Aldi is planning to cut up to 150 jobs at its UK head office, with the discount supermarket consulting its technology team over proposals that form part of a wider restructuring of the group, according to The Guardian.
The proposed cuts come on top of about 103 redundancies made within Aldi’s finance and administration teams earlier this year. Jobs in shops are not expected to be affected.
The retailer has reportedly been outsourcing some administrative and finance roles to lower-cost companies in eastern Europe and India, having begun restructuring within its head offices last year.
Aldi’s statement did not set out a timetable for the proposals. The company said changes were being introduced gradually and after a consultation period.
The latest proposals follow a head office consultation Aldi opened in February 2025, when up to 350 roles at its Warwickshire headquarters were put at risk of redundancy, Food Manufacture reported at the time. Those roles were in finance, back office and buying functions.
At that point an Aldi spokesperson said: “No customer facing roles are affected, and no final decisions will be made until the consultation process is complete.”
The spokesperson added: “Wherever possible, we will seek to redeploy affected colleagues within the business.”
Under UK employment law, an employer proposing 20 or more redundancies at a single establishment within any 90-day period must carry out collective consultation, according to government guidance on redundancy consultations. The minimum period before dismissals is 30 days for 20 to 99 proposed redundancies and 45 days for 100 or more.
The head office cuts sit alongside continued growth in Aldi’s store estate. The company has more than 1,000 stores across the UK and Ireland and is the UK’s fourth-largest grocery chain, according to the latest Worldpanel by Numerator data.
Aldi has previously said it wants to reach 1,500 shops and would focus on communities where it sees a lack of affordable options for shoppers.
In January, the retailer said it would open 40 new UK stores in 2026 as part of a £370m investment, itself part of a £1.6bn two-year expansion programme that includes 80 new stores. In June, it named the locations for 16 further openings this year and said it was refurbishing 25 existing stores.
Aldi is not the only grocer reducing central roles. In April, Morrisons said it would put up to 200 roles at its Bradford head office at risk as it uses data and AI to streamline processes and automate manual tasks.
A spokesperson for Aldi said: “At Aldi, our promise to customers is that we will always offer great quality products at unbeatable prices.
“Across our international business, we continuously review all aspects of our operations to ensure we operate simply, efficiently and use our global scale to deliver on that promise.
“We are therefore making some adjustments to the way parts of our UK business are structured.
“Any changes are being introduced gradually and following a consultation period.
“We recognise that this is difficult for those involved, so we are giving colleagues as much notice as possible, with full support available to everyone affected.”
Amy Ingham
Amy Ingham is a reporter at Business Matters, covering UK business news with a focus on breaking news, business policy, late payments and insolvency. She joined the magazine in 2026 after completing the NCTJ Diploma in Journalism at Harlow College’s journalism school. Her recent reporting includes British Steel’s nationalisation and its impact on SME suppliers, the decline in late payments by large firms, and Insolvency Service director disqualifications. Reach her at aingham@cbmeg.co.uk.
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