Aldi, Inc.

Grocer to open at Westfield center in suburban Chicago

Discount grocer Aldi plans to open its first New York metropolitan area store in early 2011 on the first floor of the Rego Park II retail development in the borough of Queens.

While analysts reported a decrease in shopping trips in 2009 based on the economic crisis and consumers’ shifting toward bulk purchases and private label selection, new research from WSL Strategic Retail illustrates a new shift in shopping patterns.

While analysts reported a decrease in shopping trips in 2009 based on the economic crisis and consumers’ shifting toward bulk purchases and private label selection, new research from WSL Strategic Retail illustrates a new shift in shopping patterns.

New York apple growers, on behalf of 42 participating supermarket chains, have once again donated $25,000 to the American Cancer Society (ACS) as part of an ongoing effort to help fight cancer and raise awareness of the cancer-fighting benefits of eating apples.

Limited-assortment discount retailer ALDI will open its first 11 Texas stores throughout the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex area on March 18, with another 16 to follow in the spring.

The second annual Product of the Year 2010 Awards Ceremony, held in New York this week, honored 14 products voted by consumers as the best in their category.