Discount grocery chain Aldi coming to Dallas-Fort Worth in 2009

by PegNews wire

They sell private-label gourmet goods at big discounts, and charge you a nickel for a bag.

Aldi, a discount grocery chain from Germany, plans to hit the Dallas-Fort Worth market in fall 2009 with 25 to 35 stores. The stores are 17,000 square feet and carry a limited number of items -- approximately 1,000 -- and all private-label, at up to 40 percent below regular price.

The chain charges 5 cents per grocery bag and a 25-cent deposit for grocery carts; shoppers can bring their own.

Aldi first came to the U.S. in 1976, and has more than 850 stores in 27 states in the Midwest and Northeast. The FWST says that two potential sites, in Hurst and west Fort Worth, are already earmarked.

Aldi provokes excitement among foodies because it is corporately aligned with Trader Joe's, a high-end gourmet shop from California that has generated a cult following.

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luniz, says:

foodies but not chowhounds? ;)

isn't trader joe's mostly frozen/prepared/processed stuff? it's not like aldi's would be selling a lot of local products, right?

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Billusa99, says:

Since Aldi is building a distribution center here, TJ's will not be far behind. And it's about time! We hit TJ's every time we go to Santa Fe. They have a great selection of olive oils and vinegars and pasta. They have the cheapest dried wild 'shrooms on the planet (save for Timothy Leary's house in '68), and their fresh meat and vegetable selections are small, but first rate all the way. Then there's the wine... ;-)

Bring 'em on!

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kirk, says:

Trader Joe's is fun, but Aldi's is most definitely NOT TJ's. I stopped into an Aldi's once when I lived in Chicago, and was glad I never had to go back again.

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twisteddog, says:

Yeah? Why is that?

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kirk, says:

The store consisted of pile after pile of house-brand vegetables, like canned yams, corn, etc. And pile after pile of house-brand cleaning supplies and paper goods. One choice in each category, all "value-priced" but all aimed at people on subsistence (or below) budgets.

It was a colorful version of a well-stocked supermarket in an Eastern Bloc country, circa 1975.