[Chat] Aldi store has good prices

[Stephen J Gewirtz]

Judy,

If you believe that we should not shop at foreign owned supermarkets, 
then you will not shop at Giant.

Giant was founded by a kosher butcher named Isidore Cohen who lived 
somewhere in the DC/Baltimore area, but before he died, he sold Giant to 
Royal Ahold which is a Dutch Company.  After that, in my opinion, Giant 
went downhill.  I have been told that Stop & Shop, a chain in 
Massachusetts also acquired by Royal Ahold and now part of the same 
division of Royal Ahold as Giant, has also gone downhill in quality of 
service to customers.

A few years ago, Royal Ahold was caught cooking its books i.e. 
pretending to be more profitable than it was.  That involved stores in 
South America, not in the U.S.

Personally, I will continue to shop at Giant for the things that I 
cannot readily get at the farmers' market.  But I tend to buy a lot at 
Whole Foods (expensive often, I know, but worth it to me for the quality 
and for products that cannot be found at Giant or Eddie's, and Whole 
Foods is an American company), and I often go 3 blocks to Eddie's rather 
than 6 blocks to Giant.

Safeway pulled completely out of Baltimore City some years ago, then 
moved back into the City when it opened its store in Charles Village.  
My impression is that its prices are higher than those at Giant.  As 
much as I hate Walmart, I expect it to have a good effect on prices at 
Safeway.  Giant reportedly lowered its prices because too many of its 
customers were driving to a Walmart.

Steve.

On 4/15/2010 12:26 PM, jberlin wrote:
> On 04/14/2010 07:12 AM, Christine Gray wrote:
>> Aldi is definitely worth going to.
>>
>> Christine Gray
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: chat-bounces at charlesvillage.info
>> [mailto:chat-bounces at charlesvillage.info] On Behalf Of Emil Volcheck
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 7:28 PM
>> To: Charles Village Chat List
>> Subject: [Chat] Aldi store has good prices
>>
>> Hello, all,
>> Being a chain of German supermarkets implies foreign ownership. No 
>> offense to Aldi, I'm sure they are as good as people say they are, 
>> but i think I'll stay with American owned Markets ande keep my money 
>> stateside.
>   Judy
>
>
>
>> Aldi is a chain of German supermarkets that several years
>> ago opened here.  We'd never been in one until Kathleen
>> went to the Aldi in Highlandtown.  I heard that they are owned
>> by the same family that owns Trader Joe's.  Aldi has
>> an "everyday low price" scheme, without a lot of sales
>> and promotions.  Some examples (not on sale):
>>
>> 2 lbs long grain brown rice  $1.29
>> cone coffee filters #4 size   $1.59
>> German pumpernickel bread $1.49
>> tub of butter substitute $0.99
>> bran flakes $1.49
>>
>> I think it's worth going back if you're down that way.
>>
>> --Emil
>>
>
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