ALDI to add 70 new stores by next year

[Bakeragr]

In Missouri (where they've been around since the late 70's, I believe), there's an Aldi in pretty much any town with a population greater than 10,000. Pretty much any town of that size will have a Walmart Supercenter, Aldi and some store most likely supplied by AWG at a minimum. Now they are going around replacing and expanding the prior locations, adding more produce and freezer space.

[Romr123]

They entered St. Louis in 1978 or so...one of their first locations was in an old Schnucks (10k sqft) on Manchester Road in Rock Hill.

[bayford]

Except a Safeway will have a full service meat department bakery and deli and more name brand items (no one desires Aldi Cola or whatever it is).

Well, I have a bottle of "Summit" Cola in my fridge right now But Aldi sells 2 L Coke too, it's one of their few name brand products.

Nearby Aldi locations started carrying 12-packs of Pepsi and Diet Pepsi several months ago. The price is relatively high since they don't run promotions on it, but it's there alongside the Coca-Cola and Summit products.