WORKERS at a leading supermarket are set for a welcome boost are bosses announced an increase in hourly pay rates.

Store assistants with Aldi will be paid minimum hourly rates of £9.10 nationally, rising to £10.41 after three years, up from £8.85.

The new rates are above the voluntary “real” living wage’ rate of £9 an hour nationally.

They are well above the statutory national living wage of £7.83 an hour for adults, which increases to £8.21 in April.

Aldi - which has a store in Newton Mearns - said its store assistants will also receive an enhanced employer pension contribution.

Aldi UK chief executive Giles Hurley said: “Our store colleagues do a fantastic job every day and the excellent service they provide to customers is a key reason why we are the UK’s fastest-growing supermarket.

“We’re committed to being the best supermarket employer in Britain and this means rewarding our colleagues for the excellent job they do with market-leading rates of pay and opportunities to progress their career at Aldi.”

Aldi has more than 800 stores across the UK and plans to open a further 65 this year, creating around 2,500 jobs.

It said it remains on course to achieve its long-term target of operating 1,200 UK stores by the end of 2025.