[Chat] Aldi store has good prices

[jberlin]

I know about giant.  I shop there as little as possible. I find their 
sales insulting. I like the sales at Super Fresh, even tho their prices 
r higher. The sales make up for the higher prices.
Last week Thomas's bagels were 1.99.
Judy




On 04/15/2010 02:28 PM, Stephen J Gewirtz wrote:
> 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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