To celebrate the opening of its new Florence store, ALDI will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan.18.
The public is invited to attend.
The discount grocer opens its Erlanger store in a new location at 5475 Houston Road in Florence. Known for its premium ALDI exclusive brands, ALDI offers high-quality grocery items at incredibly low prices.
This store will replace the location at 4350 Dixie Highway in Erlanger, which will officially close at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 16.
Following the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the first 100 shoppers will receive a golden ticket, each containing ALDI gift certificates of various amounts. Customers can also tour the store, sample ALDI exclusive brand products and enter an on-site sweepstakes for a chance to win a year’s supply of ALDI produce.
ALDI currently carries a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, including several organic produce items.
“We are pleased to showcase the new look of ALDI with this updated store in Florence and continue to help customers stretch their dollars,” said Dan Gavin, Springfield division vice president for ALDI. “As important as price is, there’s only one way to attract and keep shoppers: you have to have quality products. When people try our ALDI exclusive brands, they are excited by the savings and impressed by the quality.”
With higher ceilings, improved natural lighting and environmentally-friendly building materials – such as recycled materials and energy-saving refrigeration and light bulbs – the store will offer customers a simple and easy-to-navigate shopping experience.
In addition to the store’s new look, ALDI will bring shoppers a wide range of new, healthier options like organic produce, USDA Choice beef and the SimplyNature line of products, free of artificial colors, flavors or unnecessary enhancers. ALDI also recently introduced its liveGfreeTM gluten-free product line.
ALDI challenges customers to switch from national brands to its exclusive brands and save on the most commonly purchased grocery items. To ensure its exclusive brands meet or exceed the national brands on taste and quality, ALDI conducts rigorous testing on all products.
ALDI stands behind this quality with a Double Guarantee: If for any reason a customer is not 100 percent satisfied with a food product, ALDI will gladly replace the product and refund the customer’s money.
ALDI exemplifies efficiency by eliminating overhead costs through smart practices, such as a cart rental system, through which shoppers insert a quarter to release a cart and receive the quarter back upon the cart’s return. Other cost-saving practices include a smaller store footprint, open carton displays and encouragement of customers to bring their own shopping bags.
ALDI also saves shoppers money by keeping stores open during prime shopping times. The newest location will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday. ALDI accepts cash, debit and EBT/Quest cards.
Over the next several years, ALDI plans to add an average of 130 new stores each year.