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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:44 PM Original message |
meet my new grocery store!!! ALDI foods |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Cool |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:52 PM Original message |
what ever they can buy at their price they stock |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Great! So is the fresh meat and everything else I've ever bought there |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. not bad at all |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Aldi brings back the nightmares of my childhood, and Veg-All. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. If you're avoiding "Super Hell-mart" because of the way it treats it's |
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Riley133 (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
47. Yeah, what happened to them? |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. For a moment I thought you lived in my town |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. They're spreading east, not west |
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ProgressiveFool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. They actually have Aldi here now? |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. No wonder they're not in the West -- that's where we have TJ's |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. We have both Aldi's and Trader Joe's in the Minneapolis area |
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Riley133 (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. We have both, too - much prefer TJs. Aldi - old produce, seriously overprocessed foods. IMHO. nt |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
52. actually they do not own Trader Joes |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
54. Aldi's been in the US |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. i worked at the plant that makes |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. I always forget about them. I need to stop in there. |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. its funny when I worked there, we shopped there all the time |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. I had just posted ALDI to your other thread! |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. I've been a fan of Aldi for some time |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. I shopped there today...spent $112 for a week's worth of food. |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. I shopped there when I was in Holland. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. There are some ALDI clone stores in Germany so good is their model. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. ALDI started in Germany. |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. We used to shop at one on Teltower Damm |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 03:04 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. They have German wine and beer and chocolate |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. I still have to buy bread elsewhere ... hubby requires gluten free bread |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. Private label brands? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. None here |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. My mom keeps saying "I've seen no changes in food prices" |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. I like the shopping carts... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. ummm...aldi and i are very old friends...he should have metioned that. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Virulently anti-union |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. when I was assistant manager I made decent money there |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. The Aldi near me pays better than the big chains. nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. yep..over the decades, unions have been weakened and new-hires |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. They advertise their checker jobs at $11 or more per hour |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
49. ALDI is anti-union? |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. One bad thing about Aldi |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. I don't know. I went into the one here once... it was nasty |
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demgurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. I have done professional reviews of Aldis and..... |
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JackCo (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. Don't have Aldi's but |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. my Save A Lot has awesome music |
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bigbrother05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
30. I love Aldi |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's a good place for nuts and chocolate |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. I just got back from there spent 50 bucks |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
35. our local ALDI |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. The same family owns Trader Joe's |
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annonymous (850 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
37. I shop there regularly |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. If I could get dairy without growth hormones there |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
40. Have you shopped @ TJs? How do they compare? n/t |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
42. Welcome to a place that fired EVERY store manager when they hit 40. |
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Riley133 (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. A lawsuit was recently brought against their egg distributor (animal advocacy). |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
48. I've been big on ALDI for some time |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
50. Wegmans would have to set fire to a Nun before I shopped somewhere else |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
51. I've checked them out a couple of times.... |
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