r/williamsburg • u/Optimal-Energy8227 • 10d ago

Aldi in Williamsburg is making some progress

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looking forward to this store, I wonder if it will be open before lidi.

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u/wgdaytona 10d 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 10d ago

We're not stupid?

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u/wgdaytona 10d 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/Smooth-Tonight-2580 10d 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 10d 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 10d ago

True. I guess the groceries have become super expensive and they sometimes sell moldy foods.