Aldi UK to sell food online for first time during coronavirus crisis

Discount supermarket chain Aldi UK is to sell groceries online for the first time to help vulnerable people and those self-isolating during the coronavirus crisis.

From Friday it will sell food parcels on its website, containing 22 products including tinned soup, rice, pasta, chocolate, antibacterial handwash and toilet roll, it said on Thursday. The parcels will be priced at 24.99 pounds ($31.24).

Britain’s fifth-largest supermarket chain, with 875 stores and an 8.2% market share, has previously restricted online sales to wine and its “Specialbuys” range of non-food items such as electrical goods and garden tools.

Reuters