ALDI gets new Managing Director
Discount giant Aldi has named a new managing director for its business in Australia.
The retailer, which runs 230 stores in Australia, has promoted buying MD Tom Daunt to head up its local operations in the country.
Daunt replaces Michael Kloeters, who has been appointed to Aldi’s international supervisory board.
“I’m extremely proud of what we’ve achieved in the past nine years,” Kloeters told The Australian. “We have changed the grocery retail landscape, introducing greater transparency and increased competition which didn’t exist prior to our arrival in Australia, ultimately driving lower prices to benefit all consumers.”
Daunt said that Aldi was committed to the Australian Market, and that business operations would continue as normal during the changeover.
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Being a resident in Western Australia, I would love Aldi (whom I used to shop with in the UK) to come and shake up the ‘closed-shop’ situation we have over here with the Coles and Woolworths Duopoly. We are paying far too much for our groceries and theses two players have been rubbing their greedy mitts for too long! With the laws concerning opening times (Sunday trading and late night shopping) finally set to change for the better, it’s high time some serious competition from the likes of Aldi showed face to give us more chice and better value for money. The presence of such a store would go down a storm over here of that I am certain……