Your weekly Aldi shop could be going up in price from next week - as the chain is increasing the cost of its bags for life.
Its bags for life will now cost 15p, rather than the nine pence the German supermarket currently charges.
The budget chain has managed to get scores of loyal customers thanks to its budget-friendly prices and its easy-to-navigate stores.
But from Monday, February 24, Aldi is upping the price of its bag for life to encourage people to use them more.
Fritz Walleczek, managing director of corporate responsibility at Aldi, said: “We are determined to drastically cut single-use plastic, and evolving our approach to the sale and distribution of bags is an important step forward.
“We’ve charged for carrier bags since opening our first UK store in 1990, so our shoppers are already in the habit of reusing them, but these steps will hopefully help people switch to entirely reusable alternatives.”
Last month, Aldi scrapped all plastic applicators from its own-brand tampons, saving 14 tonnes of plastic a year.
The supermarket, which has been carbon neutral since January 2019, is also on track to have all own-label packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2022 and aims to reduce plastic packaging by 25% by the end of 2023.
