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Aldi is planning to open some stores in SoCal. I beleive they're the parent company of Trader's Joes. Anyone go to Aldi's? Are they decent?
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They are like The Borg, but good value for money. Three months ago we drove from Holland into western Germany (Munster region) and saw a new looking Aldi supermarket on the border of litterally every small village we passed. All exactely the same. Brilliant concept, just like IKEA and such
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not really a fan but for the big bags its good but not for the smaller ones i remember one of them closing on sundays not a good idea for business as i was leaving and didnt have time to shower or change in the back of the van but then for monday i was having a steak and fries, sunny day and all thinking about that now going back... no point really sure i shouldve called her but i didnt, regret that now... changed tires on the car, had to be done somewhere across the road i saw a deer... or at least thats what i thought.
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Go there once if it's convenient enough, and you will go back. Guaranteed.
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not really a fan but for the big bags its good but not for the smaller ones i remember one of them closing on sundays not a good idea for business as i was leaving and didnt have time to shower or change in the back of the van but then for monday i was having a steak and fries, sunny day and all thinking about that now going back... no point really sure i shouldve called her but i didnt, regret that now... changed tires on the car, had to be done somewhere across the road i saw a deer... or at least thats what i thought.
It's a religious thing, I think.
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Aldi's = cult
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Aldi's = cult
How so?
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We have had them in Ohio since I was a kid and they are usually the cheaper grocery stores, cheaper quality food and have to pay for bags to bag your groceries.
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Aldi is planning to open some stores in SoCal. I beleive they're the parent company of Trader's Joes. Anyone go to Aldi's? Are they decent?
Aldi sucks balls. Now LIDL, that is a great supermarket.
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We have had them in Ohio since I was a kid and they are usually the cheaper grocery stores, cheaper quality food and have to pay for bags to bag your groceries.
Not true. It's the same quality as anywhere else. There are only so many food manufacturers left, and their stuff is at all grocery chains under all different brands.
Aldi's are small stores so they don't have huge selection. That's the only downfall. I liked going there when they were convenient to me because it is an honest company with a good mission.
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I don't like the customer service in Aldis...pompous. Kroger's here in Texas seem to have top notch customer service. People who seem to appreciate having a job and doing a good job.
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getting very popular over here as this recent poll shows. they apparently were the 'best' last year though.
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/02/19/25D4949900000578-2959990-image-a-1_1424347896375.jpg)
i don't know anyone that can afford to shop in fucking waitrose. we don't even have one in bradford ;D :-[
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Don't know about any connection btwn Aldi and Trader Joes? Thats news to me.
Speaking of Trader Joes...heard they were going to start a chain that's similar to Grocery Outlet.
I love going to Grocery Outlet whenever I see one, lol. I will spend couple hours there to fill the back of my truck with bags/boxes. Great deals on exotic booze, beer and vino. Cant beat the experience.
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I don't like the customer service in Aldis...pompous. Kroger's here in Texas seem to have top notch customer service. People who seem to appreciate having a job and doing a good job.
Thats weird..I was thinking the opposite. I liked stopping in and saying hello to the employees. Maybe it's a religious thing with them? They seemed to be almost church-like in appearance and manner, which did seem kind of weird.
HEY Royalty - what did you mean when you called them a cult?
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I go there all the time. Their normal everyday prices can't be beat, but don't necessarily have all the products. Love it.
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Not true. It's the same quality as anywhere else. There are only so many food manufacturers left, and their stuff is at all grocery chains under all different brands.
Aldi's are small stores so they don't have huge selection. That's the only downfall. I liked going there when they were convenient to me because it is an honest company with a good mission.
May be wrong on the quality but one of my friends back in college would get good deals on their frozen chicken breast. Good if your shopping on the cheap but here you have to pay money to use the grocery carts. Only noticed this in the hood locations. I prefer Kroger and in Cincinnati we have Jungle Gyms best grocery store by far.
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May be wrong on the quality but one of my friends back in college would get good deals on their frozen chicken breast. Good if your shopping on the cheap but here you have to pay money to use the grocery carts. Only noticed this in the hood locations. I prefer Kroger and in Cincinnati we have Jungle Gyms best grocery store by far.
If you're getting chicken breasts and other clean stuff, Aldi's is the place. It feels good to shop there, rather than at a criminal place like Safeway etc.
The grocery cart thing is just a scheme to stop people from walking off w them. When you're done with cart, you can just mate it w another parked cart and it will return your deposit...used to only be one quarter
Yeah, Kroger does a good job with their stores...they have Kroger, Foods4Less, Foodsco etc etc. If I am forced to go to a big chain, that's where I go.
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Don't know about any connection btwn Aldi and Trader Joes? Thats news to me.
Speaking of Trader Joes...heard they were going to start a chain that's similar to Grocery Outlet.
I love going to Grocery Outlet whenever I see one, lol. I will spend couple hours there to fill the back of my truck with bags/boxes. Great deals on exotic booze, beer and vino. Cant beat the experience.
Grocery outlet was just too fucking ghetto. Brand name products weren't any cheaper than Walmart. GC had shit brands and all Mexicans shopping there. It was a slight step up from a dollar store.
Also claims it sources from the same factories as the big dogs but tried to undercut Walmart. Will see if it's ok.
The article I read said they own trader joes which I love.
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Some things make me shake my head ???
back in the UK Aldi was the ultimate pikey / chav grocery store - here in Murica it's a Trader Joes?
Just like Fiats were the most poverty piece of shit you could ever drive in the UK, here they are aspirational Italian luxury cars
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I love Aldi's. I've never had a problem with the quality of their products. Their produce is always fresh since the turnover is so fast. They often have great 'special buys' (while supplies last). Prices are fantastic. Bring your own bags (which I do no matter where I shop anyway), pay a quarter to use a cart, get it returned when you return the cart.
I've been to many throughout the country and have to admit, some are better than others. I was at one in North or South Carolina once and if that had been my first and only experience with them, I'd never go back. But the ones in my area are always clean, fresh and friendly. Probably 75% of my grocery dollar goes there. Love 'em
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Grocery outlet was just too fucking ghetto. Brand name products weren't any cheaper than Walmart. GC had shit brands and all Mexicans shopping there. It was a slight step up from a dollar store.
Also claims it sources from the same factories as the big dogs but tried to undercut Walmart. Will see if it's ok.
The article I read said they own trader joes which I love.
Grocery Outlet is often franchised, so maybe you went to a bad one? In all my trips to G.O., all over the place for the past several years, I've only been to two or three that weren't worth it. All the other times I spent hundreds on impulse, that's how good it was.
If you go to a bad one, though..that does suck
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Some things make me shake my head ???
back in the UK Aldi was the ultimate pikey / chav grocery store - here in Murica it's a Trader Joes?
Just like Fiats were the most poverty piece of shit you could ever drive in the UK, here they are aspirational Italian luxury cars
No, they're not considered to be very similar.
But if you feel you're too good or whatever to be around less-wealthy people...chavs and pikeys and the like...you probably wouldn't enjoy Aldi's here in America, either
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But if you feel you're too good or whatever to be around less-wealthy people...chavs and pikeys and the like...you probably wouldn't enjoy Aldi's here in America, either
I don't know, man. A lot of the "wealthier" people I know shop there too. No point in wasting money I'm sure that's the way they look at it. Rather spend it on nice vacations and study I'm assuming. Though area I live in is pretty nice/clean (not necessarily like expensive wise but just overall highly ranked schools/good neighborhoods) so that may be why.
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I don't know, man. A lot of the "wealthier" people I know shop there too. No point in wasting money I'm sure that's the way they look at it. Rather spend it on nice vacations and study I'm assuming. Though area I live in is pretty nice/clean (not necessarily like expensive wise but just overall highly ranked schools/good neighborhoods) so that may be why.
I would actually be willing to pay more, knowing the people at Aldi's are benefitting over the people at bigger places. That's how I feel about the subject.
Doesn't Aldi's set themselves above the industry average with employee pay too?
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We have Aldi's opening up all over Australia. Lots of them. The main attraction is the price. Their lower prices have caused Woolworths and Coles to reduce prices on bread and other essentials.
Main disadvantage is the choice. I mean, they didn't carry Heinz Ketchup! Not much choice but good enough I suppose. You still have to know prices elsewhere to know a bargain.
They have a center section of the store that offers specials on all sorts of items from TVs to tools. These items change on Wednesday and Saturdays. Good bargains for sure.
If you want to save money you go there. If you want lots of choices you go to the main supermarkets.
If you don't have bags or a trolley then you end up having to load everything in your arms. This is a huge difference from other stores. No plastic bags! Tiny check out area and a line up of people
watching if you hold them up!
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Everything Vince said ^^^ is correct.
They do provide good competition in Australia. They don't stock everything but you can't win at everything that's a good way of doing things.
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Don't know about any connection btwn Aldi and Trader Joes? Thats news to me.
Yeah, the family that owns Aldi bought it in the 1960's. My understanding is that it's somewhat like a less vicious Adidas/Puma type squabble, were each brother got control over a portion of the company. In America, one branch of the family has Trader Joe's, the other has Aldi. In other places, they just split the Aldi name.
Aldi for me has always been a conditional supermarket, here in the NE, they tend to be in more out of the way places. I will make a special trip for certain things like ham, certain sweets, etc....
I have nothing but kind words for Trader Joe's, never a bad experience there. In Ny, Trader Joe's is sort of considered a better middle class supermarket. Cheaper and slightly less ritzy than Whole Foods, Fairway, etc.... But not as bad as the majors like Pathmark, etc....
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Doesn't Aldi's set themselves above the industry average with employee pay too?
Yes as far as I know. Def in comparison to what we have here (meijer, walmart). My wife almost applied there. From what I hear they treat employees very well. I had a friend (haven't seen him in awhile) who managed one. Very good pay/benefits. They don't have as many employees so that helps. He had to stock as well. Not sure quite how it works now as they are becoming more popular so have more employees to do that.
I actually applied there for a manager job as it appeared to be such a good job.
Also as far as the Sunday thing, they've changed their stance on that here. Almost open normal hours on that day now.
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Yeah, the family that owns Aldi bought it in the 1960's. My understanding is that it's somewhat like a less vicious Adidas/Puma type squabble, were each brother got control over a portion of the company. In America, one branch of the family has Trader Joe's, the other has Aldi. In other places, they just split the Aldi name.
Aldi for me has always been a conditional supermarket, here in the NE, they tend to be in more out of the way places. I will make a special trip for certain things like ham, certain sweets, etc....
I have nothing but kind words for Trader Joe's, never a bad experience there. In Ny, Trader Joe's is sort of considered a better middle class supermarket. Cheaper and slightly less ritzy than Whole Foods, Fairway, etc.... But not as bad as the majors like Pathmark, etc....
You have convinced me to check out Trader Joe's again. This info makes me want to take a closer look, because I had no idea.
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Yes as far as I know. Def in comparison to what we have here (meijer, walmart). My wife almost applied there. From what I hear they treat employees very well. I had a friend (haven't seen him in awhile) who managed one. Very good pay/benefits. They don't have as many employees so that helps. He had to stock as well. Not sure quite how it works now as they are becoming more popular so have more employees to do that.
I actually applied there for a manager job as it appeared to be such a good job.
Also as far as the Sunday thing, they've changed their stance on that here. Almost open normal hours on that day now.
I wonder if the Sunday thing is chain wide now. I was thinking it might have originated from Blue Laws, since they sell more than food. But even with no more enforcement, I figured they carried on w the practice because of religion.
The manager would definitely spend time stocking...at least it was that way in the past. And there were usually two employees that would take turns at stocking and cashier or both cashiering when a line built up.
Reading this thread makes me miss going there...lol
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The only bags a guy should pay for, are the ones put on a skanks head when desperate.
U really try to hard to fit in with the young crowd don't ya? Haha mid life crisis :D
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They are not part of trader Joe's, they are not franchised either they are a private company Not public too. The checkout area is short deliberately so you have to pack on the bench against the wall, they are designed so you load your gooods straight back into your trolley. This mean they can scan faster and have less staff on checkouts, this means lower prices. The entire structure is to lower overheads. Great prices and highly paid staff. They will be grumpy as they work very very hard, much harder than Wal-Mart
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Thankfully, I'm not poor, so do not have to suffer the ignominy of having to shop at such a disgusting establishment. Waitorse or M&S only for me.
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Packaged In the same place and charged 3 Times the price for the same product. Waitrose is a rip off
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Packaged In the same place and charged 3 Times the price for the same product. Waitrose is a rip off
I simply couldn't handle being in the vicinity of the great unwashed....
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They are not part of trader Joe's, they are not franchised either they are a private company Not public too.
Aldi Nord owns Trader Joe's. They operate it as a separate company, but it is still part of the overall ALDI brand. When Aldi/Albrecht split the brand, brother Theodore became Aldi Nord and bought Trader Joe's later, brother Karl became Aldi Sud. In Europe, and other places, they split the Aldi name. In America, Aldi Nord decided to keep Trader Joe's, and let Aldi Sud have the regular Aldi name.
The break down is explained well here - http://www.forbes.com/sites/walterloeb/2012/05/17/aldis-trader-joes-is-a-winner/ . I'm not sure if they still do it as easily, but they use to share a few brands between each other, particularly in sweets.
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I tried an Aldi in the metro ATL area a couple times and wasn't impressed.
I like Super Target best overall. 100% serious
Yeah the one's in Atlanta aren't great. But you can find some good deals there.
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So anyone know why the past policy of no Sundays? Muzt have been some reason..blue laws weren't enforced..so what could it be
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I always just thought because it was a solid company that "appreciated" its employees and that is traditionally "family" day/church going day. Especially thought this because where I live it is conservative so may be pandering to audience.
Also, my understanding that a lot of european stores were closed on Sundays in the past longer then american stores have held so may have been from tradition. My wife lived in Norway for 8 years until 2010 and she said nothing was open there on Sundays.
Times change and america is more accepting it appears then other countries to the newer hours
http://www.uniglobalunion.org/news/belgian-aldi-workers-victory-against-work-sundays
The original founders are both dead now so assuming newer voices with less traditional upbringing/"values"/desire for more money, etc. have caused the change.
I've always liked the idea of having at least one set day off for everyone (in most occupations). Doesn't harm anyone and people that needed stuff would know places would be closed so could get whatever they needed beforehand.
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I always just thought because it was a solid company that "appreciated" its employees and that is traditionally "family" day/church going day. Especially thought this because where I live it is conservative so may be pandering to audience.
Also, my understanding that a lot of european stores were closed on Sundays in the past longer then american stores have held so may have been from tradition. My wife lived in Norway for 8 years until 2010 and she said nothing was open there on Sundays.
Times change and america is more accepting it appears then other countries to the newer hours
http://www.uniglobalunion.org/news/belgian-aldi-workers-victory-against-work-sundays
The original founders are both dead now so assuming newer voices with less traditional upbringing/"values"/desire for more money, etc. have caused the change.
I've always liked the idea of having at least one set day off for everyone (in most occupations). Doesn't harm anyone and people that needed stuff would know places would be closed so could get whatever they needed beforehand.
Damn, zing. 99% of employees in that case from link said NO to Sundays.
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Of course most or all of the American Aldi's don't have union employees, i'm sure
The thought of having a day when everything is closed doesn't bother me, either...like a day of reality check. But i don't know how that could come about in any other way but like in the story above.
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Anyone go to Aldi's? Are they decent?
Beans & Milk seem to be cheaper than Walmart's
A lot of strange beef shipped in from un-named eastern European
countries. You got to bring your own bags. Most of the employees
I have seen are not too hot looking.
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trader joes is connected to whole foods that said
heb central market>whole foods