New Dick Smith video accuses ALDI of draining Australia of jobs and wealth

BUSINESSMAN Dick Smith has launched a savage attack on the German supermarket giant ALDI claiming it employs too few Australians, is “highly secretive” and drains the country of wealth.

DICK Smith has launched a blistering attack on ALDI claiming the German supermarket giant employs too few Australians, is “highly secretive” and drains the country of wealth.

In a video released online yesterday, Mr Smith accuses ALDI of taking business from Aussie companies and implores Australian shoppers to buy local.

Dick Smith has accused Aldi of secrecy and not employing enough Australians.

It comes after Mr Smith recently took aim at fees charged by foreign-owned online booking agencies, in another video that had three million hits online.

In the latest video, Mr Smith said ALDI was Australia’s lowest cost and most profitable supermarket chain — but employed half as many staff as Aussie-owned retailers.

“We all love low prices but not so low that many of our young people can never have a proper full-time career or our farmers are forced into bankruptcy,” he said.

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Dick Smith has gone on the attack against Aldi.

Mr Smith said ALDI _ owned by Germans Karl Albrecht Jr and Beate Heister worth over $40 billion _ started out sourcing food in Australia but had since abandoned Australian farmers and producers.

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Originally published as New Dick Smith video accuses ALDI of draining Australia of jobs and wealth