Comments on: Aldi backs out http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:15:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Jacket http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39428 Jacket Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:08:47 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39428 No rented shopping carts? There goes taxi rides for the homeless. No rented shopping carts? There goes taxi rides for the homeless.

]]> By: Suzanne http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39435 Suzanne Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:38:12 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39435 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! 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!

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39452 Atomictumor Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:48:03 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39452 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... 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…

]]> By: timsan1 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39506 timsan1 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:06:41 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39506 OR can't get a Target and even Aldi won't -- ooooo -- that's a burn. tg OR can’t get a Target and even Aldi won’t — ooooo — that’s a burn.

tg

]]> By: daco http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39512 daco Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:56:09 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39512 Guys I hate to have my ignorance sticking out, but can someone explain the "Felini" reference? Guys I hate to have my ignorance sticking out, but can someone explain the “Felini” reference?

]]> By: VA Bluebelle http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39513 VA Bluebelle Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:39:24 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39513 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. 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.

]]> By: Suzanne http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39515 Suzanne Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:15:02 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39515 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'. 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’.

]]> By: timsan1 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39518 timsan1 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:06:48 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39518 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. 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.

]]> By: daco http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39520 daco Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:23:44 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39520 Thanks Suzanne. Got it. Big Lots, Walmart, Kmart, any place in town that sells lottery tickets...Felini would have loved it here Thanks Suzanne. Got it.
Big Lots, Walmart, Kmart, any place in town that sells lottery tickets…Felini would have loved it here

]]> By: sumgirl http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39549 sumgirl Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:01:05 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/07/13/aldi-backs-out/#comment-39549 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. 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.

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