Aldi succeeded in Australia and could do the same in New Zealand
ANALYSIS: German supermarket group Aldi has been a major success in Australia. New Zealanders should be hoping it takes its cheaper and very different model across the Ditch.
WATCH: Senior journalist Lachlan Colquhoun speaks with Simon Shepherd.
Underarm was on a road trip in his native South Australia last weekend and was astonished to find a supermarket chain he never knew existed.
It was the first visit to the regional Yorke Peninsula in many years and, in that time, a supermarket called Drakes appears to have grabbed its opportunity.
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