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With Halloween in the rearview mirror, Aldi is looking ahead to the next holiday season.

Aldi will unveil more than 20 Advent calendars on Wednesday, Nov. 6. Calendars will be available for purchase in person, through pickup and via DoorDash delivery, while supplies last.

Three luxury calendars featuring cheese, wine and chocolate pairings will headline Aldi's Advent selection this year.

The Emporium Selection Cheese Advent Calendar features Red Leicester, Bruschetta, pesto cheese, Mimolette, aged gouda, extra mature cheddar, mustard gouda, hard goat cheese, cheddar with whiskey, black truffle cheddar and black pepper gouda. The Advent calendar is $16.99.

Has anyone noticed the Kalamata olives now taste like mulch? Nearly inedible…I wonder if they have a new contractor.

Grocery giant Aldi plans to add 800 new stores in the U.S. over the next five years.

The German-owned, Illinois-based chain said in a release Thursday it plans to build or expand hundreds of Aldi locations in the company's existing Northeast and Midwest strongholds, as well as in the western U.S. and Southern California. A first Las Vegas location is planned, too.

Meanwhile, in the Southeast, the company will convert many Winn-Dixies and Harveys locations into Aldis, though "a meaningful" number of them will remain under their current brands. Aldi said Thursday its acquisition of Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of Winn-Dixie and Harveys, had been completed.