ALDEH! ALDEH! ALDEH!

Supermarket celebrates upcoming Oasis reunion with special Mancunian tribute  

A rebranded ‘Aldeh’ sign has caught the attention of Oasis fans and shoppers alike in Manchester. 
 
Aldi has changed the name of its Bury New Road store in Prestwich to ‘Aldeh’, embracing the Mancunian pronunciation of its name. The store is just a stone’s throw away from Heaton Park, where Oasis will be reuniting this summer for their comeback gigs.  

The new sign has already seen Oasis fans, complete in 90s-inspired bucket hats, queuing outside the store, eager to snap photos of the ‘Aldeh’ logo on their phones. The rebrand is a homage to the Gallagher brothers and the city’s musical heritage.  

The change was first noticed on social media. “Just on my way to do my weekly shop and what do I see? Aldeh! It’s absolutely brilliant” one user shared excitedly. “Oasis are coming home and this hilarious tribute tops it off… it’s a great time to be in Manchester!” 

Julie Ashfield, Chief Commercial Officer at Aldi UK, says: “Manchester is a vibrant city with a rich musical history, and with the Oasis reunion, we wanted to mark the occasion. By temporarily renaming our Bury New Road store to ‘Aldeh,’ we’re celebrating both the local dialect and the legendary band that has brought so much joy to fans worldwide.” 

Oasis kick off their reunion gigs on 4^th July, and will be playing in their home city at Heaton Park from 11^th –20^th July. The reunion gigs are happening less than a mile away from the Aldi store on Bury New Road, making it the perfect pre-gig stop off point for fans.   

As part of the Oasis celebrations, the supermarket has launched a new range of Aldimania Bucket Hats (£4.99) which will be on sale in stores nationwide from 3^rd July, while stocks last.  

Cocaine cargo sent to German supermarket ‘by mistake’

Police in Berlin have found 140kg of cocaine hidden in banana boxes which were sent to a supermarket in an apparent mistake by traffickers. Cocaine valued at 6m euros (£5m; $8.2m) was found in fruit sent to five branches of Aldi-Nord in and around the German capital, police said.

The drugs are believed to have arrived by sea in Hamburg from Colombia, from where they were shipped by lorry. Smugglers probably made a "logistical error", a police spokesman said. It was Berlin’s biggest cocaine haul in years, Olaf Schremm added. Workers at five branches of Aldi in Berlin and one in Brandenburg uncovered the drugs while unpacking the boxes, the German news magazine Spiegel reports. Aldi declined to comment, citing the continuing investigation.

Four years ago, workers at Spanish branches of another German budget supermarket chain, Lidl, found nearly 80kg of cocaine hidden in boxes of bananas imported from Ecuador. Police said Lidl had had nothing to do with the smuggling operation and thanked the chain for its help in finding the drug, The Guardian newspaper reports.

source: www.bbc.co.uk

apparent – nyilvánvaló
trafficker – (ember, drog) kereskedő
valued at – valamennyire értékelt
branch – áruházlánc helyi boltja
capital – főváros
by sea – tengeri szállítással
smuggler – csempész
error – hiba, tévedés
haul – fogás
to uncover – felfedni
to decline to – visszautasítani
citing – hivatkozva valamire
investigation – nyomozás
budget (supermarket) – itt gazdaságos (fő jelentése költségvetés)
chain – lánc

True or false?

1. Branches of the supermarket chain Lidl got smuggled cocaine in Germany.

2. The police believe that the supermarkets have nothing to do with the drugs.

3. The drug was hidden in banana boxes.

4. It’s likely that the smugglers made a mistake.

5. The drugs came from Colombia via air transport.

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