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Waiting for Aldi

illow Falleni first contacted Aldi in 2016. She’d come across the German discount supermarket while living in Shepparton, Australia. After her return to the Wairarapa, Falleni, a 42-year-old childcare worker, began writing to Aldi. Her messages were

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