Tattoo artist at Blackpool's Fourteen studio helps Aldi fan go viral by helping her declare love in ink
A cut-price supermarket fan’s decision to have a tattoo of the Aldi logo has gone viral - with the boss of the discount supermarket joking about booking in for the same design.
Cut-price supermarket Aldi might not offer their customers tattoos, but one fan decided to have the store’s logo inked on her.
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The Aldi fan - known only as Grace - asked Blackpool tattoo artist Emma Betson-Hand to make her supermarket dream come true telling her: “I love Aldi”
Emma, who has tattooed punters in the resort for 14 years was not taken aback, though.
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She said: “Grace has been a long time customer and has some of the craziest tattoos I’ve ever done, including an onion in a wheelchair.
“She told me ‘I f****** love Aldi’ and asked me to do an embroidered style heart with the shop’s logo.
“She loves to have unusual tattoos and is a great laugh, but even I was surprised about her asking for the Aldi logo.
“She’s got some tattoos, especially on her legs, that are pretty weird and I don’t think you would be able to publish the details of what they are.
“She’s a regular and I always wonder what she is going to ask for when she comes in.
“I didn’t see an Aldi logo coming, but she says it’s her favourite shop and she wanted something to remind her of it.
“Maybe it will set a trend and other people will come in asking for shop tattoos.
“I’m seriously thinking about offering other shop logos for people that love other supermarkets.”
The inking took three hours and within a few days had gone viral with Aldi themselves including the tattoo on their own social media, with the firm posting: “Can we book the boss for an ankle tat?”
Emma, who runs Fourteen Tattoo Studio on Blackpool’s Clifton street, with wife Loren, said: “It’s not the strangest tattoo I ever done , but it’s certainly pretty weird.”
Fourteen opened after a rebranding earlier this year and was formerly called Wonderland.
Loren said: "We wanted to create a friendly and cosy environment where everyone feels welcome, whether they’re getting their first tattoo or just coming in to enquire," she said. "Our goal is to ensure that every client leaves feeling satisfied and empowered."
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