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Levi Winchester

Aldi is making a huge change to its website and Specialbuys - but its bad for shoppers

Aldi is set to axe online deliveries as part of a huge change to its website.

The supermarket will phase out its wine and spirits deliveries later this month, with Specialbuys to follow in the autumn.

Aldi will still offer a grocery click and collect service, which sees customers order their food shop online to pick up in store.

It isn't clear if there will be any job losses as a result of online ordering coming to an end.

However, the supermarket is said to be hopeful that affected staff can be moved to other departments within the company.

A spokesperson for Aldi said: “Aldi is more popular than ever, and we are prioritising making our wine and Specialbuy products available in our stores.

Aldi shoppers won't be able to order Specialbuys online (Getty Images)

“We keep our prices low by being the most efficient retailer in Britain and we have therefore taken the decision to stop selling wine and spirits online for home delivery from later this month.

“We will also stop selling our Specialbuys online for home delivery later this year. Our grocery click and collect service will continue, and we would like to thank every customer that has bought Aldi products online.

“Aldi will continue to consider new digital services in the future.”

It comes after Aldi reported its "best ever Christmas" with sales jumping 26% to a record high of £1.4billion.

Fresh meat products saw a huge increase as shoppers stocked up over the festive season, with fresh poultry and pork options both up over 28%.

Chilled desserts and fresh cheeses jumped by almost 30% and 50% respectively.

In total, customers bought more than 48 million mince pies, 38 million pigs in blankets and more than 1,700 tonnes of sprouts this Christmas.

Meanwhile, snacks such as crisps and nuts were up over 40% thanks to the World Cup, which took place just before Christmas.

Aldi has just been named the cheapest supermarket in the UK as it continues to steal customers from the likes of Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's.

The budget supermarket was crowned the lowest priced for seven consecutive months, from June to December.

In comparison, Lidl was the cheapest for five months, from January to May.

Which? tracked the price of items sold at Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Waitrose throughout 2022 to find out where shoppers can get more for their money.

The results for December showed a basket of 48 groceries cost £81.63 on average at Aldi - while Lidl shoppers paid £83.24.

Tesco came in third place (£93.42) followed by Asda (£93.44), Sainsbury’s (£95.71) and Morrisons (£97.12).

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