Focus on sustainable retail as new Aldi Nord Campus Markt opens at Luftschacht in Essen-Kray, Germany

Aldi Nord has opened a new store for employees at its German campus at Luftschacht in Essen-Kray.

According to Dennis Boczek, Senior Communications Specialist, this is “a sustainably constructed store in the typical Aldi Nord style – focused on the essentials to make shopping particularly easy for our customers.”

He adds: “The special thing about our building complex is that our boarding house with 42 rooms is located on the first to third floors - employees from other locations can stay there if they attend appointments on campus.”

In addition to one of the 720 photovoltaic systems installed in Germany at Aldi Nord stores, the new location has energy saving LED lighting. Building materials are also either reusable or easy to recycle.

Thanks to heat recovery, it also does not require any energy from fossil fuels.

“The property was built within just 11 months and, thanks to its modular design and technology, is a prime example of energy and process efficiency,” says Boczek.

On the move

Dr. Christian Bock is joining Aldi Süd in August where, he says in a LinkedIn post, he is “looking forward to taking the customer experience and shopping experience to the next level together with my new colleagues”.

He was previously at Aldi Nord where he held the position of Team Lead Store Computer Vision.

He took on that role earlier this year, having previously been Team Lead Self-Service Checkout & Cashless Payment at the retailer.

In a LinkedIn post, Bock said: “The focus is on the strategic and innovative orientation in connection with technology and business.”

“The aim is to continue to position Aldi Süd as an innovative and future oriented market leader and to offer customers a unique and unforgettable shopping experience. I and we will give everything together for this.”

He added: “I am convinced that we can achieve an enormous amount through close cooperation and the joint use of state-of-the-art technologies and the maximum business focus in combination with the best possible processes.”

“I am looking forward to the new challenges and the exciting task of shaping the future of shopping together with the new colleagues at Aldi Süd.”

New job title TBC.