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Friday, July 3, 2015

Miles from Athens, Greeks overseas buy groceries for family back home

By Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) - Half a world away from the crisis unfolding in Greece, Nelly Skoufatoglou is shopping online for toilet paper, detergents, rice and olive oil to be delivered to her mother's home near Athens. Skoufatoglou is one of tens of thousands of Greek Australians who have fled to Australia to escape the economic woes of her birthplace, making Melbourne her new home just under a year ago. One way is buying groceries online via the Carrefour Greece website from her desk in Melbourne for delivery to her mother.


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