Munich, Mülheim an der Ruhr, October 9, 2024 – Sometimes it’s the little things that make everyday life easier: ALDI SÜD has added DHL parcel lockers to numerous stores in recent years. With its latest cooperation partner, the carrier-neutral parcel locker network myflexbox, the company is now also equipping all remaining ALDI SÜD stores with a parcel service.

Running several errands in one trip is practical and saves resources. In addition to shopping at the ALDI SÜD Group, a parcel can also be picked up or a return sent via a short route. “As one of the largest open, provider-neutral smart locker networks in Europe, myflexbox offers secure and flexible pick-up stations for parcels and goods – a real added value for our stores,” says Thorsten Koch, contact person for store cooperations at ALDI SÜD. “Our customers can now pick up or send parcels at even more locations. This saves them time and ultimately kilometers – and that’s good for everyone.”

“Thanks to our partnership with ALDI SÜD, we can now make everyday life easier for both customers and parcel service providers across the board,” says Lukas Wieser, Co-CEO & Founder of myflexbox. “We are proud to have found a partner in ALDI SÜD that shares our vision of offering users increased convenience and flexibility while relieving the burden on urban logistics and reducing unnecessary emissions.”

Thorsten Koch (left), contact person for location cooperations at ALDI SÜD, with Lukas Wieser, Co-CEO & Founder myflexbox.

Cooperation with myflexbox closes supply gap

Most ALDI SÜD stores already offer DHL parcel lockers. Thanks to the cooperation with myflexbox, locations that do not yet have a DHL parcel locker can now follow suit. In future, parcels from logistics partners GLS, UPS and FedEx can be received, sent and returned contactlessly at these stations. The integration of further logistics partners is planned for 2025. The company is now setting up the first stations at ALDI SÜD stores in North Rhine-Westphalia – including in Duisburg, Bocholt and Moers. Around 50 further locations will follow this year and next throughout the ALDI SÜD network.

ALDI SÜD pursues “one-stop shopping” principle

In order to make store locations particularly suitable for everyday use and therefore more attractive for customers, the ALDI SÜD Group is further developing them according to the ‘one-stop shopping’ principle. This creates additional space for restaurants, supplementary retail or offices. Where the conditions allow, the local supplier is also open to all forms of housing or creates spaces for daycare centers, fitness studios or mobility stations. The local supplier cooperates with a total of around 400 partner companies at over 1,300 locations – and the trend is rising. The individual mix of uses depends on building regulations, municipal requirements and local customer needs. The ALDI SÜD Group is very flexible and open when it comes to developing location concepts and potential partnerships.

The original press release was published by ALDI SÜD.

About ALDI SÜD

ALDI – Good for everyone. For more than 110 years, the name ALDI has stood for quality at the best price. The discounter ALDI SÜD, based in Mülheim an der Ruhr, operates around 2,000 stores in southern and western Germany and employs over 50,000 people. Its commercial success is based on a select product range, 90 percent of which consists of exclusive ALDI own brands such as Nur Nur Natur, MILSANI, GUT bio, MOSER ROTH and MyVay. Sustainability is a cornerstone of the company’s business activities, as demonstrated time and again by initiatives such as the #Haltungswechsel for more animal welfare and the #Ernährungswechsel, which makes a conscious diet affordable for everyone. In addition, ALDI SÜD is the No. 1 organic retailer in its sales region and stocks more than 1,000 organic products throughout the year.

Press contact ALDI SÜD

ALDI SÜD Group: Carolin Sunderhaus
presse@aldi-sued.de
Press material: aldi-sued.de/press

About myflexbox

myflexbox is a smart city company with the aim of minimizing CO₂ emissions on the last mile throughout Europe, caused by unsuccessful doorstep deliveries and traffic chaos caused by delivery services in cities. End customers can use myflexbox 24/7 to conveniently and contactlessly receive, send and return parcels and goods. Since it was founded in 2018, the last mile specialist has established itself as the largest carrier-neutral smart locker network in the German-speaking world. The parcel lockers are an efficient 24-hour alternative to traditional parcel stores and support the megatrend of out-of-home delivery. Unique in Europe: since the start of the cooperation with Österreichische Post AG in September 2024, almost all parcels from all parcel service providers can be received, returned and sent at Austrian myflexbox parcel lockers.

Press contact myflexbox

Florian Nack
Public Relations Manager
press@myflexbox.com