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☆ I shopped at Trader Joe's daily until Aldi won me over. I finally understand why people love the chain so much.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Kate Collins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewBefore I shopped at Trader Joe's, I was never loyal to any one grocery store. That's why when I worked near Trader Joe's, I stopped there daily. I also began to notice how long the Aldi produce he bought lasted in our fridge. It didn't feel cramped like Trader Joe's, which made browsing easier. Just like the seasonal items that stoke Trader Joe's fandom, Aldi's Finds are ever-changing and quirky.

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☆ I'm an American baker in Switzerland. Here are the best staples I buy at Aldi for 2.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Megan Thorson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Aldi's affordable prices are great for buying staples as well as a few fun, unique treats. We tend to buy more packaged staples here, like sardines, mustard, and Swiss chocolate. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementI'm an American baker who relocated to Switzerland to be with my partner. I do most of our shopping at Aldi because the prices and quality are great.

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☆ Aldi is the latest grocery store to use a rival version of Amazon's Just Walk Out tech
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Aldi is reportedly testing checkout technology similar to Amazon's Just Walk Out at a store. The technology, from startup Grabango, has been used at a Chicago-area Aldi store since November. AdvertisementAldi is the latest retailer to add in-store technology that functions like Amazon's Just Walk Out checkout system. Like Amazon's Just Walk Out, Grabango's technology allows customers to download an app on their phone and add their credit card information. AdvertisementHave you visited the Aldi store in Aurora and have a story idea or insight to share?

Persons: — Organizations: Aldi, Retailers, Service, Amazon, Foods, Grabango, Business Locations: Chicago, Aurora , Illinois, Aldi's, North Carolina, Aurora

☆ I follow the Mediterranean diet and spend $40 a week at Aldi. Here are my favorite things to buy for just myself.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Kristan Schiller | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Each week, I make the 15-minute drive to my local Aldi in Cleveland to stock up on groceries. I'm a single shopper on the Mediterranean diet, which my doctor recommended because I've inherited high cholesterol from my parents. As a faithful pescatarian of about 10 years, I'm a huge fan of Aldi's fish and legume options. Here are a few essentials I buy at Aldi each week.

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☆ Inflation has created a dark cloud over how everyday Americans view the economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-25 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

There's rising hope that monetary policymakers have successfully cooled inflation without tipping the economy into a recession. Yet closely watched survey data from the University of Michigan shows consumer sentiment, while improving, is a far cry from pre-pandemic levels. Inflation vs. the job marketContinued strength in the labor market is something economists expected to sweeten everyday Americans' views of the economy. While the Michigan index compiles questions focused on financial conditions and purchasing power, the Conference Board's more closely gauges one's feelings about the job market. A hot job market can be a double-edged sword for sentiment, Michigan's Hsu noted.

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☆ My family of 6 eats gluten-free. Here are 12 items I always buy at Aldi.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Rachel Garlinghouse | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Aldi's line of gluten-free products makes grocery shopping easy. During my most recent trip to Aldi, I stocked up on frozen fruit, gluten-free coffee, and deli meat. Aldi offers tons of gluten-free options, and the store even carries its own gluten-free line of products called liveGfree. Although Aldi carries other gluten-free items outside of this line, it's important to remember that some of them may not be certified. Here are 10 gluten-free items I picked up for my family during my most recent trip to Aldi.

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☆ Vivaldi's Four Seasons gets climate change makeover
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

If today someone were to compose 'The Four Seasons' from an absolutely realistic perspective, it would be frankly daring," composer and producer Hache Costa told Reuters. It will be accompanied by projected images of wildfires and other effects of climate change, such as drought. [1/5]Spanish music director Hache Costa rehearses prior to performing an adaptation of Antonio Vivaldi's famous “The Four Seasons” concertos as a screen shows an image of flowers in spring on International Day against Climate Change in Madrid, Spain, October 24, 2023. Scientists have linked searing temperatures and dry and windy conditions in many parts of the world, including southern Europe, to climate change. Ernesto Rodriguez Camino, president of the Spanish meteorology association, said the impact of climate change in Spain was evident.

Persons: Antonio Vivaldi's, Vivaldi, Hache Costa, Hache, Costa, Ernesto Rodriguez Camino, Antoine Demaison, Silvio Castellanos, Andrei Khalip, David Latona, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Spanish, Italian, Madrid, Spain, Europe

☆ Aldi is getting bigger. Here's why the no-frills German grocer is looking to the Southern U.S. for growth
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

No-frills discounter Aldi is the latest grocer to shake up the industry with big moves. It's also had to race to keep up with competitors' online options, prompting Aldi to expand curbside pickup to more stores. But the deal has big implications for publicly traded competitors including Walmart and Kroger, as well as regional grocers. CNBC spoke to Jason Hart, the CEO of Aldi U.S., about why the company is doing the deal and how it sees Aldi fitting into a fast-changing grocery landscape. Why was Aldi interested in acquiring Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket?

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☆ Tweeters are pointing out that a neurosurgery role in London pays about the same as an Aldi store manager
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tweeters pointed out an apparently low salary range for a surgeon in London. An NHS Trust is advertising for a neuro-oncology fellow paying as little as £33,790 (about $43,000). One tweeter pointed out that an Aldi manager can make £50,000 (about $64,000) right out of college. The National Health Service (NHS) is hiring a neuro-oncology fellow at the Barts Health Trust in central London. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, neurologists in the US can expect an annual salary of about $255,000.

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☆ A California taco restaurant hired a 'priest' to ask staff to confess to workplace 'sins' like arriving late, an ex-employee told the Department of Labor
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A restaurant got a person "identified as a priest" to ask staff to confess to workplace "sins," an ex-worker said. They told a court the "priest" asked if they had stolen from the Sacramento, CA restaurant or harmed their employer. "The priest told me that he would instead ask me questions to get the sins out of me." They said that after the priest talked to staff, he left the restaurant together with one of the owners. Workers claimed that during the investigation, the restaurants instructed staff not to work with the DOL and told them to share false information.

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☆ Aldi is turning off lights in its UK stores to try to save customers money
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Aldi UK will be turning off lights across all of its store locations this month. The move follows a trial earlier this year, in which the discount retailer tried turning off some lights in four stores, according to The Telegraph. Initially founded in West Germany, Aldi has since expanded outside of its founding country to the tune of more than 12,000 stores across the US, UK, France, and Australia. Cutting down on energy costs is not exactly new in Europe, as energy prices have risen due to the war in Ukraine. Update: June 13, 2023 — This story was updated to clarify the lights aren't being turned off in Aldi's US stores.

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☆ Here's everything you need to know about Lidl, the German discount chain that's struggling to keep up with Aldi's rapid US growth
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Lidl opened 450 stores in Germany in just 15 yearsA Lidl store in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1998. Shortly after, it opened stores elsewhere in Europe, including Italy in 1992 and the UK in 1994. In 2006, the retailer launched Lidl Asia, a sourcing arm for the company which has more than 1,000 employees across Hong Kong, China, and Bangladesh. Lidl launched its online store in 2009. Lidl is part of the Schwarz Group, alongside sister company Kaufland, a hypermarket chain launched by Schwarz in the 1980s.

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☆ Trader Joe's long-time CEO and the brains behind the 19-cent banana announces his retirement
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trader Joe's CEO Dan Bane will retire in July, the grocery store chain said on Monday. "I take great pride that together we have made Trader Joe's the best grocery store in America," Bane said, according to Trader Joe's. With Bane's retirement will come the promotion of Bryan Palbaum to Chairman and CEO and Jon Basalone to Vice CEO, Trader Joe's said. Under Bane, Trader Joe's stuck to a leaner operating strategy than most other US grocery stores. California-based Trader Joe's is owned by the same family who owns Aldi Nord, a German chain of discount grocery stores.

☆ Beyond Burgers are popping up at Dollar Tree at $1.25 a pack, as the plant-based meat giant tries to boost sales
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Beyond Meat products are appearing at Dollar Tree stores, according to shoppers on social media. One Instagram user posted a video showing several trays, each containing two Beyond Burger patties, in the frozen food section of a Dollar Tree store. Another Dollar Tree shopper, this time on TikTok, reported finding six-packs of Beyond's Breakfast Sausage patties in addition to burgers at one of the retailer's stores. "Those burgers are normally nine bucks in Target," the user says after showing viewers her receipt from Dollar Tree. Early results from those trials indicated that consumers bought more of Beyond's products when prices were lower, he said.

☆ Aldi plans to open 120 new stores this year as the no-frills German grocer doubles down its US expansion
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Aldi is opening 120 new stores this year, including its first locations in two Louisiana cities. The supermarket chain will open 120 new stores this year, the company said. In January, Aldi opened a new distribution center in Alabama "to help support new stores in the area," it said. Aldi has recently opened or plans to open several new stores along the Gulf Coast in states including Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana, Supermarket News reported. Aldi did not immediately respond to a request from Insider for more details on where it plans to open the new stores.

☆ Yes, that TikToker is wearing an Aldi tracksuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Aldi unveiled a line of clothing and accesories featuring the company's colors and logo. The line, called "Aldi Gear," is available nationwide, and none of the items sell for more than $9.99 each, the company said. The latest products come about a year after the first line of Aldi Gear, which included water bottles, t-shirts, and sandals. Since then, Aldi has opened roughly 2,300 stores in the country and remains one of the fastest-growing grocery chains, according to industry publication Winsight Grocery Business. Roughly half of all grocery stores opened in the US last month were Aldi locations, Winsight reported.

☆ Pizzerias Race to Recruit Drivers
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Heather Haddon | Photographs Sophie Park For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Domino’s has also invested in new pizza boxes to help reduce the amount of time drivers are asked to spend folding boxes, and the company is working to provide more flexible shifts. Mr. McCabe folds pizza boxes in between deliveries while working a shift at Vivaldi's Pizzeria.

☆ Aldi to lift fresh produce purchase limits in Britain as shortages ease
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Discount supermarket Aldi said on Saturday it will lift all customer purchase limits in Britain on salad items such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers after weeks of industry shortages. Aldi's move, effective from Monday, follows the relaxation of limits by British rivals Lidl, Asda and Morrisons earlier in the week. "From Monday, Aldi will remove all purchasing restrictions on fresh produce," it said in a statement. Several major supermarkets last month imposed limits on how many salad and fruit items shoppers could buy at one time and the government warned that shortages could last until the end of March. Reporting by Sarah Young and James Davey; Editing by Mike HarrisonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ BRITS' all-male best artist list casts shadow ahead of music awards
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/PoolLONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Hitmakers gather in London on Saturday for Britain's pop music honours, the BRIT awards, where an all-male contender list for the artist of the year prize has cast a shadow over the event's introduction of gender-neutral categories. But it added that organisers "acknowledge and share in the disappointment" of no women making the list. "A key factor is that, unfortunately, there were relatively few commercially successful releases by women in 2022 compared to those by men." We recognise this points to wider issues around the representation of women in music that must also be addressed." Last year, women won prizes in 10 of the awards' 15 categories.

☆ Shoppers lined up outside Aldi stores to buy Logan Paul and KSI's coveted Prime drink. The retailer used a clever strategy to lure customers in.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Aldi confirmed it had sold out of Prime just one day after the drink hit its shelves. Aldi used clever strategy to create a notion of scarcity and lure customers in, experts told Insider. Experts say Aldi used a clever strategy to lure in shoppers by create a feeling of exclusivity and notion of scarcity. Logan Paul has 24.6 million Instagram followers and 23.6 million YouTube subscribers, while for KSI those numbers are 12.4 million and 16.1 million respectively. Aldi sold the drink at £1.99 a bottle, and Prime sold 12-packs for £24.99 ($29.60) on its UK website before they sold out.

☆ Here's everything you need to know about Lidl, the Aldi discount rival that's expanding across the US
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

☆ Aldi is the US's fastest-growing grocery chain and more middle-income households are shopping there. Here are the no-frills tactics that help make it so cheap.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

More middle-income households are shopping there, lured by low prices and Aldi's "treasure hunt" approach. Smaller properties are cheaper to buy and maintain, and Aldi has said that its store layout enables "quick and easy shopping." Monford added that consumers "don't mind" that products aren't taken out of their boxes because they're shopping at Aldi for value. Campbell said the Aldi stores near her generally had just four or five aisles. Vadakkepatt said Aldi's stores have fewer employees and shorter hours than at other chains.

☆ Aldi customers are scrambling to buy a $13 dress. That's the power of its 'treasure hunt' Aldi Deals aisle.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Mary Meisenzahl | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A limited-edition Aldi dress gained traction in a Facebook group of 1.5 million members. The dress was a feature in the Aldi Finds aisle, which is responsible for about 20% of total sales. The wrap-style dress from the brand Serra was featured in Aldi's weekly "Aldi Finds" advertisement for the week of November 9. Aldi's "Aldi Finds" aisle is a grab bag of products that changes throughout the year. Aldi did not respond to Insider's request for comment, but as Aldi plans to continue its rapid expansion, its Aldi Finds aisle likely will remain a key part of future store designs.

☆ Norway's Reitan Retail buys 114 Danish stores from Germany's Aldi
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

OSLO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Norway's Reitan Retail said on Friday it had agreed to buy 114 Danish grocery stores and three distribution centres from German rival Aldi for an undisclosed amount, boosting the Norwegian group's chain of Rema 1000 discount stores. "This will significantly lift our Danish revenue and should make Rema 1000 the largest chain of grocery stores in Denmark," Reitan Retail Chief Executive Ole Robert Reitan told Reuters. Before the transaction, Rema 1000 had around 330 grocery stores in Denmark. German discounter Aldi said in a statement the sale was part of a full exit from the Danish market, where it has a total of 188 stores. Reitan Retail, which has some 42,000 employees across seven countries, earlier this year reported an operating profit (EBIT) of 3.8 billion Norwegian crowns ($381 million) for 2021, down from 4.4 billion in 2020.

☆ Aldi is the US's fastest-growing grocery chain and more households earning $50-100K are shopping there. Here are the no-frills tactics that help make it so cheap.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Aldi is the US's fastest-growing grocer for the third year running, the real-estate firm JLL said. Aldi almost always has the lowest prices for core products like bread, milk, and eggs, Monford said. Monford added that consumers "don't mind" that products aren't taken out of their boxes because they're shopping at Aldi for value. Campbell said the Aldi stores near her generally had just four or five aisles. Vadakkepatt said Aldi's stores have fewer employees and shorter hours than at other chains.

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