About Us
Fashion with Function
Fashion-led eyewear designed for everyday life. Real choice. Honest value.
At Remaldi®, we design eyewear that balances fashion with function. From contemporary reading glasses and sunglasses to practical optical accessories, everything we create is made to look good, feel comfortable and fit naturally into everyday life.
Our business has been designing and supplying eyewear for over 35 years. As the company has evolved, so has our identity. Rebranding to Remaldi from Opticaid reflects the direction we’ve taken over the years, becoming increasingly design-led, fashion-focused and centred around creating wearable eyewear people genuinely enjoy owning.
We follow fashion closely, but we don’t chase it. Instead, we carefully edit trends into flattering, easy-to-wear collections with colours, shapes and styles that suit real people. Whether you prefer something bold and eye-catching or subtle and understated, our aim is always the same: to offer great choice, lasting quality and honest value without the fuss or designer price tag.
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Designed for Everyday Life
Today, Remaldi has become synonymous with stylish, wearable eyewear designed for everyday life. Our collections include reading glasses, sunglasses, blue light screen glasses, sun readers, overglasses, cases, chains and practical optical accessories that solve those little everyday problems we all experience from time to time.
We only use quality frame and lens materials to ensure our eyewear is lightweight, durable and comfortable to wear. Many of our newer collections now incorporate recycled materials including recycled plastics and RPET accessories as part of our ongoing commitment to reducing waste and making more responsible design choices wherever possible.
As demand for reading glasses has grown, so too has the way people wear them. Glasses are no longer simply practical — they’ve become part of personal style. Many customers now keep multiple pairs around the home, at work, in the car or matched to different outfits and occasions. That’s why we like to describe Remaldi as fashion with function.
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Our Story
Our story began back in 1989 when Opticaid was founded by Roger Marchbank shortly after changes to UK optical regulations opened the market for quality “off the peg” reading glasses. Although Roger’s background was in Yorkshire woollen textiles, he recognised an opportunity to create affordable eyewear that combined quality, practicality and style.
Then we rebranded as Remaldi, in which the name also has family roots. While it may sound European, it actually comes from Roger’s initials, ‘REM’, combined with ‘aldi’, inspired by Roger’s mother, affectionately known as Addy.
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Still Family Run
More than three decades later, we remain proudly family run. The business is now led by Gillian and Greg Marchbank alongside senior management colleagues and a fantastic small team that genuinely cares about good design, friendly service and well-made products.
At Remaldi, we still believe the best eyewear should feel effortless — stylish without trying too hard, practical without looking clinical, and affordable without compromising on quality.
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Looking Ahead
As Remaldi continues to grow, our focus remains the same: creating wearable eyewear with thoughtful design, modern styling and lasting value. We continue to expand our collections with new shapes, colours and more sustainable materials, while staying true to the family values and straightforward approach that have shaped the business from the very beginning.
We hope you enjoy wearing Remaldi as much as we enjoy creating it.
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