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Skriven 2014-06-03 06:16:24 av Dave Drum (1:18/200)
     Kommentar till en text av Nancy Backus
Ärende: ALDI @ China-Mart
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-=> Nancy Backus wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 NB> Around here, the ALDIs set up shop in the suburbs to begin with...
 NB> admittedly the "city" suburbs, the ones that unless you noticed that
 NB> you'd crossed the city line, you might about as well still be in the
 NB> city..  :)  But, not usually anywhere near a Walmart Superstore...
 NB> only exception I can think to that is very recently, where a new W-M
 NB> went in north of our church, and there's a fairly new ALDI within a
 NB> block or two of it... I forget which was first in there, though....  I
 NB> think they tend to be on the buslines here, too...  But none right in
 NB> the core of the city, where, as you note, they'd likely be appreciated
 NB> by those who can't easily get out to the edges...

Our first ALDI was in an old "core" stupormarkup and did well. It was 
relocated to a further out strip-mall (not as the 'anchor' store, however). 
That one was later moved to be directly north of a new Wally World super 
centre on the far south side of town. The second location was on the north 
side, near the core of the city and was located, also, in a smallish strip 
mall. It was moved directly across the street from the far north-side 
China-Mart centre.
 
 DD> On the other hand Nieman's County Market opened a 24 hour smaller
 DD> pattern stupormarkup close to downtown and within a short trudge of a
 DD> lot of low-income and public housing ... not to mention the medical
 DD> district. They are picking up some of the slack left by ALDI running
 DD> off to the countryside - and making a good profit whilst they are at
 DD> it.

 NB> That's how Price Right got a foothold around here.... took over vacated
 NB> stores well within the city, and provided an option for the walk-in
 NB> traffic...  stores that had been closed since their bean counters
 NB> deemed them too small to be viable... or at least to turn the bigger
 NB> profits of a larger store...

Difference here being that County Market was/is well established with 3 
full-goose-bozo stupormarkups in Springfield proper and two in nearby (10 
miles or less) 'burbs. And now with the - purpose built - little guy smack in 
the central district.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Minnie Pearl's County Breakfast
 Categories: Pork, Potatoes, Vegetables, Cheese
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
      6 sl Bacon
      4 c  Cubed, cooked potatoes
    1/2 c  Chopped green pepper
      2 tb Chopped onion
      6 lg Eggs *
      1 c  Grated sharp Cheddar cheese
 
  Cook bacon in skillet until crisp. Remove from skillet and
  crumble. Add potatoes, green pepper and onion to the dripping.
  Cook until lightly browned. Season to taste.
  
  Break eggs over potato mixture. Cover and cook until eggs
  are done. Sprinkle with cheese and crisp bacon. Cover and
  heat until cheese melts.
  
  Makes 6 servings.
  
  * Minnie Pearl didn't specify whether the eggs should be
  broken and scrambled. For your best shot at evenly cooked
  eggs, Mr Breakfast recommends beating the eggs with 3 or 4
  tablespoons of milk before adding them to the potatoes and
  creating a delicious scramble.
  
  Mr Breakfast would like to thank Mr Breakfast for this recipe.
  
  Submitted 02/03/2009.
  
  From: http://www.mrbreakfast.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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