Aldi/TJs history

[Mik]

I was not aware of this, although I knew an Aldi owned TJs.

[Jodi]

I haven’t ever lived in a place that has Aldi grocery stores.

[Mik]

I've never lived in a place that had green rocks and clay.

[Bernard]

@Jodi Nor I. The nearest Trader Joe's is an hour away by car.

[RealPlayer]

TJ’s is here. Somehow famous for cramped parking lots.

[jon-nyc]

Yeah. There’s a new Aldi’s not too far away but I haven’t made my way there yet. My mom shopped in one.

I’ve been going to TJs for 20 years. First in Brooklyn then here. Though in Brooklyn it was my primary store, here it’s an occasional visit for a few favorites.

[jon-nyc]

The Brooklyn TJs had no parking lot (of course) but it was so busy they would occasionally have to stop people from entering, and just letting a few enter as people left. In such occasions the line for checkout would wrap around the inside of the store making cart movement hard (though at that store most everyone used baskets since they were walking home with their groceries).

[jon-nyc]

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[Rontuner]

Our parents love Aldi - We have a TJ's a block away so we never deal with the parking lot. There is an Aldi moving into the neighborhood maybe 1/4 mile away? Maybe we will give it a try. Also, we have Whole Foods, Jewel, Mariano's, and other more locally-owned grocers all within a mile? Costco a couple of miles away. Lots of choices living in the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago!

[Mik]

Aldi is great for certain things. They occasionally have chicken leg quarters for fifty cents a pound, just bought a couple lamb racks there at $10 a pound. They have the best charcuterie, prices on nuts, some very good cheap wines and they are a small footprint. The major grocers here, Meijer and Kroger, are these enormous stores that just takes too long to get through. I do clicklist pickup there.