The Graduate Area Manager Programme by Aldi is one of the UK's most lucrative grad schemes, with a £44,000 starting salary and offer of your own Audi A4 or BMW 3 Series, it definitely attracts a lot of attention.

But what is the work actually like? And what type of person succeeds at Aldi? We hear from Laura Trainor, an Area Manager based in Darlington. 

Laura manages a team of 90 across