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Aldi plans to open 800 new locations in the US as Americans feel pinch of high food prices (www.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Aldi and Lidl have done very well in the UK; they're well run businesses. They're private and focused, pay & treat their staff well and they have a focused but good product range. They used to have a bad reputation but when the financial crisis hit in 2011 people started taking them seriously and they've expanded rapidly. They really do offer good quality at good prices.

I don't know what the US retail industry is like, but if it was anything like the UK's (dominated by a few large supermarket chains with big stores, and bloated product lines) then they will do well. There are 1,020 Aldi stores in the UK - and we're about 1/5 the size population of the US wise. 800 stores is a sizeable number and they apparently already have 2,400 stores there.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months 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.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago

Next stop, government subsidized food banks. LesGo.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Maybe it's just variable location to location but if you haven't been to one over the last 5 years they have really stepped up their game in my area. The selection certainly isn't quite as good as the normal supermarkets but the quality well above Walmart for a lot less money.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

We recently switched to Aldis. I thought that the produce was going to be a big hangup for me. However, I think it has been fine.

The problem is that it just seems to bad much faster than when we buy it elsewhere. So with that in mind, I just only buy produce at the beginning of the week that I know we will eat quickly.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

I feel like the places that are less hit and miss probably just throw away more produce so you only see the good stuff.

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