September 4 , 2006
ISSUE 1131

ALDI EXPANDS INTO FLORIDA

Grocery discount chain Aldi has announced plans to open more than 100 stores in Florida. Initially, it will purchase real estate for at least 20 stores and a distribution center in the Orlando market.

The German-owned food retailer, with more than 800 U.S. locations in the Midwest and East Coast, expects to be open for business in Florida by 2008.


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