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Aldi, Morrisons, and M&S are all looking for thousands of temporary staff this Christmas

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Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant - 21st October 2024

Aldi, Morrisons, and M&S are among the many retailers that are looking for thousands of temporary staff to help out over Christmas.

With the festive season fast approaching, and most British stores having already unveiled their Christmas ranges for 2024, three of the country’s biggest supermarkets are gearing up for what is always one of the busiest times for the retail industry by launching massive UK-wide seasonal recruitment drives.

The three major retailers, Aldi, Morrisons, and M&S, are on the look out for an army of temporary workers to join their teams.

Tens of thousands of jobs are on offer, including plenty here in Greater Manchester.

ldi, Morrisons, and M&S are all looking for thousands of temporary staff this Christmas / Credit: Aldi UK | Morrisons

Aldi is looking to hire 3,500 store colleagues in the run-up to Christmas, and there’s a wide range of permanent positions available too, alongside temporary ones.

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With roles on offer including Store Assistants, managerial positions, and cleaners, Aldi is seeking team members to help replenish stock, assist customers, and maintain its already-high standards of service during the festive period and beyond.

Over at Morrisons, up to 3,000 extra colleagues are wanted work in its stores, food manufacturing sites, and logistics operations nationwide to help meet increased demand over the busy festive period – with a wide range of roles on offer, including customer assistants, home delivery drivers, and manufacturing and warehouse operatives.

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No prior experience is necessary for most roles at Morrisons, and lots of the jobs have flexible working patterns too.

You can apply for the thousands of roles online now / Credit: Aldi UK

Finally at M&S, more than 11,000 roles need to be filled, with both Customer Assistant and Christmas colleague positions now open to apply for, who all play an integral role in delivering the festive service shoppers come to expect from the retailer.

New colleagues will join M&S from mid November, with a range of different start dates, and flexible working patterns available to choose from.

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Aldi, Morrisons, and M&S all follow in the footsteps of Sainsbury’s, which also launched a nationwide recruitment drive last week and is looking for a whopping 20,000 temporary staff across the UK to help out this Christmas.

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Fancy a job then? You can apply for Christmas roles at Aldi here, at Morrisons here, and at M&S by heading here.

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Electronic icons Kraftwerk announce first Manchester gig since 2017

Danny Jones Danny Jones Kraftwerk O2 Apollo Manchester tickets

Pioneering German band Kraftwerk have announced their first UK tour since 2017, with fans having to wait almost a decade for another Manchester gig.

Thankfully, they’ll be heading back down the Autobahn and across the channel for a return to our shores soon enough with a long-awaited list of British and Irish live dates.

Kraftwerk remains one of the most groundbreaking groups in the electronic scene to this day, having paved the way for generations of new artists to keep experimenting with the genre in the 50+ years since their formation.

Heading back to Manchester early next year, die-hards will no doubt snap these tickets faster than you can say ‘Das Model’.

For anyone unaware of these veritable legends of electronica and the world of alternative/Euro-synth pop, Kraftwerk formed all the way back in 1970 and went on to shape the modern music industry, bridging the gap between music and the digital age.

Best known for tracks like ‘Computer Love’, ‘The Robots’, ‘Pocket Calculator’ and the aforementioned on named after the national motorway network, they spearheaded futurism in the musical landscape from the outset.

It seems only fitting, therefore, that their upcoming highly anticipated return to the UK comes as part of their ‘Multimedia’ tour.

While they have played a number of live shows all over the globe this year, including an extensive run in the US, next spring will be our domestic visit from Kraftwerk in nine long years.

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You can see the full list of UK and Ireland tour dates – including a handful of Northern gigs – down below:

Kraftwerk UK/IE tour dates 2026

May

  • 17 – Dublin, Bord Gais Energy Theatre
  • 18 – Belfast, Waterfront Hall
  • 21 – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
  • 22 – Manchester, O2 Apollo
  • 25 – Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
  • 27 – Stockton, Globe
  • 29 – Sheffield, City Hall
  • 30 – Brighton, Centre

June

  • 1 – Bristol, Beacon
  • 2 – Bournemouth, International Centre
  • 4 – London, Royal Albert Hall
  • 5 – London, Royal Albert Hall
  • 7 – Liverpool, Empire Theatre
  • 8 – Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
  • 9 – Edinburgh, Playhouse

Spanning a total of 15 UK dates, as you can see, there will also be tickets to see Kraftwerk nearby in the likes of Liverpool and with our mates over in Sheffield.

Kraftwerk legend Ralf Hütter famously played a set inside our city’s velodrome at the National Cycling Centre for Manchester International Festival (MIF) back in 2009, and has collaborated with the event on multiple ocassions.

In fact, that very performance was seen as a turning point for MIF, so the Manc Kraftwerk connection speaks for itself; O2 members can obviously get pre-sale, but general admission tickets go live from 9am this Friday, 10 October.

Get ready to grab yours HERE.

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This isn’t the only big alternative/electronic gig we’re looking forward to either…

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Britain has a new ‘favourite’ curry – and we’re absolutely ashamed of the nation…

Danny Jones Danny Jones Britain's favourite curry korma

Chicken tikka masala is reportedly no longer Britain’s ‘favourite’ curry, and after finding out what has replaced it, we have decided you all need to be stopped.

Following a study carried out by Foodhub for National Curry Week (3–9 October), researchers found that one dish overtook tikka masala as the most ordered curry in the UK. It’s chicken korma, apparently.

We’re not mad, we’re just disappointed and deeply, deeply confused.

For years, chicken tikka masala has been not only Britain’s favourite curry but the UK’s national dish – it’s a classic created by Indian migrants to appeal to the nation’s palate and has done so successfully for decades. We defy anyone to turn their noses up at a chicken tikka.

Now, everyone is entitled to their opinion and we’re not necessarily saying korma is a fundamentally bad curry, but it’s hardly ahead of favourites like a jalfrezi, a rogan josh or Smithy’s beloved bhunas — or so we thought.

In fact, sod it, we side with Smithy’s take on korma:

Strong order, to be fair.

Emma Stockman, a spokesperson for the food delivery service, said, “It is clear that curry is a staple dish when it comes to the UK’s takeaway favourites”, and that their findings “did not disappoint”.

Which results are you reading, Emma?

As explained, the long-reigning number one, chicken tikka, has dropped to second behind korma and chicken madras rounds off the top three when it comes to Britain’s favourite curry.

Despite us Mancs boasting the world-famous ‘Curry Mile’, the stats also supposedly showed that Carlisle was the city that ordered the most curry anywhere in the UK, averaging out at 3.5 times a week.

Meanwhile, 0161 was given the nickname ‘Naanchester’ as we apparently order an average of two naan breads per curry compared to other regions, with plain naan being the favourite.

Just plain? Come on. If you’re ordering as vanilla as that, you’d better at least be going bottomless with the actual main event — cue Manc curry kings, Zouk:

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If these numbers are to be trusted, this also begs the question as to what this means for the country’s national dish: having been chicken tikka for so long, is it now chicken korma?

Because, sorry, we’re just absolutely NOT having that…

Give it to the Sunday roast or fish and chips while you take a step back and look at what you’ve done.

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