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.
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--- On Fri, 4/16/10, jberlin wrote:
> From: jberlin
> Subject: Re: [Chat] Aldi store has good prices
> To: "The Charles Village Chat List"
> 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
> >>>
> >>
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