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(Sharecast News) - Aldi UK, the British arm of the German supermarket discounter, announced on Monday that it had teamed up with delivering service Deliveroo to provide shoppers with home deliveries.

Aldi said it would be trialling the deliveries which for now will offer a rapid delivery service from a store in Nottingham, central England.

The service allows customers to order from over 150 products in the supermarket through the Deliveroo app. The Aldi staff will pack the items and set up for the Deliveroo rider in less than 30 minutes.

"We hope the new trial with Deliveroo will provide more customers with access to great quality, affordable food at Aldi," said Giles Hurley, chief executive officer of Aldi UK & Ireland.

"This is a new and exciting venture for Aldi and we will be constantly reviewing how we can best serve our customers and continue to provide them with the high quality products they are used to in store."

If all goes well it plans on extending the trial to a further seven stores across the East Midlands in June.

If successful, the service could roll out to further Aldi stores by the end of 2020, it said.

"At Deliveroo, we are doing everything we can to make sure that people get the food they need and want during this unprecedented time," said Ajay Lakhwani, vice president of new business at Deliveroo.

"We are pleased to partner with Aldi and deliver even more choice to our customers as they continue to keep safe at home."