Aldi to Lower Prices on 250 Items

<p>ALDI&comma; one of America’s fastest-growing grocers&comma; is planning to pass along &dollar;100 million in savings through Labor Day by further dropping its everyday low prices on more than 250 items&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The price drop will nearly double savings from last year&comma; building on the grocer’s announcement last May reducing prices on products to save shoppers more than &dollar;60 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ALDI is always looking for ways to help customers save money&comma; but with more experts warning of persistent inflation&comma; the time was right to deliver even greater discounts on our already low prices for the second year in a row&comma;” said Dave Rinaldo&comma; President at ALDI U&period;S&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We don’t want food prices to hold people back from getting together with friends and family or spending time outdoors this season&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This summer&comma; ALDI is reducing costs on already low-priced seasonal must-haves including picnic necessities&comma; BBQ essentials&comma; travel-ready snacks and better-for-you foods&period; With its unique business model and strategies such as its quarter cart system&comma; displaying products in the boxes they arrive in and even its smaller store footprint&comma; ALDI operates more efficiently and can pass on savings to customers&period; The quicker&comma; easier and more enjoyable shopping experience keeps millions of customers visiting ALDI aisles for high-quality&comma; low-cost groceries every day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This increasing customer demand is driving ALDI growth&comma; so much so that ALDI plans to add 800 stores across the U&period;S&period; over the next five years to bring even more communities great products at the lowest possible prices&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;