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‘It Was a Dream Come True': Couple Gets Married in Illinois — at an Aldi Grocery Store

The pair's nuptial was officiated by none other than an Aldi employee, and their reception was complete with all-Aldi food and drinks

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A couple who recently tied the knot didn't walk down just any aisle to say "I do," — it was along the produce section of an Illinois Aldi.

Michigan-natives Jessica Bojanowski and Michael Hurd had an Aldi-themed destination wedding in a model store at the chain's headquarters in Batavia on Wednesday, Nov. 9.

"It was beautiful," Bojanowski said on the big day. "It was a dream come true to be walking down here with my dad and see our closest friends and family sitting there, waiting for us to become husband and wife."

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The pair's nuptial was officiated by none other than an Aldi employee, and their reception was complete with all-Aldi food and drinks, including a charcuterie board that was spread across an entire checkout lane. Their three-tiered cake was lined with Aldi's signature string of colors and featured a grocery store classic as a topper: a shopping cart with quarters.

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The duo secured the first-of-its-kind wedding in a "Happily Ever Aldi" contest the supermarket launched in August.

Hundreds of couples who fancied the idea of getting married in the aisles of Aldi submitted their stories for a shot at winning the all-expenses-paid sweepstake, but Bojanowski and Hurd ultimately rose from the crowd for embodying "Aldi love," the chain said in a release. The wedding even coincidentally unfolded on the same date the pair went out for the very first time.

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The wedding wrapped up with custom favors, and the couple got to cement the ceremony with a storefront photoshoot. Bojanowski and Hurd also are set to receive free Aldi groceries for a year.

"We have been engaged for four years, didn't ever want to plan anything, and this is perfect," Bojanowski said. "We love Aldi. Aldi is a big part of our relationship together."

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