ALDI admits it’s still running Windows 95 during Senate hearings

ALDI supermarkets have been forced to admit it is running off a computer system so old, it is unable to display its prices online. Dr Mumbo can confirm the entire supermarket chain’s IT infrastructure is being run off an old Pentium 100 PC, running Windows 95.

The revelation was made during the ACCC’s supermarket inquiry hearings in Canberra on Monday, where ALDI’s MD of national buying, Jordan Lack, was grilled about its lack of price transparency online, preventing shoppers from freely comparing prices between supermarkets.

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