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[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 114 points 8 months ago

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

[-] spider@lemmy.nz 20 points 8 months ago

The majority of checkouts at my local Aldi are self-service; I think Walmart might have started that trend.

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[-] 3volver@lemmy.world 85 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] Yokozuna@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

I drive 20 minutes out of my way to shop at aldi rather than win-dixie (which they've bought recently) down the street for my monthly large shopping.

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[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 47 points 8 months ago

Hell yeah. Aldi is the shit

[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 44 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] Twitches@lemm.ee 20 points 8 months 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.

[-] Pan_Ziemniak@midwest.social 10 points 8 months ago

IL native, so maybe its regional, but Aldi aint small here either xD

Not only are they everywhere, everyone i meet raves about the stark differences in prices between them and their other local stores.

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[-] scottywh@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months 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.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

I had a cut of gruyere from there a few weeks ago that was top notch. They got some real bargains for what some people would see as luxury food.

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[-] Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 32 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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

[-] Vorticity@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months 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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[-] FiniteLooper@lemm.ee 31 points 8 months ago

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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[-] misspacfic@lemm.ee 24 points 8 months ago

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

[-] Godnroc@lemmy.world 15 points 8 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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[-] sirico@feddit.uk 17 points 8 months ago

Does the US have Lidl yet?

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[-] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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.

[-] DeadNinja@lemmy.world 14 points 8 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.

[-] dhcmrlchtdj__@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Aldi is da bomb

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

We could just stop paying cosplay farmers to not grow.

[-] derf82@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago

Farmers and the amount of food they grow isn’t the issue. It’s corporate greed.

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[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Do you like famines? Cause that's how you get famines...all governments have their farmers run a surplus, so when a year is bad....we don't all starve to death.

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[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

This is the edgy, low information shit which makes Lemmy so obnoxious. Every. Fucking. Thread.

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[-] computerscientistI@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago

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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[-] Spesknight@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

And finally German conquered the USA..

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months 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

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago

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

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[-] DannyMac@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

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.

[-] derf82@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

If they tried to be one stop, they would have to raise prices to cover a larger store with way more items. That is part of how it works.

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[-] The_Worst@feddit.nl 7 points 8 months ago

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

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

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

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 7 points 8 months 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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