And soon, this too will become unaffordable. Tax, the super rich. After a couple hundred years I don't think the trickle down economy experimental has worked. Not there, not anywhere.
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So "affordability" isn't a Democrat hoax? Well I'll be...
Sounds like a good deal. We don't have any Aldi's where I live in the US but Winco is the locally comparable grocer. Totally on their A-game. Like the difference in prices between Winco and any competing grocery store is startling and they treat their employees drastically better.
Seattle?
I went in and shot that in Aldi for the first time this past week. Unfortunately didn't have a quarter for the cart so I couldn't use it. Which isn't a huge deal had I known about it. But there was also six people online in one person working so there's no way I could even get some change to be able to put a quarter in so I instead I had to grab a box and carry everything around. Which isn't a huge deal but it made it very inconvenient and I did purchase less things because of that fact. I did enjoy their selection even though that particular store I was in was fairly small. It did have most of the things that I needed. And there were a number of things there that I looked at but didn't need. Overall I would probably use an Aldi to supplement my shopping at a large grocery store.ย
Oh and I'm also going to 3D print one of those Aldi tokens so that way I have it on my keychain whenever I'm in another state that actually has them.
I've never had to pay for a cart when in lived near one. Someone usually just gave me one as I walked past and I kept the chain going.
This is the way
Growth is stupid way of comparingโฆ
Growth is only relevant for stock hodlers
(Not real numbers)
AkA 0.1% -> 1.5% ๐ฅณ1500% growth
50% -> 75% ๐ only 50% growth
Yes, and in a saturated market like supermarket retail, โfastest growingโ is mathematically guaranteed to be a company without so much penetration.
Also the article is a blatant advertorial for Aldi cooked up as a way of advertising on Reddit/Lemmy without having to pay. Donโt upvote it.
"Last year, its stores attracted 924 million visits, making it the third-most visited supermarket in America after Kroger and Publix." Later on the article says there are 1 billion visits annually, so it seems that Aldi had 10% of footfall, which is pretty impressive penetration.
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Great now do Canada. Fuck you Galen.
Hell yeah GO ALDI