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**Hugh** · 29-04-2018, 19:51

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

Yeah, i think Aldi is £8.50ph and the others are minimum wage.

https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/people/p...556212.article

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1. Aldi: £8.85 (£10.20 in London)

Top of the charts is Aldi, which bumped up its staff’s pay to £8.85 an hour after its UK sales exceeded £10bn for the first time earlier this year. Its pay rate surpasses the national minimum living wage by more than £1, and the Living Wage Foundation’s higher recommended rate of £8.45. “We remain committed to being the best supermarket employer in Britain,” said Aldi UK CEO Matthew Barnes. “This means that we will continue to provide employees with rates of pay and benefits that are the highest in the supermarket sector.”

2. Lidl: £8.75 (£10.20 in London)

A close second is rival discounter Lidl, which increased its basic pay from £8.45 to £8.75 this March, following an increase in the Living Wage Foundation’s recommended rate. “As the fastest growing supermarket our business is continuing to go from strength to strength, and it’s only right that we show our commitment to our colleagues in the same way that they commit to the business and our customers each and every day,” said Christian Härtnagel, Lidl’s UK chief executive.

3. Morrisons: £8.70/hour

Another supermarket comfortably surpassing the national living wage is Morrisons, where pay for frontline colleagues has increased by 27% in three years. In response to George Osborne’s bid to raise minimum salaries, it pushed up hourly rates by 20% from £6.83 to £8.20. Last April it heralded another increase to £8.50 an hour, to make it as of then the highest paying of the big four. From this April pay will increase to £8.70 per hour.

4. M&S: £8.50/hour (£9.65 in Greater London)

M&S pushed up rates following a major pay review in September 2016. Standard hourly pay rose by nearly 15% from £7.41 to £8.50 in April 2017, with more than an extra £1 for Londoners. There was a sting in the tail in the form of axing premium payments for Sunday working, plus introducing one standard rate for bank holidays, but M&S said the “vast majority of colleagues” would be better off under the new terms. “Our people will be amont the highest paid in UK retail and receive one of the best benefits packages,” said M&S retail director Sacha Berendji. “The changes will reward our people in a fair and consistent way, simplify and modernise our business, and help us attract and retain the best talent so we can continue to provide great service for our customers.”

4. Asda: £8.50/hour

Joint fourth is Asda, which raised its pay to £8.50 an hour in October, in return for staff accepting a “flexible” contract that required them to be available to work during bank holidays and not be paid for breaks. Asda said 95% of employees would be better off under the new contract, and the changes gained the backing of union GMB.

6. Tesco: £8.02/hour

The UK’s largest supermarket currently has one of the lowest pay rates in the market. However, it is the only one to have committed to wage increases up to 2020.

Hourly rates went up from £7.62/hour to £8.02 in November and will rise again to £8.18 in July 2018 before increasing to £8.42 in November, as part of a staggered deal. Wages will reach £9.52 by 2020 (but only if you take into account its benefits package, which includes colleague bonus plan and pension). On the flip side, premiums for overtime and Sunday working stay at time-and-a-half until 2020 but will subsequently be cut to time-and-a-quarter. Tesco calculated 97% of staff would be better off under the changes.

7. Sainsbury’s: £8/hour (but rising to £9 as of September)

Sainsbury’s pay rate is one of the lowest among the supermarkets at the moment, but this is set to change. In March, the retailer announced it will take its basic pay up to £9.20 from September, which will make it the highest-paying supermarket on this list. London rates will increase to £9.80/hour at the same time.

8. Iceland: £7.83 per hour (£8.61 within M25)