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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

I see them as almost opposite.  Aldi's being the ultimate in no frills 
grocery shopping.  And Trader Joes has "upscale" products and store layout, 
with appropriate pricing.
Van Dell


--- On Thu, 7/3/08, Gloria Morris <gloriamorris59 AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Gloria Morris <gloriamorris59 AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Trader Joe's
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 11:58 AM
> I have heard people compare Trader Joe's to Aldi's,
> but I think TJ's is a
> bit more upscale. They are owned by the same company, or at
> least they were
> - companies change hands so often it makes one's head
> spin. There is an
> Aldi's in Springfield. You have to take your own
> shopping bag (which is not
> a big deal), but I was annoyed to discover that you have to
> pay a quarter if
> you want a cart (but I think it is refunded when you return
> the cart to its
> cart corral) - I decided to just to a walk through first,
> rather than pay
> for a cart. I have never been to a TJ's so I have no
> way to compare the two
> stores, but I was completely underwhelmed by Aldi's.
> Turns out, I did not
> need a cart.
> 
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Marie McHarry
> <mmcharry AT gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >  On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 8:45 PM, VAN DELL JORDAN
> <vdjor AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  > AJ's has maybe the largest selection of beer
> I have ever seen.
> >
> > We have a liquor store in Springfield (Illinois) that
> has a
> > magnificent selection of both beers and wines. Alas,
> it's on the south
> > end of town, and I work on the north end (and live
> even further
> > north), a distance of more than 10 miles. From time to
> time I make a
> > pilgrimmage.
> >
> > We have no TJ's (though we have nearly every other
> upscale and middle
> > scale chain); the nearest one to me is in St Louis, an
> hour and a half
> > from here. The next nearest is Chicago, 3 hours away
> if you are
> > willing to push the speed limit some.
> >
> > Marie
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