sockgirl77
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Great store with great discount.
I really wish TBN would fix their damn format errors.
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Great store with great discount.
I really wish TBN would fix their damn format errors.
MarieB
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This gives me hope. Usually Trader Joes follows soon behind Aldis.
I didn't care for the one that was near me, but I'll give it a try again
I was excited when they said "the finest cuts of meat" but your "great discounts" endorsement makes me wonder if it's not just another Food Lion.
Isn't that their specialty, "discounts"?
So, I don't have my tape measure handy, how does 16000 SQFT match up to other grocery stores in the area - Shopper size or more old McKay size.
BadGirl
I am so very blessed
I'd love a Trader Joe's.
For any one else wanting one, just go out to their web page and put in a request for them to consider putting one locally. If they get enough requests, they might....just might.....actually place one here.
Here is Trader Joe's Location Request Form: Trader Joe's
For any one else wanting one, just go out to their web page and put in a request for them to consider putting one locally. If they get enough requests, they might....just might.....actually place one here.
Here is Trader Joe's Location Request Form: Trader Joe's
MarieB
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http://aldi.us/index_ENU_HTML.htm
The aldis that i have been to were about 500 sq ft larger than a dollar general
MarieB
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I do it once a month
I was serious when I said if Aldi's does well, then you usually see a Trader Joes move in after it somewhere nearby. They are the same parent company.
I just stocked up at TJ's when I was in DC a few weeks ago, and we are already out of certain thngs again.
BadGirl
I am so very blessed
I wish I could move in to Trader Joe's and live my life there till the end of time.I do it once a month
I was serious when I said if Aldi's does well, then you usually see a Trader Joes move in after it somewhere nearby. They are the same parent company.
I just stocked up at TJ's when I was in DC a few weeks ago, and we are already out of certain thngs again.
I love that place.
Last time I was there I picked up some frozen corn tamales that were to die for. Frozen tamales - delicious - WHO KNEW?!?!?! It was soft and creamy...almost like a corn souffle'.
[I picked up three different tamale varieties, and only one type was superior. I'll have to try and remember which one was the better of the three.]
sockgirl77
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I like to save money. Aldi's has great prices. I RARELY buy meat at the grocery store.
I get my fine cuts of meat from the farm. 
Sweet 16
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I would love to have a TJ's and an Aldi in or near La Plata. Been lobbying for TJ's for a while now. Hate fighting NoVA traffic to get there.
It's really too bad. When we first got here, the Mall had halfway decent stores like Gap, Brooks Bro, Kid's Gap, Limited, Boarders, and others. They are all gone. Now they are putting a Kids for Less (real cheaply made, inexpensive clothing) which should spell the end for the Mall in Charles Co. The merchandize has gone way down hill. Reflects who's shopping there I guess. People who are just hardly hanging on. It's a reflection of the entire economy I guess.
oh, you don't have to guess. Go to Macy's in Waldorf, then go to Macy's in Annapolis. It's almost like shopping in two different stores.
Most stores, even the larger chain stores, are feeling the impact of the economy. Go through some of those larger stores and you'll see registers that are closed, reflecting the people who are no longer employed there. Of course do away with 10 clerks in Macy's and the store can still function. Do away with 10 clerks at some little store front and, well there isn't anyone to run the store.
MarieB
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The first year I moved here I droveto the Waldorf Mall to take the kiddo school shopping. I was shocked to see that The Gap/ Kid's Gap had closed. And yes, the selection at Macy's is "different"
I just haven't figured out how the sushi stand stays in business
NorthBeachPerso
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The size will be about 1/3 the size of what Giant and Safeway do.
I have a question:
If an Aldi's does get built what will you all have to bitch about? I'm sure you'll find something but I was just curious. Never mind, you'll bitch that there's no Trader Joe's or Wegman's.
Then you'll bitch about all the chains coming in and putting the locals out of business.
I sure hope you're right! I'd use a TJ much more than an Aldi's.
Yep. That's my new bitch...it should have been a Trader Joe's or Wegman's! You got it!
I'm not bitching, I have never heard of this chain and wondered how it would differ from those that were already here.
Plus I don't have a grasp on 16000 sqft versus 20 or 50K Sqft.
Walmart and BJ's do it on volume, hence BIG BOX, how does a store, 1/3 the size of their competitors give "discounts" AND the finest cuts of meat?
Why do I now suspect a mini version of Food Lion?
I've been to a Trader Joe's out in the LA area. Nice place for the singles and couples without kids (i.e. lots of "to go" stuff)
But they were fairly big stores.
Can't say that I've been in a Wegman's
What I do know is that no grocery store will be decent down in the lower end of St. Mary's and Calvert if they don't have the distribution network locally. Got to know one of the managers at Harvest Market, poor guy was frustrated not being able to get regular deliveries. Independent truckers didn't want to come down, drop a load and drive back up empty. Little old IGA wasn't enough business to make it worth their while.
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NorthBeachPerso
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You may not be but look around. You have a contingent that won't be happy until the whole area becomes Montgomery/Prince George's/northern Anne Arundel Counties-Southern Outpost.
First I don't think what people want is a redo of the above listed locations, I think what people want is quality and service without having to drive 40, 50, 60 miles or more. Something above the crappy Food Lions and stinky Walmart
Ironically in fighting to stop development St. Mary's in particular has recreated Rt 301 through Waldorf wiht the endless string of strip centers and other standalone outlets - creating hundreds of seperate driveways off the highway.