Aldi ramps up operations at £500m automated warehouse

Aldi has begun handling fresh fruit and vegetables at its £500m Bardon distribution centre as it ramps up operations at what it says is the ‘UK’s largest automated supermarket warehouse’. The first pallets of produce, including ginger and avocados, arrived at the 1.3m sq ft Leicestershire site on 16 September, with the first outbound pallet...