Today Aldi announced that it is altering its morning hours for vulnerable customers. Effective immediately, all Aldi stores will be opening a half-hour early on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 8:30 a.m. In addition, the first hour of the store’s opening —…
Today, Trader Joe’s sent out an email to customers announcing changes to its morning policies. Specifically, stores are crafting an additional line for senior customers so they can get in first and have a more “positive” experience. The full email…
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus in the fall of 2019, companies have been scrambling to respond. This week both Aldi and Trader Joe’s have reached out to customers. Here’s what they had to say. Aldi NOTE: This email…
With coronavirus spreading around the world, more people are using grocery delivery services and seeking to minimize their contact with other people. In light of the situation, Instacart, which has partnered with Aldi, has introduced a “leave at my door…
Joe Coulombe, the man who founded the trendy small-inventory grocery store Trader Joe’s, passed away on Friday after a long illness. He was 89 years old. Coulombe first got into the store business in the 1950s, when he bought out…
In January of 2020, a post started making the rounds on Facebook that looked like this: The post stated: “ALDI will reward someone out of every share and comment by 11pm Sunday to win a year of free groceries! —…
Aldi is now offering same-day alcohol home delivery to its customers when they order through Instacart. Aldi states in a press release: “Crunched for time while planning a holiday party? Need a last-minute gift for a host? Don’t want to…
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.…
