A supermarket giant is looking to hire a further 20 employees in their Berkshire stores as the business welcomes its latest pay increase.

Hourly rates at Aldi, the fourth largest supermarket in the UK, will see a bump for their hourly pay rates from next week onwards.

The new pay increases will see the hourly rate of Store Assistants nationally rise from £12.00 to £12.40, and from £13.55 to £13.65 for those within the M25.

This marks the second pay increase for Aldi store colleagues this year and takes the supermarket’s investment in pay this year to £79m.

Kelly Stokes, HR Director at Aldi UK, said: “The roll out of our latest pay increase cements our commitment to our colleagues that we will always be the best-paying retailer.

“Our colleagues play an integral part in our ever-increasing popularity, and this is another way for us to acknowledge the incredible work they do every day across the UK.”

Within their locations across the county, including West Berkshire, Reading, Slough and the Royal Borough, the company is looking to hire a further 20 store colleagues for a variety of job roles – including part time and full time positions.

This comes after the re-opening of the newly refurbished Newbury store on London Road.

According to the company, the latest pay rise puts Aldi in first place in the sector in what is offered in terms of hourly pay rates for employees.

Aldi added: “The supermarket also remains the only one to provide paid breaks, which is worth more than £900 a year for the average store colleague.”

The multinational family-owned discount supermarket chain operate over 12,000 stores in 18 countries and offers a host of fresh fruit and veg, award-winning wines and Specially Selected premium products, all at everyday prices.