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Aldi has launched a new ‘high fashion’ Christmas jumper range

The range will hit Aldi stores nationwide this week.

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson - 15th November 2021

Budget supermarket Aldi has revealed its new ‘high fashion’ Christmas collection, with prices starting from as little as £1.49.

The Aldimania Winter Collection of jumpers, socks and onesies was launched over the weekend with an online catwalk event.

Strutting down the aisles of fruit and veg, models showed off the new festive clothes, which are plastered with Aldi branding for the first time.

The Aldimania Christmas jumpers / Credit: Aldi

The collection includes a white cropped jumper covered in reindeer and the Aldi logo, priced at £9.99.

The Aldimania hoodie previously worn by Tommy Fury is also coming back, for £14.99, which sold out in minutes when it went on sale in April.

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The ‘high fashion’ range will be in stores this week / Credit: Aldi

Shoppers will also be able to order fleece tops and trousers and Christmas socks from Aldi.

Julie Ashfield – Managing Director of Buying at Aldi UK – said: “Following the success of our Aldimania range earlier this year and huge demand from shoppers for more, we really wanted to take the collection to the next level by, not only expanding the range, but unveiling it with our very own high fashion catwalk.

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“We can’t wait for our shoppers to see it!”

The Christmas jumpers and socks from the collection will officially launch in store from November 21, with the onsie in stores from November 28.

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The rest of the Aldimania collection can be ordered online.

Featured Image – Aldi

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Lidl are offering a reward for their Liam Gallagher plaque to be safely returned

Danny Jones Danny Jones Missing Lidl Liam Gallagher plaque reward

Supermarket chain Lidl are desperate and in dire need of our help: they’re offering a reward to whoever safely returns one of their most treasured possessions – a Liam Gallagher plaque.

If you don’t remember the rather silly story from earlier this year, Oasis’ soon-to-return lead singer did plenty of poking fun at the Co-op Live‘s opening date being pushed back and multiple cancellations.

The iconic frontman ultimately ended up playing his four nights at the state-of-the-art arena with no issues, but as a tongue-in-cheek testament to his joke that’d he play a “gig in Lidl” if the venue wasn’t ready in time, the German-founded group erected a plaque in memory of the gag.

However, Lidl’s beloved Liam Gallagher plaque has since gone missing but rather than launch a full-scale manhunt, they’re trying to keep up the festive spirit and instead offering a pretty significant reward to the person that brings it back to them.

Although leads on the missing bit of royal blue metal are scarce, the plaque that was hung outside their Newton Heath store back in June disappeared this month.

Not only was it an amusing bit of history for the brand but the sign itself actually became a bit of an ironic but nevertheless genuine tourist attraction, with people grabbing snaps next to it and it even featured on the Manchester Taxi Tour itineraries.

This little plaque was actually just the start of a weird love affair between the two; back in October, Lidl also dropped an absolutely perfectly placed advert right in front of a giant poster of Liam Gallagher’s Berghaus ad campaign in the centre of Manchester.

Very good indeed.

All that being said, they really would love to be reunited with the memento of their relationship, so much so that they’re offering a whopping £500 to spend in Lidl vouchers for its safe return.

Credit: James Speakman/PA Media Assignments (supplied via Lidl GB)

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Just think of all the nonsense you could buy in the ‘Middle of Lidl’ aisle, a.k.a. the best part of the whole shop.

Those who have any information on the whereabouts of the Liam Gallagher plaque should email the following address: [email protected]. The Burnage brothers aren’t holding grudges anymore and neither are Lidl.

Let’s bring Liam home for Christmas. As you were x

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Featured Images — Lidl UK (supplied)

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The Trafford Centre launches Premium Parking service where shoppers pay up to £217

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson The Trafford Centre launches Premium Parking service where shoppers pay up to £217

For the first time ever, the Trafford Centre is charging for parking – but it’s not quite what it seems.

While all of us are used to forking out a small fortune to park in the city centre, Trafford Centre has always been free.

Now, the huge shopping centre has launched a Premium Parking service, with guaranteed spaces right near the shops and plenty of other perks.

Shoppers will pay from £4 an hour for the privilege of having access to bigger bays in a newly resurfaced section of the car park, just outside Selfridges.

But prices will go all the way up to £217 for valet parking, where your car is taken from you at the entrance to be deep-cleaned and then parked back in a bay.

That Ultra Valet service even includes a clean of your engine compartment.

Premium valet parking, without the deep clean, is a £25 flat rate.

The Trafford Centre launches Premium Parking service where shoppers pay up to £217
The Trafford Centre launches Premium Parking service where shoppers pay up to £217
The Premium Parking at Trafford Centre gets you a space as close as possible to the shops. Credit: The Manc Group

Once you’re done shopping, you can summon your vehicle back at the touch of a button on your phone, and it will be brought straight back to the entrance for you.

No need to trudge for miles in the rain battling against thousands of other Christmas shoppers.

The Premium Parking service is aimed at those looking for an elevated service and an enhanced shopping experience.

Shoppers have never had to pay for parking at The Trafford Centre before but if you’ve ever experienced the stress that is finding a decent space during the Christmas shopping rush, maybe it’s money well spent?

How much is Premium Parking at the Trafford Centre?

Off-Peak (Mon-Sat) Premium parking

  • Up to 1 hour – £4
  • Up to 2 hours – £8
  • Up to 3 hours – £10
  • Up to 6 hours – £12
  • Up to 12 hours – £14

Peak (Sat-Sun) Premium Parking

  • Up to 1 hour – £7
  • Up to 2 hours – £12
  • Up to 3 hours – £15
  • Up to 6 hours – £18
  • Up to 12 hours – £21

Premium Valet Parking

  • Flat Rate – £25

Premium Valet Clean

  • Luxe Valet – £94
  • Ultra Valet – £217

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Featured image: The Manc Group

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