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Originally Posted by *Beth*
I know - olive oil has become a luxury.
Interesting, I read an article a few days ago about Aldi's, how it was started by 2 brothers in Germany, and how popular it is. We don't have Aldi's here, but we have a store called Trader Joe's. Turns out that 1 of the German brothers started Trader Joe's. I had no idea about all of it. Interesting.
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There is a Trader Joe's about a 20 minute drive from where I used to live in NJ. I never did any weekly shopping there, but it was great for some wines and other specialty items we loved (special imported frozen goods, and the like. I also liked that the staff were always friendly and it had a unique feel. I remember the first Trader Joe's I ever went to was somewhere a little south of Berkeley and Oakland, CA back in the mid 1990s. Back then the products were only in bins. I remember thinking it cool.
There are some Aldi stores in Czech Republic, but none especially near me. There are a number of other big chains, though. I'm lucky to have a huge hypermarket nearby where you can get almost anything. More than even a huge Walmart.