A MAJOR supermarket is giving thousands of its workers a pay rise.
Asda is increasing pay for retail staff by a total of 10% this year.
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The supermarket giant will increase pay for 115,000 of its staff from April 2 before increasing it again on July 2.
Its current hourly rate is £10.10, which will increase to £11 in April and £11.11 in July.
Rates for stores inside the M25 will increase from £11.27 currently to £12.28 in July.
The new hourly rates are above the government’s national living wage, which is set to rise for £10.42 in April.
Mohsin Issa, Asda’s co-owner, said: “We know that rising living costs are affecting customers and colleagues alike and recognise we have a responsibility to support them during these challenging times.
“This is why we have made a record investment of £141m to increase pay for retail colleagues by 10% this year.”
It comes just weeks after Aldi said it would give 7,000 of its warehouse staff a 20% pay increase compared to January last year.
Lidl boosted wages for 23,500 workers from October 1.
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Entry-level hourly rates increased from £10.10 to £10.90 outside of London.
Hourly rates in London rose from £11.30 to £11.95 within the M25.
