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Re:The Aldi effect: how one discount supermarket transformed... by gatherhunterer on Monday March 11, 2019 @07:47PM (#19364037)
In the U.S. Aldi is where you buy off-brands like Drinkerade and Cool-o-Cola. I have seen an inordinate amount of Aldi-related posts recently, are they planning a new strategy that is being headed off with a PR campaign?
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Re:The Aldi effect: how one discount supermarket transformed... by Rebelgecko on Monday March 11, 2019 @10:50PM (#19364930)
At the risk of sounding like a shill, I get a lot of amusement out of going to Aldi and seeing them toe the line of trademark infringement (e.g. Green Irish Wizard brand cereal with marshmallows, Fruit Circles cereal with a tropical bird on the box, Mad Apples cider, etc)
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Re:The Aldi effect: how one discount supermarket transformed... by maxxxxx on Monday March 11, 2019 @11:42PM (#19365235)
You can't compare US Aldi with Aldi in Germany or Britain. The US stores have only cheap crap. They feel like it was when I grew up in Germany.

Modern stores in Germany or Britain have pretty good stuff. Wish they would bring this to the US.

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Re:The Aldi effect: how one discount supermarket transformed... by ChrisRR on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @04:44AM (#19366353)
I'm in England and I agree with the first comment. The brand rip-offs are completely shameless. And while Lidl and Aldi do have brand names, they definitely make up less than 10% of the stock
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Re:The Aldi effect: how one discount supermarket transformed... by readyp1 on Monday March 11, 2019 @08:20PM (#19364221)
It appears so. My town already has an Aldi on one end of town, but they just bought up some land on the other side of town to open another one (much closer to the university campus). According to the PR around it, the US branch of Aldi is spending something like $5B to expand to 2500 stores (a quick Wikipedia search indicates that they have ~1900).
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