Google Maps prankster puts fake Aldi supermarket in the middle of the countryside - sending an 'endless stream' of shoppers to a quiet Welsh village
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It's one of the world's most popular navigation apps. But Google Maps has been causing chaos for some shoppers after pranksters set up a 'phantom' Aldi in the middle of the Welsh countryside. The small village of Cyffylliog has been inundated with an 'endless stream' of confused shoppers looking for somewhere to buy their groceries.
![[Shoppers looking for the Aldi supermarket listed on Google Maps were disappointed to find only an empty field down a winding country road (stock image)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/13/93825533-14258773-image-a-5_1736255020328.jpg)
Following Google's directions actually brought them to an empty field on a remote farm tens of miles away from the nearest supermarket. While it might have been added as a joke, the fake Aldi has since led to chaos for this small community as deliveries have begun to arrive in search of the non-existent supermarket.
![[A milk tanker became stuck on the roads near the village (pictured) while attempting to make a delivery to the non-existent Aldi. The road was blocked for hours and the lorry had to be rescued before order was restored]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/13/93824933-14258773-A_milk_tanker_became_stuck_on_the_roads_near_the_village_picture-a-19_1736255319089.jpg)
The misguided prank has even led to real Aldi deliveries arriving on one farmer's doorstep and becoming stuck on the narrow lanes. A Müller milk lorry became wedged in the county road and had to be rescued by residents, leading to hours of delays. In a post on Facebook, a local farmer wrote: 'Now we have an endless stream of day trippers and holiday makers turning up and looking confused - This was our first actual Aldi delivery!'.
![[The Google Maps location has now been removed and Google says that adding any fraudulent information is a violation of its terms of service and could leave the prankster banned from Google Maps]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/07/12/93319105-14258773-To_find_historic_photos_of_your_home_you_ll_need_to_open_Google_-a-3_1736254213819.jpg)
The rural Welsh village of Cyffylliog has been plagued by confused holidaymakers after a prankster added a fake Aldi to Google Maps. Shoppers looking for the Aldi supermarket listed on Google Maps were disappointed to find only an empty field down a winding country road (stock image).
