July 13th, 2007 by Atomictumor
No Fellini market for Oak Ridge.
When asked if Aldi had given a reason for withdrawing its proposal, O’Connor said, “No, although there was some discussion about a site-preparation issue.
“They just wanted to be community friendly.”
I can’t rent grocery carts and buy weird off brand stuff on my side of town now? Poo.
July 13th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
No rented shopping carts? There goes taxi rides for the homeless.
July 13th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
My experience (as a planner) has been that companies will locate where they believe they will make the most money, period. Of course it’s possible that Aldi backed out because they didn’t get a warm and fuzzy welcome from your planning commission, but I doubt it.
You can still shop at Big Lots for the Fellini experience!
July 13th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
GAC and I had dubbed (years ago) the Kenjo market in Grove Center as the ‘Fellini gas station’. There was some weird story about this one time she walked in, but she told it better than I do…
July 14th, 2007 at 9:06 am
OR can’t get a Target and even Aldi won’t — ooooo — that’s a burn.
tg
July 14th, 2007 at 9:56 am
Guys I hate to have my ignorance sticking out, but can someone explain the “Felini” reference?
July 14th, 2007 at 10:39 am
Cheap, off-off-off brands of canned, boxed foods stacked against walls. Think of Big Lots, and dollar store food, with a few bags of apples thrown in. Quarter to rent shopping cart, byo bag/boxes.
We got an Aldi here a few weeks ago. I went once. Very, very small, good granola cereal but otherwise boxed macaroni and cheese and potted meat.
July 14th, 2007 at 11:15 am
from wikipedia:
“Fellini’s films are deeply personal visions of society, often portraying people at their most bizarre. The term “Felliniesque” is used to describe any scene in which a hallucinatory image invades an otherwise ordinary situation.”
My Aldi experience usually included encounters with tranny shoplifters. Think Janes Addiction ‘Been Caught Stealing’.
July 14th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Been to an Aldi — it really isn’t worth the savings. Some one tried to pick up my pregnant wife at the one in K-town.
July 14th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Thanks Suzanne. Got it.
Big Lots, Walmart, Kmart, any place in town that sells lottery tickets…Felini would have loved it here
July 14th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
there was a corner market we went to when i was a kid called “easy way” and the last aisle was all the generic stuff. i mean white boxes with black print-generic. no color on that aisle what-so-ever. more generic than the kroger cost-cutter’s plain yellow boxes back in the day. that’s how i picture aldi but i have never been to one. and i guess i won’t now.