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Shoppers
select food at
anAldi,which
has more than
5,600 stores
worldwide.Its
LehighValley
operation
was named
one ofTop
Workplaces in
The Morning
Call’s annual
survey.
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LARGE EMPLOYERS
Aldi ‘genuinely cares

for everyone’s well-being’

Special To The Morning Call

nternational supermarket chain Aldi placed workplacecultureandmore,companyrepresentatives ALDI
third among Lehigh Valley employers with 500 declined to be interviewed for this story, and all infor-
or more workers in this year’s Top Workplaces mation was sourced from survey responses. No.3 large employer
survey. It is the company’s fourth consecutive The company offers benefits to employees working Founded: 1976
yearonthelist. 25 hours a week or more, including comprehensive
I Employing more than 600 people in the medical, dental and vision insurance. Those bene- Ownership:
Lehigh Valley, the chain launched its first U.S. store in fits are also offered to the spouse and family of the Cooperative/mutual The Morning Call
Iowain1976.Sincethen,Aldihasgoneontoopenmore employee to guarantee every family receives quality Sector:Retail
than1,700storesacross25states.Thechainalsoboasts coverage, according to the company. Other benefits LehighValley
more than 5,600 stores worldwide. include prescription coverage, vacation time, seven employees: 603
According to workers’ survey responses, the paid holidays and a retirement plan. |
company relies on three core values — consistency, “Aldialsobelievesinthinkingaboutthefuture.That Website: aldi.us
simplicity, and responsibility — to inform everything is why we offer a 401(k) plan with employer matching
it does. contribution,short-andlong-termdisabilityinsurance,
“Wemeanwhatwesay.Weareconsistentinourdeal- and life,” the company wrote.
ingswithpeople,product,price,andallotheraspectsof “This company genuinely cares for everyone’s Thursday, June 24, 2021
our day-to-day professional life,” Aldi stated. well-being,” one employee wrote in the survey. “I’ve
Although Aldi participated in the original survey achievedsomanygoalsinthethreeyearsI’vebeenwith
by Energage and provided answers to questions relat- thiscompanyandplantospendtherestofmyworking
ing to the company’s leadership, direction, benefits, years here until retirement.”

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