tips - Sunrise
What are the three top money saving tips when it comes to supermarket shopping? Gadget Guy Pete Blasina and Christopher Zinn from Choice shared their tips on saving money in your trolley.

18 February 2010
ALDI enters price war - A Current Affair

17 February 2010
ALDI ready to open - Northern District Times
A NEW ALDI store will open in Top Ryde City on Saturday.

9 February 2010
ALDI launches sustainable canned tuna - Australian Food News
ALDI's new Ocean Rise White Tuna, released last week, is the first brand of canned tuna in Australia awarded the Marine Stewardship Council's MSC Ecolabel.  The sustainable Pacific Albacore tuna is a white-meat tuna, with a mild taste.

27 November 2009
Survey finds Geelong has the nation's cheapest groceries - Herald Sun
Geelong has the cheapest grocery prices in Australia, according to a survey. And there are major differences in prices across different supermarket chains, with it costing just $94.30 to fill a basket at Aldi, compared with $126.87 at Woolworths/Safeway, $127.67 at Coles, $142.68 at IGA and $154.73 at FoodWorks.

26 November 2009
Choice pursues grocery pricing: AUS - Food Week
The figures show that nationally the price difference in a basket between Coles ($127.67 and Woolworths ($126.87) was negligible. A comparable basket of Aldi home brand products cost 25 per cent less at $94.30.

26 November 2009
Supermarket price survey 2009 - Choice
Our national survey reveals the true price we pay at the supermarket

16 October 2009
Shoppers rejoice as Aldi opens its doors - Daily Advertiser
THE new Aldi store in Glenfield Park, Wagga opened its doors yesterday at 8.30am and almost 50 bargain hunters patiently lined up to get the first glimpse of the shopping revolution.

3 October 2009
A cheaper way to beat wrinkles - Daily Telegraph
A face cream selling for less than $12 a bottle has been voted the most effective anti-wrinkle cream by the British consumer group Which?

9 July 2009
Supermarket giants checked out, found wanting - Sydney Morning Herald
Consumer hostility towards the powerful supermarket duopoly of Woolworths and Coles is palpable and growing, according to a series of focus groups conducted by social marketers.

12 June 2009
Now I get it Mum - Courier Mail
Don’t you hate it when your mother is right? Regular readers will know that my mother is an outright stalker of her local ALDI shop. The manager there knows her and her little white fluffy dog by name. So I thought she might be beside herself when I told her I sat next to the head of ALDI in Australia at lunch on Wednesday in Sydney.

11 June 2009
ALDI wants new suppliers for $1 billion expansion push - Smart Company
German supermarket giant ALDI has launched a $1 billion expansion plan that will see it build at least 25 stores a year over the next three years - and it's desperately looking for Australian grocery suppliers to support its push. "We are looking for suppliers that can meet our required volumes and importantly, are as passionate about high quality goods as we are," group managing director Michael Kloeters says.

June 2009
ALDI opens new $35 million Product Development Centre - Retailbiz.com.au
ALDI Stores has opened a $35 million state-of-the art product development and quality assurance centre at its Australian head office in Minchinbury, in western Sydney.

21 January 2009
Frantic ALDI planners see double - The Australian GERMAN supermarket chain ALDI is building new distribution centres in Sydney and Melbourne that will allow it to double its presence in the Australian market. The company passed the 200-store milestone on December 18 when five stores were opened in Belmont in NSW, Sunshine, Elphington and Cheltenham in Victoria and Beaudesert in Queensland, taking the portfolio to 202 stores just eight years after arriving in Australia.

5 December 2008
First in first served - Cowra Guardian
Cowra residents lined the footpath of Fitzroy Street from 8am yesterday morning waiting for the doors of Cowra’s latest supermarket to open. ALDI opened at 9am and a stream of enthusiast shoppers burst through the doors to get a stash of Christmas presents.

21 November 2008
Mudgee ALDI opens - Mudgee Guardian
Three Mudgee High School students were the first customers of Mudgee’s new ALDI store yesterday. Tara Fowler, Brieanna Golino and Melanie Kastalein arrived at 6.45am and waited outside for the doors to open, by which time a queue of shoppers had built up around them.

11 August 2008
ALDI provides the ginger in grocery prices - The Age
Some shoppers who bought pantry staples from a Coles supermarket last year paid 5 per cent more than others who shopped at a Coles on the other side of town. The difference between them was that the store with the cheaper goods had an ALDI store nearby.

26 July 2008
ALDI’s simple recipe for success - The Age
Nearly 10 years ago, Michael Kloeters was living a comfortable life in Germany, working for the ALDI supermarket chain, when his superiors called him in one day. They asked whether he'd like to set up ALDI in Australia. This surprise proposal would change his life.