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Supermarket shame

EMERGENCY EXITS BLOCKED, fire equipment hemmed in, chaotic food storage, rotting meat left lying around, filthy floors, faulty electrics, poor lighting for truck drivers delivering goods and a flooded yard outside a loading dock. These are the visual images that were broadcast last month taken by truck drivers working at Aldi.

The images are shocking but the stories that drivers have relayed to us are even worse as they show just how bad the daily issues are in the Aldi supply chain. They show that Aldi is not listening when drivers speak out about safety and they point to serious systemic problems in the Aldi supply chain.

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