Kildare Aldi shoppers have redeemed more than €320,000 in deposits
The top three ALDI stores in Kildare for returns are Monread Road in Naas, Kildare town and Athy
June was the most successful month to date for the (DRS) at , as shoppers across Ireland collectively returned 16.7 million items. In Kildare, shoppers returned more than 700,000 items in June, bringing the total number of items returned locally to more than 1.9 million since the launch of the scheme. This equates to a total of more than €320,000 in vouchers being issued in Kildare to date.
The top three ALDI stores in Kildare in terms of returns are Monread Road in , and .
The average ALDI store in Kildare has processed more than 210,000 items since February, worth almost €36,000 in returned deposits. This is below the national average across all of ALDI’s 161 stores in Ireland, which have handled an average of 264,000 items each since the launch of the scheme, worth almost €45,000 in returned deposits.
ALDI DRS units have seen a steady increase in the numbers of items returned since February, as customers become acquainted with the scheme. Empty bottles and cans containers marked with the Re-turn logo can be returned to the reverse vending machine at all participating retailers, regardless of where the item was originally purchased. Customers receive a voucher for their returned items, which can be put against their shopping bill or returned in cash.
ALDI has also seen a growing trend where customers are adding the value of their DRS vouchers to their ALDI Christmas Savings Card when doing their weekly shop, allowing them to start saving in advance of the festive season.
