Aldi will be the latest retailer to continue accepting defunct £1 coins two weeks after the official deadline.
The retailer has joined the likes of Tesco and Poundland in extending its deadline past October 15th when the old pound coins will cease to be legal tender.
Roughly 500 million old pound coins are still in circulation in the UK, but as of midnight on Sunday businesses can stop accepting them.
A spokesperson at Aldi said: “We’ve been ready to accept the new £1 coins since they first came into circulation in March.
“To make the transition as easy as possible for our customers, we will continue to accept the old £1 coins as payment across our stores until 31 October.”
