German supermarket Aldi is to create 6,000 new jobs in the United Kingdom.
The staff are needed for its distribution centres and new stores soon to be opened.
Last year Aldi overtook Morrisons to become the UK’s fourth-largest supermarket chain.
It has 900 stores and currently employs 40,000 people.
In the last three months it has attracted more than 1.3 million new customers.
The company pays its store assistants a starting wage of £11.00 an hour in most parts of the UK and £12.75 within the M25.
Warehouse staff receive a minimum starting salary of £13.18 an hour.
And Aldi store managers have salaries of up to £63,000 a year.
Richard Thornton, Aldi Communications Director, said:
“The company prides itself on paying well and prioritising value.
“What we’re seeing is shoppers prioritising value like never before, we attracted 1.3 million new customers in the last three months alone.”
