Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at ALDI

[sunny225]

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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at ALDI


Fostering a Culture of Inclusivity for All Employees and Customers

Every day, we celebrate our employees and customers who come from different backgrounds and have different experiences. We want everyone that walks through our doors to feel welcome. To do that, we must build on our guiding principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and continue to do our part to create lasting change in our communities.



One of our core values at ALDI is responsibility. To demonstrate that we live this value, we must invest in understanding the ways in which our society is not fair or open to all our customers and our colleagues. And where we see unfairness in our stores, teams or communities, we have a responsibility to address it. And we are taking action to do that.

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*I had heard that Aldi was going this route. Very disappointing.

[Txsteader]

It is disappointing. When they feel the need to announce their DEI-BS support, we all know they've drunk the Marxist koolaid. Their prices aren't that low and their aisle-of-shame items aren't that exclusive to make me want to continue to shop there.

So another one bites the dust....at least as far as my money is concerned.

[laurazone5]

Isn't that every businesses core value?
We want everyone that walks through our doors to feel welcome.

[Ozarks Tom]

Feb 4, 2024 13:25:36 GMT laurazone5 said:

Isn't that every businesses core value?
We want everyone that walks through our doors to feel welcome.

Ah, but the self-hating people in public relations need to exhibit their virtue at every possible turn.  Otherwise those invitations to the "right" cocktail parties will stop coming.

As you say, any retail business that doesn't welcome everyone equally won't be around long.

Funny though, you'd think at least someone at Aldi's would have heard of Bud Light or Target.

[sunny225]

Everyone feeling welcome is not their real goal.

This is what it says about their corporate giving:

Corporate Giving
Building on our longstanding commitment to serving our communities, ALDI is expanding our corporate giving efforts to include national and local organizations that support racial equality and promote justice.

We will continue supporting communities of color across the country and are exploring ways to make an additional impact.

As part of our commitment, we’ve created a new $5.5 million DE&I Philanthropic Fund to benefit national and local organizations that support racial equality and promote justice. This fund allows us to expand our partnerships over the course of several years to more intentionally demonstrate our resolve. Over the course of the next five years, ALDI will donate $1 million per year to national organizations and $100,000 per year to Chicago-area organizations, where we are headquartered. The first $1 million of the national funds has been donated to the National Urban League, and the first $100,000 of the local funds has been donated to Chicago-based nonprofit My Block, My Hood, My City (M3). 

“We are proud to welcome ALDI as a partner in our ongoing effort to ensure every American child is ready for college, work and life through our signature Education & Youth Development program, Project Ready. ALDI funding allows us to continue to work towards racial equity and change by providing Black and other historically underserved youth a range of support services and opportunities to prepare them for post-secondary academic success and help them develop into well rounded, productive and responsible adults.” - National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial

"It’s refreshing when companies such as ALDI reach out to us and want to establish a true partnership beyond just a monetary contribution. It’s clear that ALDI is committed to making real change in the communities they serve and we are hopeful others will be inspired to step up as well.” - Jahmal Cole, Founder of My Block, My Hood, My City

[Txsteader]

I have no problem with working for racial equality but that equity crap doesn't fly. Trying to help the black community in the inner cities is a noble cause. The problem is, the fed.gov has been doing it for over 50 years, going back to LBJ. The problem that blacks haven't been able to overcome (because they are the only ones who can do it) is corruption among their community leaders and lawmakers. I've said it before and will say it again, they are their own worst enemies. That's why I resent it when they try to blame their problems strictly on whites, refusing to take responsibility for any of it. If Aldi thinks they're going to fix the problem by throwing more money at it, I say go for it. But don't expect miracles.

[Ozarks Tom]

This may sound racist, but I think it's reality.

It's a matter of culture. An urban bright young black person will be bullied in school for getting good grades and "acting white". It doesn't take long for the bullying to achieve its goal, that bright young person quits getting good grades and gives up any hope of a successful life. It's not "white supremacy keeping them down, they're their own worst enemies.

Once the mindset of failure has set in, they vote for the black democrats who promise to keep them fed and housed. All at the direction of white democrats who have a whole new slave demographic. They don't have to pick cotton, just vote democrat.

[Jolly]

I worked with many successful, middle class and upper middle class black folks. Some things they had in common:

1. Their parents, grandparents or great- grandparents had clawed their way out of the inner city or out of the sharecropper's cabin. Or (a bit rare) they had clawed their own way out of poverty and bad situations.
2. They had no desire to go back and live in the "bad" parts of town, just because that part of town might be majority black.
3. They pushed their children to do well, be it education, trades or business.

All that is absolutely unremarkable and what I think anyone would expect of middle class people of any race or creed.

What I do think is remarkable, is the political loyalty those folks had to a political party that bought black votes through constant programs and handouts. Even though they knew in their hearts that many of those programs were designed to keep people beholden to a benevolent government for food on the table and money in their pockets.

[Ozarks Tom]

What's always aggravated me is the black politicians in cities refusing school choice due to the campaign contributions of the teachers unions. If they had an ounce of conscience they'd promote magnet schools at the minimum, even if they can't bring themselves to vote for vouchers to private schools. They're perpetuating the trap of terrible public schools where education is the second or third priority. If a child can's speak or write proper English, do basic math that child will remain in the ghetto for life. The public school systems in the major cities are abysmal, and self-interests of the powers that be keep them that way.

[Tricky Grama]

Feb 4, 2024 22:44:47 GMT Txsteader said:

I have no problem with working for racial equality but that equity crap doesn't fly. Trying to help the black community in the inner cities is a noble cause. The problem is, the fed.gov has been doing it for over 50 years, going back to LBJ. The problem that blacks haven't been able to overcome (because they are the only ones who can do it) is corruption among their community leaders and lawmakers. I've said it before and will say it again, they are their own worst enemies. That's why I resent it when they try to blame their problems strictly on whites, refusing to take responsibility for any of it. If Aldi thinks they're going to fix the problem by throwing more money at it, I say go for it. But don't expect miracles.

Post of the millennem award.

[Tricky Grama]

Feb 5, 2024 0:43:14 GMT Ozarks Tom said:

This may sound racist, but I think it's reality.

It's a matter of culture. An urban bright young black person will be bullied in school for getting good grades and "acting white". It doesn't take long for the bullying to achieve its goal, that bright young person quits getting good grades and gives up any hope of a successful life. It's not "white supremacy keeping them down, they're their own worst enemies.

Once the mindset of failure has set in, they vote for the black democrats who promise to keep them fed and housed. All at the direction of white democrats who have a whole new slave demographic. They don't have to pick cotton, just vote democrat.

Another 'Post of the Milleniem Award'