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On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 20:37:56 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
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>On Apr 9, 10:24*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
>> On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 19:51:01 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
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>> >On Apr 9, 9:13*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
>> >> On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 19:07:54 -0700 (PDT), Bryan

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>> >> >On Apr 9, 8:09*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:

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>> >> >> **Aldi's didn't get a very good rating other than the price.

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>> >> >It's Aldi, not Aldi's.

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>> >> >Their milk and egg prices are great, as are their produce specials.
>> >> >We've been buying 1# strawberries there for $1.29 for the past two
>> >> >weeks.

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>> >> >--Bryan

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>> >> It's actually ALDI. Look on their website.

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>> >Yes. *It stands for Albrecht Discount. *The company owned by the other
>> >brother owns Trader Joe's (one of them died fairly recently). *Both of
>> >those stores offer good shopping experiences, and savvy shoppers can
>> >find great deals at both. *Trader Joe's and ALDI both have the best
>> >prices on gallons of milk. *TJ's has a very nice raw milk Cheddar that
>> >is reasonably priced.
>> >ALDI can be a joy to shop at because they have the best workers I've
>> >ever dealt with at a retailer.

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>> >> John Kuthe...

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>> >--Bryan

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>> I save in gasoline what you save in $$ at ALDI and TJ, I'll bet!
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>> I don't drive to grovery stores, very often or at all if I can help
>> it.

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>ALDI is close, but it's very hilly between here and there--uphill (and
>downhill) both ways.
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>> John Kuthe...

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>--Bryan


Yeah, too bad you don't have a bicycle with gears. I mean *real* gears
you can manually control. The time-proven widely popular bicycle
technology used by many. If the "Auto-bike" was such a great new
innovation, many more people would be using it. But like your
expensive designer-fad dietary supplements, they are just fads with
little to no actual value.

John Kuthe...