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Old 06-08-2017, 11:00 AM
 
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Lidl sells meat, deli items and produce. I fail to understand some people's obsession with plastering labels on grocery stores.
Because with a limited assortment store, what you buy largely depends on what's available at any given time, and it can vary a lot. Whereas a traditional grocery store (like HT or Lowes) has a fairly regular standard availability. They may have some specialty or seasonal items that vary, but for the most part, what they have available doesn't change.
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Old 06-08-2017, 11:02 AM
 
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Well, the industry itself spends a lot of time, effort and money pointing out different distinctions.
I get differentiating yourself from the competition, but these "grocery nerds" who obsess over whether a store is a discount grocer versus a supermarket versus specialty grocer is absurd. They all sell food.
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Old 06-08-2017, 11:15 AM
 
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I get differentiating yourself from the competition, but these "grocery nerds" who obsess over whether a store is a discount grocer versus a supermarket versus specialty grocer is absurd. They all sell food.
Well gosh, then I guess same could be said of Ford, Chrysler, GM, BMW, Porsche, Ferrari and all the others. They all have four wheels...
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Old 06-08-2017, 11:26 AM
 
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I get differentiating yourself from the competition, but these "grocery nerds" who obsess over whether a store is a discount grocer versus a supermarket versus specialty grocer is absurd. They all sell food.
Personally, I think it's a pretty big distinction if a grocery store doesn't sell the same food all of the time. I want to be able to go to one place and get everything on my shopping list, and not be subject to whatever the store decides to make available at any given time. I don't have time to go to multiple stores when I could get everything at one.

If that makes me a grocery nerd. I'm okay with that.
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Old 06-08-2017, 11:32 AM
 
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Well gosh, then I guess same could be said of Ford, Chrysler, GM, BMW, Porsche, Ferrari and all the others. They all have four wheels...
Yep, and we call those companies...wait for it, wait for it...automakers! And we call Lidl, Harris Teeter and Trader Joes...grocery stores! See how easy it is?
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Old 06-08-2017, 11:35 AM
 
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Personally, I think it's a pretty big distinction if a grocery store doesn't sell the same food all of the time. I want to be able to go to one place and get everything on my shopping list, and not be subject to whatever the store decides to make available at any given time. I don't have time to go to multiple stores when I could get everything at one.

If that makes me a grocery nerd. I'm okay with that.
You're only a grocery nerd if you insist on calling Aldi a limited assortment/discount grocer rather and correcting people who dare refer to it as supermarket.
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Old 06-08-2017, 11:38 AM
 
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Yep, and we call those companies...wait for it, wait for it...automakers! And we call Lidl, Harris Teeter and Trader Joes...grocery stores! See how easy it is?
Easy as walking into a Lamborghini dealer expecting Toyota selection and pricing.
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Old 06-08-2017, 11:42 AM
 
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Easy as walking into a Lamborghini dealer expecting Toyota pricing.
You continue to miss the point. I understand and acknowledge brand differentiation. I'm not saying all grocery stores are the same. I'm just tired of being "corrected" when I call Trader Joes a supermarket by somebody telling me its actually a specialty food store. I mean, whatever.
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Old 06-08-2017, 11:44 AM
 
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You continue to miss the point. I understand and acknowledge brand differentiation. I'm not saying all grocery stores are the same.
Then what descriptors do you use for differentiation?
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Old 06-08-2017, 11:47 AM
 
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You're only a grocery nerd if you insist on calling Aldi a limited assortment/discount grocer rather and correcting people who dare refer to it as supermarket.
Then I guess I'm a grocery nerd, because it's not the same as a supermarket. I don't know if I would use the precise terminology, but I recognize that there's a difference between Aldi and Harris Teeter. There's a reason I shop at one and not the other.

If you're happy shopping at either, more power to ya.
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