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Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @11:43PM (#39393258)
Thank you for the kind offer. Am exploring other options, will reach out if need help
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @07:52AM (#39382069)
This is the list of products under their weekly promotion flyer. 0% correlation with my diet :)
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @07:39AM (#39381964)
It is pretty big in US as well :)
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @06:17AM (#39381389)
Well I did search for any available data for Germany but nothing available easily :|
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @04:23AM (#39380652)
I only have data for the advertised products in this week flyer, very limited product range in that unfortunately
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @03:40AM (#39380412)
Pretty sure I am not paying anything or using any API key :) Open Street Map basemap was too colorful and contrast with my color scheme was not very good in many parts of the map
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @03:36AM (#39380383)
Data :) Not easy to get it at scale without APIs
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @03:35AM (#39380381)
It is not easy to get this kind of data as most of these companies do not provide any public APIs. I will continue exploring adding more products.
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @02:40AM (#39380099)
Plotted using Leaflet. A python script creates separate HTML file for every product that has a price differential across stores (many products do not have any price difference across the country). Hosted as a static site.
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @02:30AM (#39380036)
It is also interesting how some products are just marked up for NYC only https://www.aldipricemap.com/earthly_grains_instant_jasmine_...
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @02:24AM (#39379998)
It's just how Aldi has advertised the product in their flyer
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @01:34AM (#39379772)
I will check if I can find data for Australia or China. Fixed the grammar :)
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @01:31AM (#39379758)
Edited :)
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @01:31AM (#39379752)
It is from their weekly flyer page
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @01:30AM (#39379744)
Only the products that are on this week's flyer are covered
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @01:29AM (#39379739)
I would assume so as well. Generally produce apear cheaper in West/South although organic avocados are bucking this trend
Re:Show HN: Aldi's Price Map on Thursday February 15, 2024 @01:15AM (#39379679)
Oops, yes it covers US only. Could not find easily available data for European countries :)