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Old 04-27-2018, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Abby10 View Post
Just a correction on that - I think it must be called LIDL or Lidl (not i) grocery stores. I actually never heard of it until you mentioned it in your post but since you said central east coast I had to check it out. Looks like one in DE and NJ, but none in PA yet. I'll be keeping my eye out. Thanks for the tip!
ALDIS and LIDI are both German owned discount grocery chains.
I for one wonder WHY. We are told that food costs in the US are among the lowest in the world. I expect some of this is due to government subsidies, low land costs, scientific farming and large sized farms allowing the costly equipment used instead of labor.
Why this foreign invasion into a local business model? I wonder but, expect it has to do with TAXES and EXCHANGE RATES,