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Ald. Ronnie Mosley (21st) said the closure is a breaking of a promise that Aldi would remain in the neighborhood.

The grocery store chain’s first store on Cape Cod is part of the company’s $9 billion national expansion over the next five years, according to its website. The Northeast is slated to have many more stores opening as part of that expansion.

A new Aldi opened in Sussex with the help of a Paralympic medallist. The shop in Tanbridge Retail Park in Horsham is the town’s first Aldi and officially welcomed customers through its doors yesterday morning.