Walking down the aisle takes on another meaning for two recently engaged lovebirds. On Aug. 27, network engineer Charles Phillips and special education instructional assistant Holly Walker their engagement in the .
The post, which mentioned that the couple visited Aldi on their first date, generated over 17,000 likes and caught the grocery store’s attention. The Detroit, Michigan-area pair wrote that while they didn’t get engaged an Aldi — they opted for the edge of Lake St. Clair, instead — the supermarket chain has played a big part in their love story.
“On our first date, back in November, we decided to go to Aldi after our dinner,” Walker tells TODAY.com over email, adding that she went looking for a specific candle she had her eye on, and that Phillips tagged along. “We took a selfie in the Aldi Finds aisle, and I decided to post it to an Aldi group on Facebook and people loved it!” Walker says that exactly 9 months after that first date, she and Phillips got engaged.
They were expecting simple congratulatory messages from fellow Aldi fans when they shared the news in that same group, but then, came calling. A few days after Walker’s Facebook post, a store representative contacted her via Messenger requesting her email address. She received an email from the chain’s publicist asking if the Aldi could treat them to a candlelit dinner inside their local store.
Phillips and Walker were “shook” but decided to take the company up on its offer. “We th.
