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Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by jaabe on Saturday May 18, 2019 @03:45AM (#19946249)
That was my thought as well. I live in Denmark, I think ALDI is one of our least efficient supermarket chains which is why they’ve had to fill the niche of low-quality-low-price.

I never knew American supermarkets were so terrible. I mean, you read about the Amazon grocery stores and get the picture of Europe being far behind.

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Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by iforgotpassword on Saturday May 18, 2019 @04:06AM (#19946303)
I think ALDI being low quality is mostly a myth, just assumed because of their low prices. The only thing I don't but there is meat, greatly prefer the local butcher.
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Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by glenndebacker on Saturday May 18, 2019 @09:15AM (#19947230)
In some cases the cheaper Aldi products is the same as the more expensive product from another store.

When I was younger there was no difference between olé’s chocolate and Leo with the exception of the package. It was the same taste and factory producing them.

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Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by chrisan on Saturday May 18, 2019 @09:41AM (#19947329)
If you have a thing for Girl Scout cookies, the Aldi generics taste just the same for a fraction of the price
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Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by imhoguy on Saturday May 18, 2019 @04:06AM (#19946305)
There are two ALDIs as article mentions and they differ in quality: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/63hce5/aldi_nord_bl...

Aldi Süd seems to be more preffered, however I personally prefer Lidl which is based on similar efficiency concepts.

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Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by wolfgke on Saturday May 18, 2019 @06:49AM (#19946724)
> There are two ALDIs as article mentions and they differ in quality

At least in Germany, where there exist both Aldi and Aldi Süd, quality is not a trait that people would claim that these two differ (they would rather say that the difference lies in assortment).

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Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by imhoguy on Saturday May 18, 2019 @08:48AM (#19947108)
You are right, I worded it wrongly. Unfortunatelly I can't edit or delete my prev post.
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Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by taneq on Saturday May 18, 2019 @07:20AM (#19946812)
According to wikipedia:

> Internationally, Aldi Nord operates in Denmark, France, the Benelux countries, Portugal, Spain and Poland, while Aldi Süd operates in Ireland, Great Britain, Hungary, Switzerland, Australia, China, Italy, Austria and Slovenia. Both Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd also operate in the United States with 1,600 stores as of 2017.

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Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by jedrek on Saturday May 18, 2019 @06:32AM (#19946682)
Aldi Denmark is the worst Aldi I've ever been to.
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