Aldi does not accept Blue Light Card and has no NHS discount, in store or online. Its approach is to keep everyday prices low for every shopper rather than to discount for particular groups, so NHS staff pay the same as anyone else at the till.
Where the Savings Are at Aldi
Super 6 picks six fresh fruit and vegetable lines every two weeks and cuts their prices, and the Specialbuys aisle brings in non-food ranges, from garden furniture to kitchen gadgets, with new lines arriving on Thursdays and Sundays. Popular Specialbuys sell out quickly, and the Aldi app and newsletter show what is due before it reaches the shelves.
Aldi sells its own gift cards in UK stores, loaded at the till with up to £500, but they are not discounted through Blue Light Card. The supermarket gift cards Blue Light Card does sell below face value cover chains such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, Iceland, Waitrose and M&S.
Using Aldi Prices Elsewhere
Tesco and Sainsbury’s both run Aldi Price Match schemes, matching Aldi’s price on selected products. For NHS staff who would rather shop at a larger supermarket, pairing those matched prices with a supermarket gift card bought at a discount brings some of the Aldi price advantage into a store where Blue Light Card does make a difference.
The arithmetic is simple. If a supermarket gift card were bought at 4% off and used for a £100 weekly shop, the saving would be £4 a week, or around £200 over a year, on top of any price-matched lines in the basket. The actual rate for each chain is shown in the Blue Light Card account.
The chains that do work with Blue Light Card are gathered in the supermarkets section.