The parent company of Winn Dixie, has just been purchased by ALDI.
<https://www.fox10tv.com/video/2024/03/07/aldi-completes-acquisition-winn-dixie-owner-southeastern-grocers/?fbclid=IwAR1kVz-WUbLQGPqjA_5Sn_2LlWPeE1nqiRBXcw--0kr0fkmC0HxKzMZyavU>
The parent company of Winn Dixie, has just been purchased by ALDI.
S Viemeister wrote :
The parent company of Winn Dixie, has just been purchased by ALDI.
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up.
The press release from Aldi https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
S Viemeister wrote :
The parent company of Winn Dixie, has just been purchased by ALDI.
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up.
The press release from Aldi https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What's worth buying at Aldi? https://progressivegrocer.com/aldi-customers-choose-2023-fan-favorites
Got to admit, they pack a lot of stuff in their small stores. After a
trip to Aldi, it seems to take forever to get stuff at the Krogers (too
many expensive choices, too much floor space, parking too far from the entrance, not enough checkers - in general, not a happy shopping
experience).
On 13/03/2024 16:37, heyjoe wrote:
S Viemeister wrote :
The parent company of Winn Dixie, has just been purchased by ALDI.
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up.
The press release from Aldi
https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What hadn't known, until I heard about the Winn Dixie deal, was that the other half of Aldi (Aldi Nord), also owns Trader Joe's.
On 3/13/2024 12:42 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
On 13/03/2024 16:37, heyjoe wrote:
S Viemeister wrote :
The parent company of Winn Dixie, has just been purchased by ALDI.
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up. >>>
The press release from Aldi
https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What hadn't known, until I heard about the Winn Dixie deal, was that the
other half of Aldi (Aldi Nord), also owns Trader Joe's.
Who owns your grocery store, this time with the site info
https://grocerystory.coop/who-owns-your-grocery-store
S Viemeister wrote :
The parent company of Winn Dixie, has just been purchased by ALDI.
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up.
The press release from Aldi https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What's worth buying at Aldi? https://progressivegrocer.com/aldi-customers-choose-2023-fan-favorites
Got to admit, they pack a lot of stuff in their small stores. After a
trip to Aldi, it seems to take forever to get stuff at the Krogers (too
many expensive choices, too much floor space, parking too far from the entrance, not enough checkers - in general, not a happy shopping
experience).
On 2024-03-13, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
On 3/13/2024 12:42 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
On 13/03/2024 16:37, heyjoe wrote:
S Viemeister wrote :
The parent company of Winn Dixie, has just been purchased by ALDI.
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up. >>>>
The press release from Aldi
https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What hadn't known, until I heard about the Winn Dixie deal, was that the >>> other half of Aldi (Aldi Nord), also owns Trader Joe's.
Who owns your grocery store, this time with the site info
https://grocerystory.coop/who-owns-your-grocery-store
Frank and Doug Meijer own my grocery store.
On 2024-03-13, heyjoe <address@is.invalid> wrote:
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up.
The press release from Aldi
https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What's worth buying at Aldi?
https://progressivegrocer.com/aldi-customers-choose-2023-fan-favorites
Got to admit, they pack a lot of stuff in their small stores. After a
trip to Aldi, it seems to take forever to get stuff at the Krogers (too
many expensive choices, too much floor space, parking too far from the
entrance, not enough checkers - in general, not a happy shopping
experience).
Kroger wouldn't be my first choice, but Aldi is just... weak. Nothing
there I want to buy. I don't buy much processed food and I'm extremely
picky about meat and produce. I feel the same way about Trader Joe's.
On 3/13/2024 11:02 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
The parent company of Winn Dixie, has just been purchased by ALDI.
<https://www.fox10tv.com/video/2024/03/07/aldi-completes-acquisition-winn-dixie-owner-southeastern-grocers/?fbclid=IwAR1kVz-WUbLQGPqjA_5Sn_2LlWPeE1nqiRBXcw--0kr0fkmC0HxKzMZyavU>
Ah, yes. It is a good idea to have our food distribution controlled by foreign companies.
Aldi said they were going to add 800 stores in the US, that may be part
of it. Winn has 546 stores, mostly in Florida.
We had a Winn Dixie here 40+ years ago and then an Albertson's much
later and each only survived a few years. I guess they couldn't compete with Kroger, but we enjoyed shopping at W.D. and my mother especially
did when they'd have a canned goods sale. Albertson's was nice, too.
Big Star. Giant. Those go way back to the 1980's when they were still giving out gold stamps with purchases you could paste into booklets;
fill enough booklets, buy stuff free from a catalog. There was actually
a little store near where I worked back then that offered merchandise
for those stamp books. I recall buying an electric hedge trimmer using booklets of gold stamps. :)
On 3/13/2024 12:15 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
We had a Winn Dixie here 40+ years ago and then an Albertson's much
later and each only survived a few years. I guess they couldn't compete
with Kroger, but we enjoyed shopping at W.D. and my mother especially
did when they'd have a canned goods sale. Albertson's was nice, too.
I'm trying to think of all the supermarkets I had to choose from when I
still lived in west TN. There was no Winn Dixie but there was an
Albertson's and then I think it was taken over by Schnuck's. There was
a Kroger, but it was not conveniently located and they required that
loyalty card thing (which you know I dislike) to get sale prices on
anything.
Big Star. Giant. Those go way back to the 1980's when they were still giving out gold stamps with purchases you could paste into booklets;
fill enough booklets, buy stuff free from a catalog. There was actually
a little store near where I worked back then that offered merchandise
for those stamp books. I recall buying an electric hedge trimmer using
booklets of gold stamps. :)
On 2024-03-13, heyjoe <address@is.invalid> wrote:
S Viemeister wrote :
The parent company of Winn Dixie, has just been purchased by ALDI.
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up.
The press release from Aldi
https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What's worth buying at Aldi?
https://progressivegrocer.com/aldi-customers-choose-2023-fan-favorites
Got to admit, they pack a lot of stuff in their small stores. After a
trip to Aldi, it seems to take forever to get stuff at the Krogers (too
many expensive choices, too much floor space, parking too far from the
entrance, not enough checkers - in general, not a happy shopping
experience).
Kroger wouldn't be my first choice, but Aldi is just... weak. Nothing
there I want to buy. I don't buy much processed food and I'm extremely
picky about meat and produce. I feel the same way about Trader Joe's.
On 13 Mar 2024 17:23:37 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:
On 2024-03-13, heyjoe <address@is.invalid> wrote:
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up.
The press release from Aldi
https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What's worth buying at Aldi?
https://progressivegrocer.com/aldi-customers-choose-2023-fan-favorites
Got to admit, they pack a lot of stuff in their small stores. After a
trip to Aldi, it seems to take forever to get stuff at the Krogers (too
many expensive choices, too much floor space, parking too far from the
entrance, not enough checkers - in general, not a happy shopping
experience).
Kroger wouldn't be my first choice, but Aldi is just... weak. Nothing >>there I want to buy. I don't buy much processed food and I'm extremely >>picky about meat and produce. I feel the same way about Trader Joe's.
Aldi here is good for vegetables, coffee, hummus, liquor, organic
canned beans, peanut butter and quite a lot more.
On 2024-03-13, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Aldi here is good for vegetables, coffee, hummus, liquor, organic
canned beans, peanut butter and quite a lot more.
Hey, U.S. Aldi shoppers... Does Aldi still shrink-wrap their
vegetables?
We mail-order our coffee from the roaster. Hummus is literally
everywhere.
There are probably six different brands at my regular
grocery store.
I don't buy liquor or organic beans.
Jif peanut butter is what we prefer.
On 3/13/2024 12:15 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
We had a Winn Dixie here 40+ years ago and then an Albertson's much later
and each only survived a few years. I guess they couldn't compete
with Kroger, but we enjoyed shopping at W.D. and my mother especially
did when they'd have a canned goods sale. Albertson's was nice, too.
I'm trying to think of all the supermarkets I had to choose from when I
still lived in west TN. There was no Winn Dixie but there was an
Albertson's and then I think it was taken over by Schnuck's. There was a Kroger, but it was not conveniently located and they required that loyalty card thing (which you know I dislike) to get sale prices on anything.
Big Star. Giant. Those go way back to the 1980's when they were still giving out gold stamps with purchases you could paste into booklets; fill enough booklets, buy stuff free from a catalog. There was actually a
little store near where I worked back then that offered merchandise for
those stamp books. I recall buying an electric hedge trimmer using
booklets of gold stamps. :)
Jill
On 3/13/2024 1:23 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2024-03-13, heyjoe <address@is.invalid> wrote:I recently posted about an Aldi coming to Beaufort. I doubt I'll be
S Viemeister wrote :
The parent company of Winn Dixie, has just been purchased by ALDI.
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up.
The press release from Aldi
https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What's worth buying at Aldi?
https://progressivegrocer.com/aldi-customers-choose-2023-fan-favorites
Got to admit, they pack a lot of stuff in their small stores. After a
trip to Aldi, it seems to take forever to get stuff at the Krogers (too
many expensive choices, too much floor space, parking too far from the
entrance, not enough checkers - in general, not a happy shopping
experience).
Kroger wouldn't be my first choice, but Aldi is just... weak. Nothing
there I want to buy. I don't buy much processed food and I'm extremely
picky about meat and produce. I feel the same way about Trader Joe's.
driving across town to shop there.
Jill
On 2024-03-13, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 13 Mar 2024 17:23:37 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:
On 2024-03-13, heyjoe <address@is.invalid> wrote:
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up. >>>>
The press release from Aldi
https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What's worth buying at Aldi?
https://progressivegrocer.com/aldi-customers-choose-2023-fan-favorites >>>>
Got to admit, they pack a lot of stuff in their small stores. After a >>>> trip to Aldi, it seems to take forever to get stuff at the Krogers (too >>>> many expensive choices, too much floor space, parking too far from the >>>> entrance, not enough checkers - in general, not a happy shopping
experience).
Kroger wouldn't be my first choice, but Aldi is just... weak. Nothing
there I want to buy. I don't buy much processed food and I'm extremely
picky about meat and produce. I feel the same way about Trader Joe's.
Aldi here is good for vegetables, coffee, hummus, liquor, organic
canned beans, peanut butter and quite a lot more.
Hey, U.S. Aldi shoppers... Does Aldi still shrink-wrap their
vegetables?
We mail-order our coffee from the roaster. Hummus is literally
everywhere. There are probably six different brands at my regular
grocery store. I don't buy liquor or organic beans. Jif peanut
butter is what we prefer.
Back in the Fifties, orange stamps were the stamp of choice in my town.
Fill out a book and get three bucks, cash. Mom gave me the stamps and I
did a lot of licking. Three bucks then is about thirty bucks now. I was "doing something" in tall cotton when I got a book filled out.
leo
Hey, U.S. Aldi shoppers... Does Aldi still shrink-wrap their
vegetables?
Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Back in the Fifties, orange stamps were the stamp of choice in my town.
Fill out a book and get three bucks, cash. Mom gave me the stamps and I
did a lot of licking. Three bucks then is about thirty bucks now. I was
"doing something" in tall cotton when I got a book filled out.
leo
When I was a teenager our next-door neighbor was a rabid Top Value (yellow) stamp collector/licker. He had enough books saved that he turned the books in a for a 1969 Malibu. Blue with a black vinyl top.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Hey, U.S. Aldi shoppers... Does Aldi still shrink-wrap their
vegetables?
I've never seen any vegetables shrink wrapped at the Aldi's I've
shopped at.
On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 23:47:43 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Hey, U.S. Aldi shoppers... Does Aldi still shrink-wrap their
vegetables?
I've never seen any vegetables shrink wrapped at the Aldi's I've
shopped at.
Cindy keeps looking and looking for a reason not to go to Aldi. Let me
help her: That coin that you have to put in the shopping cart!
On 3/13/2024 8:54 PM, Bruce wrote:
On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 23:47:43 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
(ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Hey, U.S. Aldi shoppers... Does Aldi still shrink-wrap their
vegetables?
I've never seen any vegetables shrink wrapped at the Aldi's I've
shopped at.
Cindy keeps looking and looking for a reason not to go to Aldi. Let me
help her: That coin that you have to put in the shopping cart!
They are expanding in the US so evidently people do like them. I
checked out the new one that opened near me. Nothing compelling me to
ever go back. It did look better than the once in CT I went to 15 years
ago, so some progress.
For me, the quarter is a toll. You have to take it back to the front of
the store to get the money back. My knees were screaming at me so I
just gave the cart to a couple heading toward the store.
ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
Back in the Fifties, orange stamps were the stamp of choice in my town.
Fill out a book and get three bucks, cash. Mom gave me the stamps and I
did a lot of licking. Three bucks then is about thirty bucks now. I was
"doing something" in tall cotton when I got a book filled out.
leo
When I was a teenager our next-door neighbor was a rabid Top Value (yellow) >> stamp collector/licker. He had enough books saved that he turned the books >> in a for a 1969 Malibu. Blue with a black vinyl top.
Damn, those cars probably cost about $3000, so must have been a shitload of stamps.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2024-03-13, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 13 Mar 2024 17:23:37 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:
On 2024-03-13, heyjoe <address@is.invalid> wrote:
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up. >>>>>
The press release from Aldi
https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What's worth buying at Aldi?
https://progressivegrocer.com/aldi-customers-choose-2023-fan-favorites >>>>>
Got to admit, they pack a lot of stuff in their small stores. After a >>>>> trip to Aldi, it seems to take forever to get stuff at the Krogers (too >>>>> many expensive choices, too much floor space, parking too far from the >>>>> entrance, not enough checkers - in general, not a happy shopping
experience).
Kroger wouldn't be my first choice, but Aldi is just... weak. Nothing >>>> there I want to buy. I don't buy much processed food and I'm extremely >>>> picky about meat and produce. I feel the same way about Trader Joe's.
Aldi here is good for vegetables, coffee, hummus, liquor, organic
canned beans, peanut butter and quite a lot more.
Hey, U.S. Aldi shoppers... Does Aldi still shrink-wrap their
vegetables?
We mail-order our coffee from the roaster. Hummus is literally
everywhere. There are probably six different brands at my regular
grocery store. I don't buy liquor or organic beans. Jif peanut
butter is what we prefer.
You can probably buy all that shit at wal mart.
Except for the fancy coffee.
On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 23:47:43 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Hey, U.S. Aldi shoppers... Does Aldi still shrink-wrap their
vegetables?
I've never seen any vegetables shrink wrapped at the Aldi's I've
shopped at.
Cindy keeps looking and looking for a reason not to go to Aldi. Let me
help her: That coin that you have to put in the shopping cart!
On 2024-03-14, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 23:47:43 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
(ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Hey, U.S. Aldi shoppers... Does Aldi still shrink-wrap their
vegetables?
I've never seen any vegetables shrink wrapped at the Aldi's I've
shopped at.
Cindy keeps looking and looking for a reason not to go to Aldi. Let me
help her: That coin that you have to put in the shopping cart!
The fact that I would drive right past my preferred grocery store
to get to Aldi is sufficient.
On 2024-03-13, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 13 Mar 2024 17:23:37 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:
On 2024-03-13, heyjoe <address@is.invalid> wrote:
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up. >>>>
The press release from Aldi
https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What's worth buying at Aldi?
https://progressivegrocer.com/aldi-customers-choose-2023-fan-favorites >>>>
Got to admit, they pack a lot of stuff in their small stores. After a >>>> trip to Aldi, it seems to take forever to get stuff at the Krogers (too >>>> many expensive choices, too much floor space, parking too far from the >>>> entrance, not enough checkers - in general, not a happy shopping
experience).
Kroger wouldn't be my first choice, but Aldi is just... weak. Nothing >>>there I want to buy. I don't buy much processed food and I'm extremely >>>picky about meat and produce. I feel the same way about Trader Joe's.
Aldi here is good for vegetables, coffee, hummus, liquor, organic
canned beans, peanut butter and quite a lot more.
Hey, U.S. Aldi shoppers... Does Aldi still shrink-wrap their
vegetables?
We mail-order our coffee from the roaster. Hummus is literally
everywhere. There are probably six different brands at my regular
grocery store. I don't buy liquor or organic beans. Jif peanut
butter is what we prefer.
On 2024-03-13, Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2024-03-13, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 13 Mar 2024 17:23:37 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:
On 2024-03-13, heyjoe <address@is.invalid> wrote:Aldi here is good for vegetables, coffee, hummus, liquor, organic
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up. >>>>>>
The press release from Aldi
https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What's worth buying at Aldi?
https://progressivegrocer.com/aldi-customers-choose-2023-fan-favorites >>>>>>
Got to admit, they pack a lot of stuff in their small stores. After a >>>>>> trip to Aldi, it seems to take forever to get stuff at the Krogers (too >>>>>> many expensive choices, too much floor space, parking too far from the >>>>>> entrance, not enough checkers - in general, not a happy shopping
experience).
Kroger wouldn't be my first choice, but Aldi is just... weak. Nothing >>>>> there I want to buy. I don't buy much processed food and I'm extremely >>>>> picky about meat and produce. I feel the same way about Trader Joe's. >>>>
canned beans, peanut butter and quite a lot more.
Hey, U.S. Aldi shoppers... Does Aldi still shrink-wrap their
vegetables?
We mail-order our coffee from the roaster. Hummus is literally
everywhere. There are probably six different brands at my regular
grocery store. I don't buy liquor or organic beans. Jif peanut
butter is what we prefer.
You can probably buy all that shit at wal mart.
Except for the fancy coffee.
We probably could. But Meijer is closer and just as cheap. And
the produce manager at that store is some sort of wizard. They
always have the best fruit and vegetables in town.
In fact, Meijer has the brand and roast of coffee that we prefer,
but they only sell it pre-ground.
On 2024-03-13, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
On 3/13/2024 12:42 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
On 13/03/2024 16:37, heyjoe wrote:
S Viemeister wrote :
The parent company of Winn Dixie, has just been purchased by ALDI.
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up. >>>>
The press release from Aldi
https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What hadn't known, until I heard about the Winn Dixie deal, was that the >>> other half of Aldi (Aldi Nord), also owns Trader Joe's.
Who owns your grocery store, this time with the site info
https://grocerystory.coop/who-owns-your-grocery-store
Frank and Doug Meijer own my grocery store.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2024-03-13, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
Who owns your grocery store, this time with the site info
https://grocerystory.coop/who-owns-your-grocery-store
Frank and Doug Meijer own my grocery store.
it's a bit different though, in that the Aldi branches
in Europe are run by two different but related groups
through two brothers who founded them and then later
split into two companies. the stores run in the USoA
are run by one of the groups but not the other.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Hey, U.S. Aldi shoppers... Does Aldi still shrink-wrap their
vegetables?
We mail-order our coffee from the roaster. Hummus is literally
everywhere. There are probably six different brands at my regular
grocery store. I don't buy liquor or organic beans. Jif peanut
butter is what we prefer.
the other thing is that hummus is so easy to make why would
anyone care to buy it (especially after you read the ingredients
they often put in it to make it shelf-stable).
for me the key is using fresh ingredients like home grown
garlic, lemon juice and good olive oil. the only real exception
for hummus is that i may use canned chick peas (aka garbonzo
beans) because they are a ton of work to grow for just a few
beans.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2024-03-13, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 13 Mar 2024 17:23:37 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:
On 2024-03-13, heyjoe <address@is.invalid> wrote:
Unlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low key.
Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks for the heads up. >>>>>
The press release from Aldi
https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/newsroom/Press_Releases/ALDI_Growth_800_Stores_Announcement/americas-low-price-leader-aldi-expands-footprint-nationwide-with-800-new-stores-by-the-end-of-2028.pdf
What's worth buying at Aldi?
https://progressivegrocer.com/aldi-customers-choose-2023-fan-favorites >>>>>
Got to admit, they pack a lot of stuff in their small stores. After a >>>>> trip to Aldi, it seems to take forever to get stuff at the Krogers (too >>>>> many expensive choices, too much floor space, parking too far from the >>>>> entrance, not enough checkers - in general, not a happy shopping
experience).
Kroger wouldn't be my first choice, but Aldi is just... weak. Nothing >>>>there I want to buy. I don't buy much processed food and I'm extremely >>>>picky about meat and produce. I feel the same way about Trader Joe's.
Aldi here is good for vegetables, coffee, hummus, liquor, organic
canned beans, peanut butter and quite a lot more.
Hey, U.S. Aldi shoppers... Does Aldi still shrink-wrap their
vegetables?
We mail-order our coffee from the roaster. Hummus is literally
everywhere. There are probably six different brands at my regular
grocery store. I don't buy liquor or organic beans. Jif peanut
butter is what we prefer.
the other thing is that hummus is so easy to make why would
anyone care to buy it (especially after you read the ingredients
they often put in it to make it shelf-stable).
for me the key is using fresh ingredients like home grown
garlic, lemon juice and good olive oil. the only real exception
for hummus is that i may use canned chick peas (aka garbonzo
beans) because they are a ton of work to grow for just a few
beans.
Kroger wouldn't be my first choice, but Aldi is just... weak. Nothing
there I want to buy. I don't buy much processed food and I'm
extremely picky about meat and produce. I feel the same way about
Trader Joe's.
the other thing is that hummus is so easy to make why would
anyone care to buy it (especially after you read the ingredients
they often put in it to make it shelf-stable).
for me the key is using fresh ingredients like home grown
garlic, lemon juice and good olive oil. the only real exception
for hummus is that i may use canned chick peas (aka garbonzo
beans) because they are a ton of work to grow for just a few
beans.
On 2024-03-14, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2024-03-13, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 13 Mar 2024 17:23:37 GMT, Cindy Hamilton <hamilton@invalid.com>
wrote:
On 2024-03-13, heyjoe <address@is.invalid> wrote:
key. >>>>> Wouldn't have known about it, if not for RFC. Thanks forUnlike the Kroger/Albertson merger, this has been pretty low
the heads up.
The press release from Aldi
https://progressivegrocer.com/aldi-customers-choose-2023-fan-favoritesWhat's worth buying at Aldi?
After a >>>>> trip to Aldi, it seems to take forever to get stuff atGot to admit, they pack a lot of stuff in their small stores.
the Krogers (too >>>>> many expensive choices, too much floor space,
parking too far from the >>>>> entrance, not enough checkers - in
general, not a happy shopping >>>>> experience).
Kroger wouldn't be my first choice, but Aldi is just... weak.
Nothing there I want to buy. I don't buy much processed food
and I'm extremely picky about meat and produce. I feel the
same way about Trader Joe's.
Aldi here is good for vegetables, coffee, hummus, liquor, organic
canned beans, peanut butter and quite a lot more.
Hey, U.S. Aldi shoppers... Does Aldi still shrink-wrap their
vegetables?
We mail-order our coffee from the roaster. Hummus is literally
everywhere. There are probably six different brands at my regular
grocery store. I don't buy liquor or organic beans. Jif peanut
butter is what we prefer.
the other thing is that hummus is so easy to make why would
anyone care to buy it (especially after you read the ingredients
they often put in it to make it shelf-stable).
Because I'd rather use their labor than my own.
for me the key is using fresh ingredients like home grown
garlic, lemon juice and good olive oil. the only real exception
for hummus is that i may use canned chick peas (aka garbonzo
beans) because they are a ton of work to grow for just a few
beans.
Which tahini do you use?
On 2024-03-14, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:...
for me the key is using fresh ingredients like home grown
garlic, lemon juice and good olive oil. the only real exception
for hummus is that i may use canned chick peas (aka garbonzo
beans) because they are a ton of work to grow for just a few
beans.
Which tahini do you use?
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2024-03-14, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:...
for me the key is using fresh ingredients like home grown
garlic, lemon juice and good olive oil. the only real exception
for hummus is that i may use canned chick peas (aka garbonzo
beans) because they are a ton of work to grow for just a few
beans.
Which tahini do you use?
i don't. in the past i've used it, then switched to
peanut butter or other nut butters for a while and then
just skipped that ingredient entirely. the same way i
don't add salt even if most recipes call for it in some
amount. i find the flavor of freshly boiled chickpeas
to be the best, but canned is ok.
some versions i make where i don't even grind things
up into a paste. just combine finely chopped garlic
and the rest of the ingredients and stir and eat. my
teeth do the grinding (and it takes more effort to eat
which is usually good for me in slowing me down). so it
isn't that much effort.
songbird
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2024-03-14, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:...
for me the key is using fresh ingredients like home grown
garlic, lemon juice and good olive oil. the only real exception
for hummus is that i may use canned chick peas (aka garbonzo
beans) because they are a ton of work to grow for just a few
beans.
Which tahini do you use?
i don't.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Which tahini do you use?
i don't. in the past i've used it, then switched to
peanut butter or other nut butters for a while
On 2024-03-14, songbird wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
Which tahini do you use?
i don't. in the past i've used it, then switched to
peanut butter or other nut butters for a while
That's another food to try with 'Pisti' pistachio creme spread.
On 3/14/2024 6:16 PM, songbird wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2024-03-14, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:...
for me the key is using fresh ingredients like home grown
garlic, lemon juice and good olive oil. the only real exception
for hummus is that i may use canned chick peas (aka garbonzo
beans) because they are a ton of work to grow for just a few
beans.
Which tahini do you use?
i don't. in the past i've used it, then switched to
peanut butter or other nut butters for a while and then
just skipped that ingredient entirely. the same way i
don't add salt even if most recipes call for it in some
amount. i find the flavor of freshly boiled chickpeas
to be the best, but canned is ok.
some versions i make where i don't even grind things
up into a paste. just combine finely chopped garlic
and the rest of the ingredients and stir and eat. my
teeth do the grinding (and it takes more effort to eat
which is usually good for me in slowing me down). so it
isn't that much effort.
songbird
So you're not actually making "hummus".
Jill
jmcquown wrote:
On 3/14/2024 6:16 PM, songbird wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2024-03-14, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:...
for me the key is using fresh ingredients like home grown
garlic, lemon juice and good olive oil. the only real exception
for hummus is that i may use canned chick peas (aka garbonzo
beans) because they are a ton of work to grow for just a few
beans.
Which tahini do you use?
i don't. in the past i've used it, then switched to
peanut butter or other nut butters for a while and then
just skipped that ingredient entirely. the same way i
don't add salt even if most recipes call for it in some
amount. i find the flavor of freshly boiled chickpeas
to be the best, but canned is ok.
some versions i make where i don't even grind things
up into a paste. just combine finely chopped garlic
and the rest of the ingredients and stir and eat. my
teeth do the grinding (and it takes more effort to eat
which is usually good for me in slowing me down). so it
isn't that much effort.
songbird
So you're not actually making "hummus".
Jill
Look on the web.
On 2024-03-15, cshenk <cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
On 3/14/2024 6:16 PM, songbird wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2024-03-14, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:...
for me the key is using fresh ingredients like home grown
garlic, lemon juice and good olive oil. the only real exception
for hummus is that i may use canned chick peas (aka garbonzo
beans) because they are a ton of work to grow for just a few
beans.
Which tahini do you use?
i don't. in the past i've used it, then switched to
peanut butter or other nut butters for a while and then
just skipped that ingredient entirely. the same way i
don't add salt even if most recipes call for it in some
amount. i find the flavor of freshly boiled chickpeas
to be the best, but canned is ok.
some versions i make where i don't even grind things
up into a paste. just combine finely chopped garlic
and the rest of the ingredients and stir and eat. my
teeth do the grinding (and it takes more effort to eat
which is usually good for me in slowing me down). so it
isn't that much effort.
songbird
So you're not actually making "hummus".
Jill
Look on the web.
The name of the dish is "hummus bi tahini". What do you suppose
that means?
"Hummus" is the Arabic word for chickpea.
The dish is properly called hummus bi tahini. Chickpeas with
tahini. If there's no tahini, it's something else.
That's another food to try with 'Pisti' pistachio creme spread.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
...
The dish is properly called hummus bi tahini. Chickpeas with
tahini. If there's no tahini, it's something else.
whatever. i'll call it hummus.
just like people make many other variations to many other
dishes but still call it the original name they've been
using.
everytime you make toast do you call it toast with
butter and strawberry jam?
no. everytime you make
spaghetti do you call it bolognaise or marinara or
On 2024-03-15, cshenk <cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
exception >> > > > for hummus is that i may use canned chick peasOn 3/14/2024 6:16 PM, songbird wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2024-03-14, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:...
for me the key is using fresh ingredients like home grown
garlic, lemon juice and good olive oil. the only real
(aka garbonzo >> > > > beans) because they are a ton of work to grow
for just a few >> > > > beans.
Which tahini do you use?
i don't. in the past i've used it, then switched to
peanut butter or other nut butters for a while and then
just skipped that ingredient entirely. the same way i
don't add salt even if most recipes call for it in some
amount. i find the flavor of freshly boiled chickpeas
to be the best, but canned is ok.
some versions i make where i don't even grind things
up into a paste. just combine finely chopped garlic
and the rest of the ingredients and stir and eat. my
teeth do the grinding (and it takes more effort to eat
which is usually good for me in slowing me down). so it
isn't that much effort.
songbird
So you're not actually making "hummus".
Jill
Look on the web.
The name of the dish is "hummus bi tahini". What do you suppose
that means?
"Hummus" is the Arabic word for chickpea.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2024-03-15, cshenk <cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:
jmcquown wrote:exception >> > > > for hummus is that i may use canned chick peas
On 3/14/2024 6:16 PM, songbird wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
On 2024-03-14, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:...
for me the key is using fresh ingredients like home grown
garlic, lemon juice and good olive oil. the only real
(aka garbonzo >> > > > beans) because they are a ton of work to grow
for just a few >> > > > beans.
Which tahini do you use?
i don't. in the past i've used it, then switched to
peanut butter or other nut butters for a while and then
just skipped that ingredient entirely. the same way i
don't add salt even if most recipes call for it in some
amount. i find the flavor of freshly boiled chickpeas
to be the best, but canned is ok.
some versions i make where i don't even grind things
up into a paste. just combine finely chopped garlic
and the rest of the ingredients and stir and eat. my
teeth do the grinding (and it takes more effort to eat
which is usually good for me in slowing me down). so it
isn't that much effort.
songbird
So you're not actually making "hummus".
Jill
Look on the web.
The name of the dish is "hummus bi tahini". What do you suppose
that means?
"Hummus" is the Arabic word for chickpea.
There are no references to bi tahini in any of the references if found
but every popular recipe link I use had some just called hummus but
used a variation on other than parts added to the chickpeas.
Don't bother to hunt one down that adds bi tahini to it. Common use is
all on my side. 'may contain tahini; is accurate.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
The name of the dish is "hummus bi tahini". What do you suppose
that means?
"Hummus" is the Arabic word for chickpea.
There are no references to bi tahini in any of the references if found
but every popular recipe link I use had some just called hummus but
used a variation on other than parts added to the chickpeas.
Don't bother to hunt one down that adds bi tahini to it. Common use is
all on my side. 'may contain tahini; is accurate.
On 2024-03-16, cshenk <cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:
There are no references to bi tahini in any of the references if found
Well, that's that. You looked at a statistically significant sampling
of references (more than 1000) and none of them had "bi tahini" in
them.
Were these references all in English, perhaps? Were they making any >accommodation for English speakers too lazy to learn what things
are called?
but every popular recipe link I use had some just called hummus but
used a variation on other than parts added to the chickpeas.
Don't bother to hunt one down that adds bi tahini to it. Common use is
all on my side. 'may contain tahini; is accurate.
Common use in the United States, perhaps. Enjoy your shrimp scampi.
On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 17:13:45 +0000, "cshenk"
<cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
The name of the dish is "hummus bi tahini". What do you suppose
that means?
"Hummus" is the Arabic word for chickpea.
There are no references to bi tahini in any of the references if found
but every popular recipe link I use had some just called hummus but
used a variation on other than parts added to the chickpeas.
Don't bother to hunt one down that adds bi tahini to it. Common use is
all on my side. 'may contain tahini; is accurate.
Better give up, Cindy. cshenk is always right and when she isn't,
she'll killfile you.
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
...
The dish is properly called hummus bi tahini. Chickpeas with
tahini. If there's no tahini, it's something else.
whatever. i'll call it hummus.
just like people make many other variations to many other
dishes but still call it the original name they've been
using.
songbird
On 2024-03-16, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 17:13:45 +0000, "cshenk"
<cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
The name of the dish is "hummus bi tahini". What do you suppose
that means?
"Hummus" is the Arabic word for chickpea.
There are no references to bi tahini in any of the references if found
but every popular recipe link I use had some just called hummus but
used a variation on other than parts added to the chickpeas.
Don't bother to hunt one down that adds bi tahini to it. Common use is
all on my side. 'may contain tahini; is accurate.
Better give up, Cindy. cshenk is always right and when she isn't,
she'll killfile you.
Shit, I've probably killfiled her and let her out again more than
she's killfiled me.
Why should I care what she does? She's like the neighbor's yappy
little dogs.
On 3/16/2024 8:03 AM, songbird wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:(snippage)
...
The dish is properly called hummus bi tahini. Chickpeas with
tahini. If there's no tahini, it's something else.
whatever. i'll call it hummus.
just like people make many other variations to many other
dishes but still call it the original name they've been
using.
songbird
Such as you using macaroni with tomato sauce and calling it "lasagna"?
jmcquown wrote:
On 3/16/2024 8:03 AM, songbird wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:(snippage)
...
The dish is properly called hummus bi tahini. Chickpeas with
tahini. If there's no tahini, it's something else.
whatever. i'll call it hummus.
just like people make many other variations to many other
dishes but still call it the original name they've been
using.
songbird
Such as you using macaroni with tomato sauce and calling it "lasagna"?
i know, a travesty, an offence to nature, ...
songbird
On 2024-03-16, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 17:13:45 +0000, "cshenk"
<cshenk@virginia-beach.net> wrote:
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
The name of the dish is "hummus bi tahini". What do you suppose
that means?
"Hummus" is the Arabic word for chickpea.
There are no references to bi tahini in any of the references if
found but every popular recipe link I use had some just called
hummus but used a variation on other than parts added to the
chickpeas.
Don't bother to hunt one down that adds bi tahini to it. Common
use is all on my side. 'may contain tahini; is accurate.
Better give up, Cindy. cshenk is always right and when she isn't,
she'll killfile you.
Shit, I've probably killfiled her and let her out again more than
she's killfiled me.
Why should I care what she does? She's like the neighbor's yappy
little dogs.
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