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Wednesday 12 August 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Saturday 01 June 2019 5:14 am

UK boss in shock Aldi departure

By: admindrupal

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Discount retailer Aldi said yesterday its UK chief was stepping down “by mutual consent”, as sales growth at the company tailed off dramatically. Paul Foley, who has spent the past 20 years with the German group, will be replaced by Aldi executive Armin Burger. The budget supermarket had benefited from the slump, as consumers cut back.

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