Aldi regional centre opens in Cork

Discount grocer Aldi has said its ongoing expansion here will, in time, create more jobs at its new Cork-based distribution centre, although none past the 160 already being created at the site are currently planned.

The German retailer yesterday announced the overdue official opening of its new regional distribution centre, for the south of the country, in Mitchelstown, employing 160 people.

The positions, recruitment for which began at the beginning of the year, bring to 460 the number of jobs Aldi is creating here over the next three years. The company is in the midst of an expansion programme that will see 20 shops open and 300 additional jobs created.