The discount supermarket has increased their hourly wages for 20,000 front line colleagues across the country.
Lidl will increase entry-level pay from £9.30 to £9.50 per hour outside of London and £10.75 to £10.85 within the M25, going up to £11.80, depending on location and length of service.
The move will directly benefit over 20,000 Lidl colleagues across the country, representing 80 per cent of the workforce, and is the sixth year in a row that the grocer has increased hourly wages.
It forms part of the discounter’s wider plans to invest £1.3bn in Great Britain, in 2021 and 2022, alongside a 1,000 stores target by the end of 2023.
Christian Härtnagel, CEO at Lidl GB said: “It is only right that we increase the income for our colleagues who are the backbone of our business. This is about recognising their hard work and dedication in keeping the nation fed during a year like no other. They have served our customers through extremely challenging times and we will always be there to support them in return.”
