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Aldi gears up hiring drive to support expansion

Events in eight states to add 1,000 store-level jobs

Russell Redman

September 7, 2018

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Russell Redman

In support of its aggressive retail expansion, Aldi has kicked off a series of hiring events to be hosted this month at stores in eight states.

The Batavia, Ill.-based hard discount grocer said the events, launched this week, will help it fill more than 1,000 store-level jobs across 380 locations in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Illinois, Indiana, Georgia and Michigan.

By the end of 2022, Aldi aims to add 25,000 new jobs across its business, including positions in its stores and warehouses as well as at the corporate level. The company is 18 months into a $5.3 billion, five-year expansion program that will upgrade most of its locations, grow its store base by nearly 50% and boost customers served per month from 45 million to 100 million.

Aldi said it aims to fill store associate, shift manager and manager trainee positions at the September hiring events. Stores in Ohio and West Virginia began holding the events on Wednesday, and locations in Virginia, Maryland, Illinois (including Chicagoland) and Indiana are scheduled to do so in the middle of next week, followed by stores in Georgia and Michigan at the start of the week thereafter.

Now with about 1,800 stores in 35 states, Aldi is looking to expand its employee base from more than 28,000 currently to over 50,000 by 2022. The company noted that it has been named to the Forbes America’s Best Large Employers list for three straight years.

Related:Aldi kicks off major product expansion

“While many retailers are closing locations and facing a challenging retail climate, Aldi is expanding in every core area of our business, particularly our stores and warehouses,” Aldi U.S. CEO Jason Hart said in a statement. “We invite job seekers to be part of the largest expansion the company has seen as we advance our mission to help more than 100 million people save money on high-quality food every month by 2022.”

Aldi opened 135 new stores last year and expects to open 150 new locations this year. In June 2017, the company unveiled a $3.4 billion expansion plan that by the close of 2022 will boost its retail base to 2,500 stores. Several months earlier, the chain launched a $1.9 billion program to remodel and expand more than 1,300 stores by 2020. The remodels bring a new look and feel to the stores—plus more refrigerated space for fresh foods, including enhanced produce, dairy, meat and bakery sections.

And in tandem with those initiatives, Aldi early last month announced a major product expansion in which 20% of items in every store will be new versus a year ago.

Related:Aldi ups the ante with store, product expansions

About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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