Aldi has launched a click-and-collect trial for staff at one of its stores in the Midlands, with a view to rolling the service out for customers in the “coming weeks”.
The discount supermarket chain said that staff at the store would be able to “choose from a full range of grocery items online” and then have the order brought to their car “contact-free, in line with social distancing rules”.
Staff will be offered time slots to arrive at dedicated click-and-collect points in the store’s car park, with orders being prepared on site.
Aldi said that, if successful, the trial would be extended to customers “across the country in the near future” and would add “greater flexibility and access” to the retailer’s range.
The move represents Aldi’s latest foray into the ecommerce market since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in March.
In April, the discounter launched its first online food service, offering food parcels for vulnerable and shielding customers. It followed that up in May with a tie-up with Deliveroo, which was subsequently expanded in June.
Aldi UK and Ireland chief executive Giles Hurley said: “We know that more and more people want to access the high-quality affordable food they know they can get at Aldi.
“This is yet another way we are innovating to make sure we best serve our existing customers and make Aldi’s great products and unbeatable prices available to even more people.”
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