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Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by ascorbic »

sspiff wrote: post #42
ayocado wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oops, yes it covers US only. Could not find easily available data for European countries :)

Aldi products in Europe vary by country, so harder to compare. I'm also not sure if the prices vary within countries.

In the UK, it looks like only Scotland gets its own version of the leaflet, but the prices seem to be the same: https://www.aldi.co.uk/c/specialbuys/leaflet

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by bowsamic »

I like Aldi Süd (the one you Americans have and also the one in the UK) but here in Hamburg and also in France it is Aldi Nord and it's really quite awful (more like Netto and Penny, both of which I hate). Thankfully we also have Lidl which is closer to Aldi Süd but honestly I'm a bit soured on Discounters in general recently. I still use them for some things but often they're more expensive than my local greengrocers for veg and often of very questionable quality, especially the fruit and veg, but also the Vollkorn bread and even the cheese are very hit and miss.

Here in Germany the situation is different to the US though, we often don't just go to one shop, we usually mix and match between 2 or 3 different shops even in one shopping trip. Though I guess if you had a Kaufland nearby you could probably just manage with one shop

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by zyx321 »

jansan wrote: post #28
ayocado wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oops, yes it covers US only. Could not find easily available data for European countries :)

In Germany we have two Aldis, Aldi South and Aldi North. I am pretty sure that within the region they cover prices for each product is the same everywhere.

Yeah, Aldi in the US is Aldi South, Trader Joe's is a subsidiary of Aldi North.

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by denvrede »

extraduder_ire wrote: post #15
ayocado wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oops, yes it covers US only. Could not find easily available data for European countries :)

You and me both. I'm in Europe (Aldi Süd) and have been looking for something like that for years.

At least for Germany this launched last year: https://www.mein-aldi.de/

But I've heard that it has not the whole collection of items available as the physical stores.

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by denvrede »

bowsamic wrote: post #52

I like Aldi Süd (the one you Americans have and also the one in the UK) but here in Hamburg and also in France it is Aldi Nord and it's really quite awful (more like Netto and Penny, both of which I hate). Thankfully we also have Lidl which is closer to Aldi Süd but honestly I'm a bit soured on Discounters in general recently. I still use them for some things but often they're more expensive than my local greengrocer…

I live almost exactly on the "Aldi Äquator" (Aldi equator - this is a real thing), near to where the Albrecht brothers lived. People here go purposefully to Aldi South instead of Aldi North even if they happen to live just north of the equator. The whole shopping experience is much worse.

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by daveoc64 »

ascorbic wrote: post #51
sspiff wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aldi products in Europe vary by country, so harder to compare. I'm also not sure if the prices vary within countries.

In the UK, it looks like only Scotland gets its own version of the leaflet, but the prices seem to be the same: https://www.aldi.co.uk/c/specialbuys/leaflet

This is probably because the promotion of Alcohol is restricted in Scotland, but not the rest of the UK.

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by cgriswald »

cottsak wrote: post #45
kube-system wrote: post #14

Pet peeve of mine: it's 'Aldi' not 'Aldi's' https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/why-do-people-add-s-...

you Americans need to think about your "LEGOs" problem

You really don’t want to go down this road. I have no problem starting a movement to get Americans to call them “LEGO’s” and you won’t be able to even suggest it’s wrong because it’ll just be a contraction of “LEGO parts,” “LEGO bricks,” and “LEGO sets.” (But feel free to lambast us over punctuation and quotation marks.)

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by system2 »

ayocado wrote: post #49
jh00ker wrote: post #36

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And then what do you do to get the data onto the map?

Plotted using Leaflet. A python script creates separate HTML file for every product that has a price differential across stores (many products do not have any price difference across the country). Hosted as a static site.

So you download each state's flyers?
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