Supermarket chain ALDI has started a recruitment drive for 400 South Australian staff.

ALDI, which has plans to open up to 50 supermarkets in SA, says it is recruiting store managers, assistant store managers, trainee store managers and store assistants.

The positions will begin this year in preparation for ALDI’s expanded local operations in 2016.

The chain is spruiking conditions for employees that include five weeks annual leave for full-time employees and “salaries that are well above industry standards”.

In statement this morning, ALDI said its SA store managers would receive in-store training at one of the chain’s existing stores in the eastern states.

The budget grocery giant is building a distribution centre in Regency Park.

It says “confirmed locations of interest” for SA supermarkets include Hawthorn, Mount Barker, Hallett Cove, Seaford Heights, Gawler, Woodcroft, Victor Harbor, Parafield Gardens, Blakeview, St Agnes, Kilburn, Gilles Plains, Golden Grove, Berri, Aldinga, Noarlunga, Modbury, Mount Gambier and the Barossa.

Jobs are being advertised here.

– InDaily