While a mega merger between two of America’s largest grocery chains is snarled in regulatory red tape, a smaller European entrant is eyeing a major expansion in the US.
I like how from the perspective of outsiders, Aldi is “small”. They’re huge here in Europe along with Lidl. The two make a meme of establishing shops next to each other wherever either exist.
I am glad that Aldi is setting up shops in US. The chain is pretty cheap though the food quality is okay compared to others. I haven’t really heard anything bad about Aldi so they are pretty good employers unlike many American shops like Walmart.
Aldi definitely isn’t small in the US. This is like calling Publix small just because you don’t live in Florida, or Love’s small just because you don’t live in the massive swath of the US they cover.
They’re not a small company but their locations do typically have a very small footprint compared to the typical US grocery store… Much lower square footage.
They’ve been in US markets for decades at this point. They just don’t have locations in every region of the US or so many locations even in the regions that they do exist as to be considered ubiquitous.
Where I am in the US all our supermarkets suck, and are over priced. Aldi offers a clean environment with inexpensive food at decent non farm stand quality. When your alternative is double the price in a run down store or Walmart. Aldi is a very nice alternative.
I really don’t think it takes much for Aldi to compete in a large part of the US market. Even if they’re not the best because we have so much of the worst in supermarkets.
I like how from the perspective of outsiders, Aldi is “small”. They’re huge here in Europe along with Lidl. The two make a meme of establishing shops next to each other wherever either exist.
I am glad that Aldi is setting up shops in US. The chain is pretty cheap though the food quality is okay compared to others. I haven’t really heard anything bad about Aldi so they are pretty good employers unlike many American shops like Walmart.
Aldi definitely isn’t small in the US. This is like calling Publix small just because you don’t live in Florida, or Love’s small just because you don’t live in the massive swath of the US they cover.
I had a cut of gruyere from there a few weeks ago that was top notch. They got some real bargains for what some people would see as luxury food.
The Aldi Brie is very good.
They’re not a small company but their locations do typically have a very small footprint compared to the typical US grocery store… Much lower square footage.
They’ve been in US markets for decades at this point. They just don’t have locations in every region of the US or so many locations even in the regions that they do exist as to be considered ubiquitous.
Aldi is fairly new to much of America. Kroger in America is much, MUCH bigger. And of course Walmart dwarfs both.
Where I am in the US all our supermarkets suck, and are over priced. Aldi offers a clean environment with inexpensive food at decent non farm stand quality. When your alternative is double the price in a run down store or Walmart. Aldi is a very nice alternative.
I really don’t think it takes much for Aldi to compete in a large part of the US market. Even if they’re not the best because we have so much of the worst in supermarkets.
Not in all of Europe, I don’t think I’ve ever seen an Aldi in Czech Republic or Poland
They suck so much, im glad they closed all their stores in Denmark
We have better alternatives with equal or better prices etc.
Such as Netto
Scandinavian bubble I think