Giant is so overpriced. I actually shop at Safeway as its Club Card is by far the best. I've shopped around and I save the most there by a long shot.
Greg Alexander Freelance Writer/Editor Editor, Mason-Dixon Arrive 2629 Guilford Avenue Baltimore, MD 21218 410-243-3387 ugagra...@yahoo.com www.gregoryjalexander.com --- On Fri, 4/16/10, jberlin <jdy...@verizon.net> wrote: > From: jberlin <jdy...@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: [Chat] Aldi store has good prices > To: "The Charles Village Chat List" <chat@charlesvillage.info> > Date: Friday, April 16, 2010, 11:44 AM > I know about giant. I shop > there as little as possible. I find their sales insulting. I > like the sales at Super Fresh, even tho their prices r > higher. The sales make up for the higher prices. > Last week Thomas's bagels were 1.99. > Judy > > > > > On 04/15/2010 02:28 PM, Stephen J Gewirtz wrote: > > Judy, > > > > If you believe that we should not shop at foreign > owned supermarkets, then you will not shop at Giant. > > > > Giant was founded by a kosher butcher named Isidore > Cohen who lived somewhere in the DC/Baltimore area, but > before he died, he sold Giant to Royal Ahold which is a > Dutch Company. After that, in my opinion, Giant went > downhill. I have been told that Stop & Shop, a > chain in Massachusetts also acquired by Royal Ahold and now > part of the same division of Royal Ahold as Giant, has also > gone downhill in quality of service to customers. > > > > A few years ago, Royal Ahold was caught cooking its > books i.e. pretending to be more profitable than it > was. That involved stores in South America, not in the > U.S. > > > > Personally, I will continue to shop at Giant for the > things that I cannot readily get at the farmers' > market. But I tend to buy a lot at Whole Foods > (expensive often, I know, but worth it to me for the quality > and for products that cannot be found at Giant or Eddie's, > and Whole Foods is an American company), and I often go 3 > blocks to Eddie's rather than 6 blocks to Giant. > > > > Safeway pulled completely out of Baltimore City some > years ago, then moved back into the City when it opened its > store in Charles Village. My impression is that its > prices are higher than those at Giant. As much as I > hate Walmart, I expect it to have a good effect on prices at > Safeway. Giant reportedly lowered its prices because > too many of its customers were driving to a Walmart. > > > > Steve. > > > > On 4/15/2010 12:26 PM, jberlin wrote: > >> On 04/14/2010 07:12 AM, Christine Gray wrote: > >>> Aldi is definitely worth going to. > >>> > >>> Christine Gray > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: chat-boun...@charlesvillage.info > >>> [mailto:chat-boun...@charlesvillage.info] > On Behalf Of Emil Volcheck > >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 7:28 PM > >>> To: Charles Village Chat List > >>> Subject: [Chat] Aldi store has good prices > >>> > >>> Hello, all, > >>> Being a chain of German supermarkets implies > foreign ownership. No offense to Aldi, I'm sure they are as > good as people say they are, but i think I'll stay with > American owned Markets ande keep my money stateside. > >> Judy > >> > >> > >> > >>> Aldi is a chain of German supermarkets that > several years > >>> ago opened here. We'd never been in one > until Kathleen > >>> went to the Aldi in Highlandtown. I > heard that they are owned > >>> by the same family that owns Trader > Joe's. Aldi has > >>> an "everyday low price" scheme, without a lot > of sales > >>> and promotions. Some examples (not on > sale): > >>> > >>> 2 lbs long grain brown rice $1.29 > >>> cone coffee filters #4 > size $1.59 > >>> German pumpernickel bread $1.49 > >>> tub of butter substitute $0.99 > >>> bran flakes $1.49 > >>> > >>> I think it's worth going back if you're down > that way. > >>> > >>> --Emil > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Chat mailing list > >> Chat@charlesvillage.info > >> http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > >> archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Chat mailing list > > Chat@charlesvillage.info > > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > > archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ > _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/