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May I...

...explain to you:

ALDI in Germany is divided in Aldi South and Aldi North. The country is like divided in the middle. Aldi South is considered as a bit better than Aldi North for different reasons. Nicer stores, better products but overall they are pretty equal.

Now in the US the stores of Trader Joe's belong to Aldi North while ALDI belongs to Aldi South. There is a map where you can see which stores are located where and how many. However it is in German but I think you will understand.

 
That is interesting about the different ownership. Here in the US, Trader Joe's is considered an upscale grocer with gourmet and ethnic offerings, and lower prices as compared to, say, Whole Foods. Aldi here is considered the value store, with less service and selection.
 
I totally agree what mrwash said. There is a huge difference between Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd in Germany.

Part of the products are basically the same just in different packages with different names on it, but I think it also shows that the south of Germany is the wealthier part hence more upscale products in Aldi Süd stores. Also the whole store layout is more inviting to me.
I remember Aldi stores from the 1970s and Aldi Nord today still looks and feels as if time stood still, the whole atmosphere is kind of depressing there.
 
I do like Aldi, and end up going there about once a week. Eggs are cheap ($.89 a dozen the last few weeks), as well as lifeway kefir, at $2.79 a bottle. What I like about Aldi is that each week they add something new or different. I got an avocado slicer, shoe rack, as well as a queen sized memory foam mattress! We needed a new mattress, and I was intrigued by memory foam and air mattresses, but never slept on either and was concerned about spending $2000+ to only discover that I made a bad choice. I had found a hotel with a Tempur-Pedic, another with a Sleep Number mattress, and we were planning on booking a night at each we could try the different types of mattresses out. I stumbled across the memory foam mattress at Aldi, and figured for less than the price of a night in a hotel, we could try it out at home and see if a memory foam mattress would be something we might like. It was tightly vacuum packed in a box with wheels, and I was able to easily get it into my tiny Honda Fit my myself. Well, we liked it so much, we decided to just keep it. We have had it about 3 years now.
 
I like it

But everyone here calls it Aldi's !!LOL,Belk's dept stores changed there name in the late 60s to just BELK, but everyone still says Belk's!! Seriously, I dont go to the Aldi store that much because it is out of the way, but they do have some good products, I do not buy flour or corn meal there, I use only one brand and I have to drive to Virginia to get it, so I go about once a month and stock up.
 
And now Dominick's in closing in Chicago!

I knew it! I just knew this was coming.

Dominick's has been owned by Safeway now for quite some time. Just like they have with other chains they buy they have destroyed Dominick's.

Here in Houston we had a chain of grocery stores named "Randall's". Great store, great prices and an absolutely huge selection of items for sale. When you needed juniper berries for your red cabbage recipe Randall's was the place to go to find it. Randall's was the first store in Houston with a true Deli. It was Houston's favorite place to shop.

Then came along Safeway. The former president and owner of Randall's got a cushy job with Safeway for selling the Randall's chain to Safeway. They made him the head of Dominick's in Chicago.

Read the comments section of this story... seems I am not the only one who feels this way.

Under Safeway control they handled both Randall's & Dominick's stores the same way. Cut the selection, dump lots of brand name goods and replace them with "Safeway Select" or other house brands. Then raise the prices to corner convenience store levels. Then they dumped the deli sections totally. You can go into a Randall's "flagship store" (their largest) on 4pm on a Saturday and be the only person in the huge store. The parking lot will be empty.

Safeway outside of the west does not know how to run grocery stores to be profitable. Sure Houston is a hard grocery market but this will be the FOURTH time Safeway has entered into the Houston market and failed. So Dominick's closing does not surprise me one bit. Safeway put them out of business.

 
Interesting about Dominick's. Safeway destroyed a popular grocery chain in my area, Genuardi's. Genuardi's was known for its good prices, great selection and customer service. At least we now have Wegman's, although they are all a bit of a drive for me.
 
Dominick's was, at one time, seen as the high end local grocer. They were run by can'trememberfirstname Mariano who now runs Roundy's out of Wisconsin which has moved into Chicago as Marinao's, which is quite nice.

It was a surprise, but not a surprise, to see they were leaving. They were losing market share, dramatically, and the safeway products and selection got smaller and smaller. Interestingly, they closed some stores only to reopen them (at least one I can think of, in a good place for stopping on my way from friends).
 
Sorry for the subject scope drift....

A few month's ago I asked my sister who lives in the Chicago burb's how Dominick's was doing since I knew she shopped there. She said she hadn't been in a Dominick's in years. She said the stores look trashed out, the selection is minimal and the prices are sky high. She said Jewel isn't that much better either. So she does a lot of shopping at Meijer, which I knew as Thrifty Acres in Holland, Michigan.
 
@mrboilwash: The Aldi North stores indeed were (or still are) not very good looking but Aldi has recognized this and is upgrading the stores fast. But I still don't like them and I would prefer Aldi South. I live near the division-line so I get the benefit of both stores ;)
 
Here in Sydney it's blue and yellow Aldi

And they are multiplying like mushrooms. When I go to Aldi I look for specific things. Primarily food products from Germany, fresh vegies and their coffee is cheap and good. Occasionally they have specialty items like irons, fridges, wahers, tools, bath towels etc. and they are pretty good quality at low cost. The stores are clean and they smell almost the same as they do in Germany, which is a little weird. Maybe its a customized smell particular to Aldi stores that is designed to make people buy more. I don't like it all that much.

Aldi is an in and out store for me - I go in with a focus, grab what I want and skedaddle out of there.

Aldi are the only store that has chained up shopping carts. Some of the other supermarkets have tried that system, but it never took off. Aldi even hands out cart tokens on key rings that specifically fit their slots. Otherwise a one or two dollar coin deposit is required. Here nobody returns their shopping carts either and other supermarkets specifically employ people to collect them, which is a good thing - people need jobs.

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Aldi's...

Here in Indianapolis,we have 3 Aldi's.They just built a new store on the southside
that is there largest store,and I shop there on a weekly basis.I made one bad choice there apple pie...ICKO!All there produce and meats are just as good quality as the larger well know stores; if not better.I'm glad we have them.We also have another store Save-a-Lot.It is not the same quality as Aldi's.If you look at the products they have the same item as Trader Joe's only say's Aldi.
Michael
 
For all you bakers out there...

Aldi has their own brand of unsweetened and semisweet baking chocolate squares on sale this week for 1.99 for 8oz pkg. This is a great price since Baker's downsized their pkgs of chocolate from 8oz to 4oz while charging the same price (about 3.50-3.79). The only drawback to Aldi's chocolate is that it's not individually wrapped squares- it comes in a block which is scored into 20 (.4oz) squares.
 

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