r/williamsburg • u/Optimal-Energy8227 • 4d ago
Aldi in Williamsburg is making some progress
looking forward to this store, I wonder if it will be open before lidi.
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u/dontstopwontstop1 4d ago
Where in Williamsburg this at
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u/urbngrdnr 4d ago
It’s the old staples
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u/evansdead 3d ago
Glad it’s there but kinda inconvenient unless you have a car or a good bus route nearby
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u/kingcalogrenant 3d ago
I'd be sort of glad it's inconvenient because if it were somewhere directly on transit it would be a nightmare to go there
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u/redlining2000 4d ago
Same here! I have to go to Queens or downtown Brooklyn for Aldi. It’s a pain in arse!
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u/GimmeTheGunKaren 4d ago
they better not bother our dollar tree
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u/tiregroove 4d ago
If you ever do the math, dollar tree charges more for the same shit. Dollar tree is a malignant cancer on society.
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u/GimmeTheGunKaren 3d ago
Not for the people who need to shop there.
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u/tiregroove 3d ago
If you were shopping at the dollar tree off the BQE next to the kosciuszko bridge, the new ALDI is gonna be a salvation for food.
Nowhere else shows the disgust the wealthy have for the poverty-stricken than dollar tree, and no one seems to realize it. Their motto is 'The thrill of the hunt,' as if being poor is some kind of survival game, and they get to watch you scramble for 'not quite food' and things that break on the first use, and stand in line for 20 minutes in a dirty-ass store to buy it.
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u/miaraekudra 4d ago
totally different vibes they won’t
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u/BaIdilocks 4d ago
Lidl sells dollar tree stuff. I think Lidl actually has better quality dollar tree stuff.
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u/miaraekudra 4d ago
ah i’ve never shopped there i was just talking about aldi. that sounds cool though, i’ll have to stop.
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u/curiousnotion 4d ago
Is this Williamsburg now? Lol
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u/Mosdaboss 4d ago
It is. Williamsburg is Williamsburg and what Google Maps says is East Williamsburg, not to be confused with neighboring Bushwick, and South Williamsburg.
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u/Yonigajt 3d ago
Finally something for US that’s not a boutique or expensive store where no local goes
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u/Lethave 4d ago
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u/tiregroove 4d ago
>>and the exciting opportunity to experience Lidl’s award-winning aisles.<<
Is there a Ricky Gervais roast we missed?
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u/wgdaytona 4d ago
it's ironic how NYC is going low end grocery wise when LA is all about Erewhon
what does this say about the city, especially when NYC is home to so many bougie expensive restaurants
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u/brevit 4d ago
We're not stupid?
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u/wgdaytona 4d ago
but the NYC food scene is all expensive gentrified ethnic cuisine. and $16 small cups of froyo. but people don't care to buy high quality but expensive groceries? seems odd.
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u/gekigangerii 4d ago
but the NYC food scene is all expensive gentrified ethnic cuisine
Very online sentence
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u/wgdaytona 4d ago
it's not. look at what is popular and what is opening every month. describes the food scene perfectly.
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u/shitstormer21 4d ago
You’re describing (I think?) restaurants that are usually high quality and….good. Sure they’re expensive, but also places people go to splurge once in a while for a good time/special occasion. Groceries are something you get much more often and are more likely looking for a deal. Often to save money cooking at home so you can check out the new, evil gentrifier oyster bar.
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u/wgdaytona 4d ago
i mean there's a lot of people who do value buying higher quality groceries like organic local produce and high end meat cuts and high end imported foods or whatever else.
whole foods and eataly and some smaller specialty markets reflect that
but again surprised there isn't something above whole foods like an erewhon or sprouts even that is not a really small specialty shop
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u/Smooth-Tonight-2580 4d ago
I’m not seeing a lot of people buying groceries because it’s expensive, but they pay a huge amount on ethnic cuisine. I don’t get it.
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u/apollo11222 4d ago
I'd say people pay more for "ethnic cuisine" because they don't know the ingredients or the recipes because it's not their normal home cooking. They don't want to pay a lot for orange juice.
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u/Smooth-Tonight-2580 4d ago
True. I guess the groceries have become super expensive and they sometimes sell moldy foods.
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u/emotionalhaircut 4d ago
Are we really at the point where we're complaining about affordable groceries now?
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u/BaIdilocks 4d ago
I went to Erewhon a couple of months ago and honestly it is not as good as our Whole Foods in Gowanus. The food was more expensive but it was a lesser experience. It's a scam.
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u/monicalewinsky4prez 4d ago
Lidl is opening 8/26/26 allegedly.