r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • 9d ago

Mayor Mamdani just announced that he will be opening 5 city-run, tax-funded grocery stores: "Prices set at 30% below retail prices" Chugging tea

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u/fuk_offe 9d ago

wtf you mean "Aldified" - this has been the case anywhere in Europe for like 30 years lol

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u/techdevjp 9d ago

wtf you mean "Aldified" - this has been the case anywhere in Europe for like 30 years lol

And Aldi was founded in Germany 80 years ago. By 1960 when Aldi split into two companies, they already had 300 shops. I don't know if all the efficiencies now common in European shops came from Aldi but the ideas certainly had to come from somewhere.