The most recent front in the grocery wars is curbside delivery. Walmart was one of the early adopters, allowing shoppers to place their orders online, then drop into a pickup spot and have a Walmart employee drop everything into the…
Online petitions are nothing new. Most of them only garner a handful of signatures, and even those that get a lot of traction rarely effect much, if any, change. Nevertheless, groups continue to run them in hopes of influencing governments,…
If you’re an average Aldi shopper, there’s a good chance you didn’t know that there is an international competition in the dairy industry. If you’re an Aldi blogger, you didn’t know about it until this morning, either. Well, there is.…
Aldi, which has operated an online store in China since 2017, will be opening two physical stores in Shanghai, China, on June 7th, according to RetailDetail. RetailDetail reports that this is the beginning of a large expansion project and an…
Aldi, Trader Joe’s, and Lidl were two of several grocery stores to earn 2019 Salute to Excellence awards at the World of Private Label International Trade Show last week in Amsterdam. The awards showcase innovation in the private label market,…
Almost two years ago to the day, we published our eBook, An Unofficial Guide to Shopping at Aldi. It was our attempt to put our experience with Aldi into a guide that people could use to improve their Aldi trips.…
Aldi’s arch rival, the German discount grocery store chain Lidl, announced Friday that it will open 25 new stores in the United States by the spring of 2020. The new stores will be in East coast states, including Maryland, New…
The grocery industry news site, Progressive Grocer, recently shared its top grocer ranking for 2019. Aldi remained in position number 9 this year, the same as last year. The online retail giant Amazon, which acquired Whole Foods Market, fell below…
A protest against the decision to cancel Aldi’s contract at a market hall in the Kreuzberg district in Berlin, Germany, drew more than 400 people, according to a story in The Guardian. Markthalle Neun, a market hall dating to the…
Artifacts discovered in a royal Anglo-Saxon tomb located near an Aldi grocery store prior to a road-widening project are going on display at Southend Central Museum in the United Kingdom today. The area in Prittlewell, Essex, was known to be…
