Key facts
- Aldi is consulting its UK technology team on up to 150 role losses.
- Aldi made 103 redundancies in UK finance and administration earlier in 2026.
- Aldi cut almost 20 buying director roles in the UK.
- Aldi is outsourcing finance, procurement and administration work to India and other countries under a deal with Genpact.
- Aldi said it invested £300m in lowering prices on 900 UK products in 2026.
- UK sales rose 0.4% in the 12 weeks to November 1, 2026, per Worldpanel by Numerator.
Aldi's UK business is cutting hundreds of head office and logistics roles as part of a global effort to trim costs at the budget grocer, the company said in a report published on November 11, 2026. The retailer is consulting with its technology team on the loss of up to 150 roles, after 103 redundancies in its finance and administration team earlier in 2026 and almost 20 more among buying directors.
Jobs in stores have not been affected, although Aldi said it had reduced the number of regional managers slightly, affecting a handful of high-paying roles. The German-owned group is reducing the number of people in local country operations as it centralises more work. Aldi is outsourcing finance, procurement and administration roles to India, among other countries, as part of a deal with Genpact, a company that helps businesses develop the use of AI technology.
Sources said consultation was set to begin on redundancies in payroll in the coming months. The company has also reduced the number of cleaning hours for agency workers at its head office in Atherstone, Warwickshire.
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." The spokesperson added that changes were being introduced gradually and following a consultation period, and that affected colleagues were being given as much notice as possible with full support available.
The company said it had invested £300m in lowering prices on 900 products in the UK in 2026. UK sales at the chain rose only 0.4% in the 12 weeks to November 1, according to industry data from Worldpanel by Numerator, with Aldi's market share falling back by 0.1 percentage point year on year. The average unit price at Aldi fell by 0.1%, making Aldi the only retailer reducing overall prices during the period, according to the data.
The retailer has faced tougher competition from the traditional supermarkets, several of which now match it on price on key items alongside their much wider range of other products. Morrisons cut hundreds of head office roles in spring 2026 shortly after Sainsbury's eliminated 300 head office jobs as it restructured its technology team and Argos delivery network, and Tesco laid off a similar number of people as it changed the way it operated bakeries. In summer 2026, Asda said up to 1,000 jobs were at risk as it introduced more automation into its logistics operation.