Aldi has made a major change across all its stores – have you spotted it?
GERMAN discounter Aldi has made a major change across all its stores.
The retailer has removed wooden forks from its Food to Go range, which includes sushi, salads and pasta pots.
It will save 28 tonnes of cutlery from being thrown in the bin, Aldi said.
The change has been implemented across all of the supermarket's 990 UK stores.
Customers are now being encouraged to use reusable options when buying items from the range in a bid to help the environment.
Luke Emery, Plastics and Packaging director at Aldi, said: "We are constantly reviewing ways to become more environmentally friendly, and this is another positive change to help us make a difference.
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“This will result in a significant reduction in single use materials and help customers to make more environmentally friendly choices."
The German discounter isn't the only business to change cutlery policy in a bid to help the environment.
In November last year, fast food giant McDonald's scrapped plastic cutlery and introduced paper-based knives, forks and spoons across restaurants.
The company said it will stop 858 metric tonnes of plastic going to waste each year.
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In recent years Maccie's has ditched plastic McFlurry lids and phased out plastic straws too.
It comes after Aldi dropped coloured milk caps across all its stores, making the bottles easier to recycle.
Labels on the bottles are staying red, green or blue so customers can distinguish between different fat contents.
A number of supermarkets have made similar moves, including Waitrose, Lidl and the Co-op.
How to save money at Aldi
Aldi has grown to become the fourth largest supermarket in the UK as shoppers opt for cheaper alternatives to other well-known supermarket chains such as Tesco and Sainsbury's.
But there's savings to be had beyond simply opting for its less expensive produce.
Look out for red stickers on items - these denote when something has been reduced in price.
Meanwhile, Aldi's dupes, in particular its perfume and beauty dupes, are a great way to save money.
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And one further trick you might not be aware of is Aldi's Too Good to Go scheme.
Under the scheme, shoppers can pick up bags of surplus food approaching its sell-by or use-by date for just £3.30.
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