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Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by FabHK »

schrodinger wrote: post #177
Lio wrote: post #110

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Datums? ...and lets not get into the "paninis" situation.

Eh, devils advocate: when a word becomes more of a loan word than just a usage of its proper origin, doesn’t it make sense to follow the new languages patterns? Different grammatical situation of course but similar in spirit is “latte.” It just means milk in Italian and so in Italy you’d always say cafe latte. But in the states everyone knows it as the coffee drink (Starbucks probably to blame). Same with salsa—just…

I've seen (older) German texts where "Jesus" is declined as in Latin, eg "the apostles Jesu" (=of Jesus, genitive) or "We saw Jesum" (=accusative). Somewhat jarring. As you say - when do you stop?

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Post by xeromal »

oflannabhra wrote: post #199
slfnflctd wrote: post #178

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There are 2,356 Aldi stores in the US right now and it's probably growing. They've been expanding massively here for the past 10-15 years or longer.

"Aldi" is actually split across two different companies that operate in different regions of the world: Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd. In the US, Aldi Süd operates the Aldi stores, whereas Aldi Nord owns Trader Joe's.

Is LIDL related to the group at all? I've been seeing them pop up too

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by mnw21cam »

xeromal wrote: post #212
oflannabhra wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Aldi" is actually split across two different companies that operate in different regions of the world: Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd. In the US, Aldi Süd operates the Aldi stores, whereas Aldi Nord owns Trader Joe's.

Is LIDL related to the group at all? I've been seeing them pop up too

They're a competitor.

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by 0xbadcafebee »

Neat tool to start asking questions about food systems. The variations of prices are affected by many different things, from where it's made, to how it's transported, where it's stored intermediately, how much vertical integration is involved, the costs of retail in different locations, etc.

French Green Beans and Washington Granny Smith Apples are good ones to compare. West coast: only bottom-end prices. East coast: only top-end prices. These are two items you could grow on either coast, need temperature control for shipping, can be seasonal depending on the source. You could find them locally on either coast, so they're probably not shipping them from one coast to the other (or are they?). Price fluctuation might be just regional retail costs or supply/demand. Or it could be they're shipping them cross-country just to simplify logistics and marking up the price accordingly.

Simply Nature Organic Pasta is all over the place. Could be regional price fluctuations, could be logistics, maybe demand.

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by 333ads »

KomoD wrote: post #206
Beijinger wrote: post #173

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Aldi (and Lidl) are okay. But I wish Europe had Trader Joe's (owned by Aldi) and Costco.

We have Costco in Sweden, it's terrible, I'd never pay for a membership to be able to shop...

I've always found the cashback rewards to cover the membership cost, YMMV though. I also live for the hot dogs

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Post by 0xbadcafebee »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #74
ssss11 wrote: post #24

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So they’re passing on transport costs?

All businesses pass on all costs, otherwise they would go bankrupt. Revenue must remain greater than expenses (outside VC funded moonshots).

On the contrary, a successful business will eat some costs in order to generate more profit. That's the definition of a loss leader.

When Publix sells a rotisserie chicken for $8, they're taking a loss on every one. If people only came to Publix for the chicken, they'd go bankrupt in a month. Hence they aren't passing on the cost. They hope people will buy other items too, which have higher margins, and make up the difference of lost profit - and they are right.

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by KomoD »

333ads wrote: post #215
KomoD wrote: post #206

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We have Costco in Sweden, it's terrible, I'd never pay for a membership to be able to shop...

I've always found the cashback rewards to cover the membership cost, YMMV though. I also live for the hot dogs

They don't have a cashback program here.

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by TillE »

badpun wrote: post #176
Beijinger wrote: post #173

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Aldi (and Lidl) are okay. But I wish Europe had Trader Joe's (owned by Aldi) and Costco.

There are some Trader Joe's products in my local Aldi in Poland.

At Aldi Nord in Germany, the "Trader Joe's" products are just the usual cheap garbage with a label slapped on it. It's nothing like the interesting stuff you get in the US.

Re: Show HN: Aldi Price Map

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Post by flutas »

slfnflctd wrote: post #178
das_keyboard wrote: post #120

How naive of me to ecpect anything else than an us-only map when this is about a german supermarket chain with most of its stores in europe...

There are 2,356 Aldi stores in the US right now and it's probably growing. They've been expanding massively here for the past 10-15 years or longer.

> They've been expanding massively here for the past 10-15 years or longer.

Yup, in my state they basically bought out ALL of the old Bed Bath and Beyond leases and are converting them to Aldi supermarkets.

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