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[–] 114 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Maybe this will start a trend of businesses letting their cashiers sit down.

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    [–] 85 points 2 years ago (37 children)

    Aldi is great. Walmart has been robbing small towns in America without competition for long enough. I hope more Americans shop at Aldi and save more money while getting healthier food at a fair price.

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    [–] 47 points 2 years ago

    Hell yeah. Aldi is the shit

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    smaller European entrant

    I like how from the perspective of outsiders, Aldi is "small". They're huge here in Europe along with Lidl. The two make a meme of establishing shops next to each other wherever either exist.

    I am glad that Aldi is setting up shops in US. The chain is pretty cheap though the food quality is okay compared to others. I haven't really heard anything bad about Aldi so they are pretty good employers unlike many American shops like Walmart.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    Where I am in the US all our supermarkets suck, and are over priced. Aldi offers a clean environment with inexpensive food at decent non farm stand quality. When your alternative is double the price in a run down store or Walmart. Aldi is a very nice alternative.

    I really don't think it takes much for Aldi to compete in a large part of the US market. Even if they're not the best because we have so much of the worst in supermarkets.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    They're not a small company but their locations do typically have a very small footprint compared to the typical US grocery store... Much lower square footage.

    They've been in US markets for decades at this point. They just don't have locations in every region of the US or so many locations even in the regions that they do exist as to be considered ubiquitous.

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Please come to Colorado!!!!! I have my Aldi’s quarter ready!

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Please please please! Aldi's would kill in CO, especially if the Kroger/Albertsons merger goes through. I kind of hope Aldi's stays out of CO until we know if the merger will go through, though. Their presence would weaken the case against the merger.

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    [–] 31 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I did nearly all of my shopping at Aldi when I was unemployed. Now I have a job and Aldi is still great, no reason to spend more at other grocery stores. I genuinely like a lot of their store brand stuff too

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    [–] 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    good. only problem with aldi is their produce is hit or miss. moreso than competitors in my experience.

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    [–] 17 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Does the US have Lidl yet?

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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    We shop at Aldi and TJ's regularly. The grocery stores in my area charge literally double for many of the same items. Considering the grocery stores probably pay lower wholesale prices than either Aldi or TJ's it yet another example of the highest corporate profits in 70 years.

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    [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    New England resident here. I find Aldi to be alright. The lower price point is definitely noticeable, especially when you compare with other big players in the area like ShopRite and Stop&Shop.

    I switched over to Aldi since 2020, they are quite decent when it comes to the basics.

    Good to know they are expanding. Aldi's Sister concern Trader Joe's is already heavily present in the New England region, although I suspect they have a more 'niche' group of customers.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Aldi is da bomb

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    We could just stop paying cosplay farmers to not grow.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    And finally German conquered the USA..

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Are they one-stop in the US, though?

    In Germany you usually have a little shopping center with Aldi and/or Lidl, a DM and an Edeka. Once you have finished shopping at Aldi and DM you can pop into Edeka and get the 1 or 2 items you didn't get at Aldi and DM.

    Many people in Germany are doing it like that. Edeka seems to florish from the people who prefer branded products and/or can't get into 2 shops because they don't go grocery shopping by car and can't really visit more than 1 shop, because you can't enter a 2nd one with a bag full of goods from the 1st one.

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Please please can you open up a few locations in Vancouver, please? Yale town is ripe for the taking

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Friggen love aldi. I'm kinda disappointed every time I have to go somewhere else now. Just wish they had longer hours cause my sleep disorder means it's hard to make it there before they close sometimes

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I love Aldi but it's where you need to grocery shop first since they're likely to not have everything you need. I wish it was more one-stop.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Love Aldi, they’re two blocks from my house.

    They used to have a produce problem, but now they are top notch.

    There are a couple of misses every now and then but most things there are pretty good.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    In The Netherlands Aldi is one of the more expensive stores with subpar quality products.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    I've been waiting for them to finish the Aldi's near me for over a year now.

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