ALDI in the news

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

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.