Re:Dollar Tree says US$1.25 price point to become new standard
by HWR_14 on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @01:30PM
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I mean, nexuses of grocery stores exist in rural areas. But 15 minutes is pretty close for such a town. 5% of rural people live in a food desert. Meanwhile you probably live in Ohio or Illinois, because if you look at the Aldi map, that seems to be where most rural Aldis are. (WI and FL are the next guesses.) But, with three exceptions in NM and a bunch in Cali, there are no Aldis west of Dallas. That's a huge area.
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Re:Dollar Tree says US$1.25 price point to become new standard
by AuryGlenz on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @03:33PM
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Minnesota, actually.
For what it’s worth I don’t shop there. The one time I did I was unimpressed - that was the first time I’ve ever seen fruit flies in a grocery store. I also needed to go to my regular grocery store after and it was a huge timesuck.
Re:Dollar Tree says US$1.25 price point to become new standard
by HWR_14 on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @06:45PM
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Also, you're implying (2,000; 20,000) that you live in a rural area (that was the topic.) But there are a lot of suburbs of Minneapolis that seem to fit that bill.
I found Aldi to be perfectly fine, although you had to want whatever random stuff you got outside of a few fresh fruits. No flies at the ones I've been to, but that could just be because it's closer to a distribution hub? MN is the extreme ccorner of the area they serve.