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A new Aldi is about to open in Cobb and you can get a ‘golden ticket’

By Ben Brasch
Nov 29, 2017

If you like that new-grocery-store smell, then you should clear your calendar for Thursday morning.

The new Aldi store will be opening at 8:25 a.m. at 860 Cobb Place Blvd. in Kennesaw, which is less than five miles from the closest Aldi.

And listen to this Willy Wonka-level giveaway.

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The first 100 people in line get a “golden ticket.” Each will contain “Aldi gift cards of various amounts,” the company said.

Charlie Buckets would be hype.

The German grocery giant said the store opening in Cobb is part of a company push to open 2,500 stores across America by the end of 2022. It currently has about 1,600 stores in 35 states.

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Ben Brasch is the reporter tasked with keeping Fulton County government accountable. The Florida native moved to Atlanta for a job with The AJC. If there's something important to you going on in Fulton, he wants to know about it. Help him better metro Atlanta by dropping a line, anonymously or otherwise.

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