The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Cocaine worth €25 million found in Aldi banana boxes in north Germany A record amount of the class A drug cocaine – around 500 kilograms – was discovered in crates of bananas near supermarkets in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. https://www.thelocal.de/20190405/cocaine-worth-25-million-euros-found-among-bananas-at-aldi-in-mecklenburg-west-pomerania Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:39:07 +0200 cocaine-worth-25-million-euros-found-among-bananas-at-aldi-in-mecklenburg-west-pomerania Ecuador in bid to fight German supermarket chain Aldi on banana costs Ecuador, the world's largest banana exporter, is urging Latin American producers to fight German supermarket chain Aldi's bid to pay one euro less per case in 2019. https://www.thelocal.de/20181024/ecuador-to-rally-banana-exporters-in-bid-to-fight-german-supermarket-chain-aldi-and-defend-prices Wed, 24 Oct 2018 11:27:32 +0200 ecuador-to-rally-banana-exporters-in-bid-to-fight-german-supermarket-chain-aldi-and-defend-prices Deadly tropical spider found in Lidl banana packaging A Brazilian wandering spider was discovered by a customer in a Lidl supermarket in Rotenburg, Lower Saxony on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161128/deadly-tropical-spider-discovered-in-lidl-banana-packaging Mon, 28 Nov 2016 12:50:57 +0100 deadly-tropical-spider-discovered-in-lidl-banana-packaging €15m of cocaine found in Aldi banana boxes More than 300 kilograms of cocaine worth €15 million were discovered in Berlin-area Aldi supermarkets, hidden in cases of bananas, police reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150504/heaps-of-cocaine-found-in-aldi-banana-boxes Mon, 04 May 2015 16:27:08 +0200 heaps-of-cocaine-found-in-aldi-banana-boxes