Aldi to open its doors to UK farmers during Red Tractor Week

Aldi will celebrate Red Tractor Week with visit from farmers
Aldi will celebrate Red Tractor Week with visit from farmers

Members of the Red Tractor farm and food standards scheme will be visiting Aldi stores in Bramley, Caerphilly, Enfield, Irlams o' th' Height, Cowes and Edgbaston next month.

Farmers from across the country will meet customers and talk about how products are farmed and produced.

Red Tractor is the UK’s biggest farm and food standards scheme, covering all of animal welfare, food safety, traceability and environmental protection.

Red Tractor Week aims to highlight the standards behind the scheme and encourage shoppers to buy Red Tractor-labelled food and back British farmers

Aldi has been working with Red Tractor to give customers the assurance that food carrying the logo is farmed, prepared and regularly checked by independent experts to make sure it is of a good standard.

The retailer says it is "committed to building long-term relationships" with its farmers and all other suppliers and growers.

Aldi was the first supermarket to sign up to the NFU Fruit & Veg Pledge – a charter of best business practice, seeking to develop relationships and limit risk between retailers, intermediaries and growers.

Tony Baines, Joint Managing Director of Corporate Buying at Aldi, said that supporting Red Tractor is "very important to our customers".

"We are proud to be able to offer our customers high quality, Red Tractor assured products, which recognise the best of British," said Mr Baines.

"We look forward to welcoming Red Tractor farmers to our stores to share their knowledge and experience with our consumers, and also to reinforce the fact that you don’t have to break the bank to buy responsibly sourced, quality food products."