Aldi shoppers to see big change on popular item sold in supermarket stores

Aldi is making a change to the packaging on its fresh from next week.

From next Wednesday (October 30) shoppers will notice a new label saying "higher welfare" for all its fresh chicken products. It comes after Aldi introduced new stocking density requirements for its chicken, which is used to show the number of birds per unit area or the amount of space provided.

says its chickens now have 20% more space than the industry standard. According to the RSPCA, in indoor systems, the stocking density must never exceed 30kg/m2, and 27.5kg/m2 in free-range systems. The launch comes after the budget revealed it hit its commitment to sell 100% cage free eggs more than a year ahead of schedule.

Julie Ashfield, Managing Director of Buying at Aldi UK, said: “Animal welfare is of paramount importance to us, and we’ve been working hard with our suppliers to reduce stocking density to help us improve the welfare conditions for chickens. We’re already one of the UK’s largest providers of chicken and we’re proud that from next week, we can offer our customers access to higher welfare chicken at our unbeatable Aldi value.”

It comes after Aldi rolled out a new recyclable wrap packaging across its Specially Selected West Country and Yorkshire block butter. The said the move is a UK supermarket first, and estimates it will help remove more than 10 tonnes of non-recyclable packaging from circulation each year. Aldi also recently replaced the outer plastic wrap for its Everyday Essentials cheese singles with a new paper packaging. This change eliminated a further 23 tonnes of plastic waste annually.

Aldi recently changed the packaging on its own-label toothbrushes, replacing the plastic and card packaging with a cardboard alternative. The change applies to Aldi two-packs of Dentitex Soft and Whitening toothbrushes. The change will help remove an estimated 17 tonnes of plastic packaging per year.

Aldi shoppers may also noticed that the supermarket launched across select stores. The trial took place in the West Midlands, East Midlands and Yorkshire, with double toilet rolls available to buy in four, six, eight and twelve packs. And last September, Aldi confirmed that it will be selling more of its fruit and veg items as loose produce rather than in bags in select stores.

This included loose garlic, limes, lemons and oranges. The supermarket chain already offers loose produce options on a number of ranges, including potatoes, peppers and avocadoes. Aldi has also removed "use by" dates from its fresh milk, although it still uses “best before” dates.

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