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"Hey Miss Diane, what are all of these structures for along the Carter-Pedigo Trail?"
"Bear those are for the StoryWalk®."
"Miss Diane what is a StoryWalk®?"
"Bear a StoryWalk® is when someone displays a children's picture book along an outdoor trail for people to read as they walk along the trail enjoying the great outdoors."
"That is so cool. But Miss Diane there is no story in these structures."
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Pete's TV 2
This is part 2, you may like to read part 1 first as it will help with the setting.
It was several months since we had caught up. I popped over at the appointed time. I was a little uneasy ringing the doorbell as I did not know what to expect. Obviously I'd thought a lot about our previous indulgence and by myself in my bed had some fabulous wank sessions thinking about and replaying what we had done... But this was different, this was the first time in my life I was knowingly going to a guys house with the hope that some sort of sexual contact would occur.
Pete answered right away and was dressed in casual shorts and a t-shirt, we shook hands and his smile was warm and friendly. We had a few wines and talked politics and the economy. Then we got onto talking gym and work outs and had a few laughs. Somehow we just could not get the conversation around to what happened last visit or why we had got together. After a couple of hours Pete asked if I wanted to watch some porn but somehow the mood was broken and I didn't feel right watching porn that night. Soon I went home having done nothing. We texted a little and discussed it. Neither of us knew how to get things started. We got together another 2 or 3 times but still couldn't get it happening. We were both disappointed and wanted to have another try.
One weekend Pete texted me "Whats happening" I replied "I'm heading out for a ride on my bike" , he replied "Im going for a jog at the lake, why not ride this way" "I agreed and some time later was doing a cycling circuit of the lake and saw him running. We were both nearly done as it was hot and he suggested we head back to his place for a cold drink. I agreed.
When we got into his place we were both very sweaty, he said "would you like a shower", I said "yes" and he showed me upstairs to the bathroom. We were both getting undressed for the shower when we realised that each was looking at the other. Pete said "can we shower together", I replied "why not" This was new, we were sober and considering being naked in the shower together.
The water was hot and the shower recess large so we were able to shower without getting to close. I noticed Pete was already half hard, I was tiny, not even 2 inches long. He got the soap and started to wash himself, then thought better of it and started to wash me. It felt nice and I started to relax a little. Pete washed my chest then turned me around and put soap all over my back, rubbing and pushing his hands all over me. He put his arms around me from behind pulling me in close and I could feel his cock now quite hard pushing in between my legs. I put my hand down near my balls and put soap on the head of both our cocks. I was starting to lose my shyness. I got soap all over our hard cocks and Pete kept sliding his cock in between my legs rubbing my balls and cock. He reached around my front and was stroking my cock and biting my neck. Soon we were getting quite passionate and Pete turned me around and dropped to his knees and started sucking my cock down his throat while he stroked his soapy cock hard and fast. Pete was deep throating me in minutes taking the full 9 inches deep down his throat and the feeling was fabulous. He cupped my balls in his hand and ran a finger across my anus sending shivers of pleasure through me and reminding me of the difference this lover had over all the girls...
Pete was getting quite worked up sucking my cock and stroking off, that he started to run up to a cum. He was squatting down in front of me and I wanted to see him shoot so I asked him not to waste the cum on the ground. Pete stood and for a while we were rubbing our cocks together covered in soap. He went to kiss me but I said "No, Don't" could not stand the thought of kissing a guy. After a few minutes Pete turned me around and was rubbing his cock between my legs, getting it all nice and soapy. He moved his hand and I knew he was going to try and force his cock in my ass. I moved to accommodate him and the searing pain of ass penetration by a big 9" cock began. He kept pushing and soon the head of his big cock penetrated the hard muscle ring of my ass and his big cock was inside. He was pushing with such force he had my face pushed into the tile wall and was pulling back on my hips to keep my ass at the right angle for fucking, and I was helping him, wanting to be fucked. Soon I felt his hips on my ass and knew he was balls deep in my ass again. He commenced to fuck my ass in long slow pulls out and hard fast shoves back in. It felt fabulous. I was pushing back and stroking my cock, squeezing the last bit of pleasure out of the experience. Pete was grunting and fucking me hard and I started to want to fuck him. On an out stroke he popped out of me and I took the opportunity to turn him around and start to push my cock into his ass.. He was also pushing back and wanting it like I had. My own ass was on fire and throbbing and it gave so much extra pleasure to my cock as I forced it up his impossibly tight ass. Soon I was balls deep in him and started to fuck him slowly the way he had fucked me. The water kept washing the soap off us and soon he said, lets go to the bed. We rinsed off and didn't even take the time to dry hitting the bed soaking wet. Pete grabbed some lube and started to get our cocks all slicked up. He also shoved two lube covered fingers up my ass and said "God your ass is all soft and welcoming for my fingers and cock, feels fabulous"
I did the same to him and sure enough, gone was the rigid hard texture his ass was normally and now it was all soft and sexy like a woman's pussy. My cock was covered in lube so I shafted him in one smooth go and was balls deep on top of him, he was on his back stroking his cock. I lifted his legs over my shoulders and I fucked him slowly with force as he stroked his cock. Soon he was stroking very fast and panting and then suddenly his cock started erupting cum. Big shots went right up his chest and even on mine. I bent down with my mouth open and was rewarded with a nice shot of cum right in my mouth. Pete pulled his ass off my hard cock, leaving me free to bend down and take his softening cock in my mouth. He was still pulsing and cum was still dribbling out of his cock. I realized I liked the taste and I felt so dirty sucking cock with cum that my own cock started spasming .
Pete was quick to notice my panting and cock pulsing and had his lips around my cock quickly sucking me down to the base so when I came all of my cum shot down his throat in great deep pulses. He swallowed every drop.
We were a bit awkward about cuddling, as neither of us wanted to admit any gay tendencies, both of us big muscular tough sporting guys. Pete cuddled into me a bit then tried to kiss me again, I turned my head and said I didn't want to kiss. We kind of spooned and moved a little at a time until we were pressed into one another, cocks starting to harden and rubbing on each other. There was plenty of lube every where and the feeling was intense. My ass actually throbbed from the recent hard fucking. I noticed Pete was running his hands over my shoulder and arm muscles checking out my muscle definition and size, I started to do the same to him and realised I liked his skin and hard muscular body. Soon we had our hands on each others cocks and my ass was on fire throbbing with desire for his cock. He was leaking pre cum and soon I swapped around and had my mouth down on his cock, pushing his head hard at the back of my throat. The cock head soon popped into my throat and I forced it all the way down my throat until I had him impaled in my throat.
I pushed 2 fingers then 3 into his well lubed ass and after a few strokes of fingers up his ass his cock started spasming wildly. I knew he was cuming but could not taste his cum as his cock was so far deep down in my throat. I just kept sucking and deep throating him, gloating in my success at making him cum in my throat. I was so turned on by all of this that my own cock started spasming and soon I was pumping jets of hot cum into his mouth and throat as well. We both continued sucking each others cocks and I was so intent on sucking I didn't mind him having my cock to suck after I came. We barely went soft and soon the sucking had us both hard again. Soon I felt a few of Pete's fingers at my ass again, so I did the same to him and we went into another spiral of fingering each others ass, deep throating and then we were both cuming again. This time I pulled up to taste Pete's cum. it was nice but there wasn't lots like the first time. I started cuming as well and Pete sucked me dry, continuing to finger my ass. I kept fingering his ass as well and sucking him. Once again we didn't get too soft and the continuing sucking and ass fingering was making me feel on fire, with everything down there pulsing and sending electric feelings of pleasure to my brain. I lost track of time and don't know to this day how long we laid there sucking each others big 9" cocks and fingering each others ass. We both came about 6 time each, a personal best I am sure. My ass kept bringing my cock to orgasm and even though there was no cum left to push out I kept spasming and cuming. So did Pete, and we both kept sucking and touching.
After something like an hour or more of constant cuming Pete pulled his throat off my cock and spun me over in doggy and slid his rigid hard cock up my ass in one push. It felt even better than 3 fingers and was deep oh so deep in me. He fucked me brutally using the full 9" on every in and out stroke. I was loving it and pushing back and swearing and moaning. Soon I built to an orgasm and although my cock pulsed and pulsed nothing came out. I was dry of cum, but my ass was super well lubed. The pulsing of my anal ring was too much for Pete and he started to cum as well, pulling out at the last minute and shoving his cock straight out of my ass into my face. I stroked his cock with both hands and he pulsed and screamed out a massive cum but like me his balls were dry and no cum came out at all.
We never repeated that session. We sometimes text each other about it but somehow we can never both be free, horny and experimental at the same time again. I've been dating a really hot blonde with huge E cup tits. She talks about MMF 3 somes when we fuck. I've been asking her to live it out and my birthday is coming soon
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GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Julius Hodge scored a career-high 31 points as North Carolina State advanced to the final of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament for the second straight season with an 87-83 win over ninth-ranked Wake Forest.
Hodge also grabbed nine rebounds as North Carolina State (18-11) ended an eight-game losing streak against Wake Forest and most likely secured a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
"It certainly was a team victory," Wolfpack coach Herb Sendek said. "That is the only way we've been able to win this year. Needless to say we're very happy and proud of our effort today."
Marcus Melvin added 23 points and Josh Powell 16 for the Wolfpack, who face Duke in Sunday's final for the second straight year.
Hodge and Marcus each hit 4-of-7 shots from behind the arc, where the Wolfpack connected on 53 percent (10-of-19) of their attempts.
"We played together," Melvin said. "We really didn't worry about things we messed up on. We just moved on to the next play. We played great defense down the stretch. Whenever we needed a stop, we made that stop."
ACC Player of the Year Josh Howard scored 21 points to lead Wake Forest (24-5), which has not advanced to the final since 1996. Howard had 12 rebounds, but shot poorly, making just 6-of-21 attempts while being defended by Hodge.
"Josh Howard is a great player and very good on the boards," Hodge said. "We were sending two guys at him and he still was getting offensive rebounds. It is really a team game and I didn't stop him by myself."
"They were playing good defense," Howard said. "I just didn't hit some open shots that I had. It happens. It happened to me earlier in the season."
Taron Downey contributed 18 points, while Vytas Danelius and freshman Eric Williams each added 12 for the Demon Deacons, who shot 39 percent (24-of-61).
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"In the second half, we didn't guard nearly as well and they shot 63 percent," Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser said. "They just shot the ball extremely well from the 3-point line. Again, that is a function of our defense, but it is also a function of their excellent offense."
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"Down the stretch, it was us making our free throws," Hodge said. "We missed a couple, but Marcus sealed the deal with two allowing us to get a big win today."
NC State shot 83 percent (29-of-35) from the line, while Wake Forest hit at 81 percent (29-of-36) and lost to an unranked team for only the second time this season.
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ParalleX is a new (and still experimental) parallel execution model aiming to overcome the limitations imposed by the current hardware and the way we write applications today. Our group focuses on two types of applications – those requiring excellent strong scaling, allowing for a dramatic reduction of execution time for fixed workloads and those needing highest level of sustained performance through massive parallelism. These applications are presently unable (through conventional practices) to effectively exploit a relatively small number of cores in a multi-core system. More often than not, these applications will not be able to exploit high-end computing systems likely to employ hundreds of millions of such cores by the end of this decade.
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i do have a section and subsection in a groups, each section might have multiple subsections and i am performing avg on each subsection at report level. I want to change the back color for the subsection which will get minimum average score. While i am performing at backcolor expression like
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did you tried iif(min(avg(score)) < avg(score),"blue","white")..?
yes, but still same error...
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I guess you cannot use nested aggregates in SSRS min(avg(score)), can you post the error in detail?
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[rsAggregateofAggregate] The Value expression for the textrun 'Order_Count9.Paragraphs[0].TextRuns[0]' contains an aggregate function (or RunningValue or RowNumber functions) in the argument to another aggregate function (or RunningValue). Aggregate functions cannot be nested inside other aggregate functions.
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Murali, the error message clearly says that you cannot nest the aggregate function. IS it possible to bring that Avg(Score) to separate column and then do aggregate on the new column, ie MIN(of New column)
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The problem, Naunheim says, is that the STS database only captures what happens inside the hospital. "What's also exceedingly important is what happens when (the patient) steps outside the hospital," he says.
Did the patient get readmitted? Is the patient off angina medications or did they have to go back on? Did they go to rehab? How long did they live — three or five years after surgery? And when you compare a stent patient with a bypass patient, how much did it cost?
"All that information we could only get if we could link our databases with the CMS administrative database," says Naunheim, who also is Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery Saint Louis University Medical Center.
Ko says several big questions must be answered before CMS comes to a decision. Should CMS receive this data from these registries, and interpret it for the public, or should it leave that up to professional societies, like the ACS or STS, to run the numbers and feed it back to the providers.
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When I got in the store I swear there weren't more than 4 isles. The brands looked like something you would find at the dollar store and their overall selection was poor. It was crowded with kids running up and down the isles and the freezer where they kept frozen food was not working properly and all the packages were sweating profusely from not being at the right temperature.
Finally after making myself pick up a few items to not waste the trip all together I get to the check out where I was charged 10 cents each for paper bags, which btw, broke in the yard on the way up to the house.
I was expecting more I guess. Not sure that I will be going back. Walmarts everyday prices were right in line with their prices so I just don't see what the big fuss is about. Hopefully it's just the location I was at. If not, I don't see a long future for this new food chain. Thoughts?
Liveit, perhaps it's new where you are, but in my childhood area it was only new in about 1976. they're not going anywhere. (although we might not go there). although three does seem to be a large difference from one to another these days, I'd still rather hit a Kroger or ShopnSave.
Mizer, they're owned by the same parent company although from what I understand it's a sort of blind parallel operation.
i avoided aldi for years. went a few years ago in a pinch and it was a disgraceful experience, so when recently all the women i work with raved about it, i thought "no way." there's a new one in my neighborhood, so i finally checked it out and i've been going once a week since. mine is clean, brightly lit, and the small staff is so pleasant. i've actually been astounded by the quality of some of the things i've tried (cheeses, crackers, german import products, skin care line, frozen foods). and soooooooooo cheap.
I used to drive past Aldi's US headquarters in Batavia IL on a weekly basis. Many times I would get stuck behind trucks that I saw leaving the complex. Being a curious person, sometimes I would follow a truck if it was going in the same direction I was. And on a few occasions, the truck's first stop was...a Trader Joe's a couple miles away! While Aldi and Trader Joe's may be independent divisions, it would appear that a a minimum, they share warehousing and distribution operations in the Chicago area.
Has anyone else tried Aldi's limited-availability Route 1 candies? I had some fun with guests and had a bowl of the dark chocolate covered cherries out, along with a bowl of the comparable Trader Joe's product. Well, they're not comparable...they're IDENTICAL.
There are specific things that are good (and cheap) at Aldi (just as at Trader Joe's or anywhere else). Unsalted butter, multigrain tortilla chips, all of the European chocolate bars, jellybeans (I love Jelly Bellys, but the Aldi are darn good), we've had their ground beef stay better longer (I'm talking a few days in the fridge) than the ground beef from the regular grocery, marinated artichoke hearts, etc. There are plenty of things I won't buy there--their yogurt has high-fructose corn syrup--and I'm sure some stores are nicer than others. But I'd try more than one location before condemning an entire chain.
I have never stepped into an Aldi's and I will share why. When an Aldi's opened up in my neighborhood (at that time) back in the '80s, I was interested until I learned that the store not only solely carried generic items, it charged for shopping bags.
A while back, my daughter said she was picking up an item or two for a friend and she was told she could not use the plastic bags she carried with her; they insisted she had to buy one of theirs. And to think most stores welcome people armed with their own shopping bags.
Aldi is one of those places where you get specific stuff. It's not immediately obvious why one would ever want to visit an aldi at first glance.
The chocolate is good quality and cheap. The eggs, in my experience, are good and VERY cheap (almost if not just as good as the land o lakes eggs I usually get). The milk here is 1.99 a gallon, and it's 3.49 a gallon at other stores here. Even wal mart's milk is over 3.40 here. The Yukon Gold potatoes are cheap also, and they have half gallons of imported frozen gelato. I haven't tried it yet but it looks good. Also, the $4 malbec is drinkable (toca diamonte) and I just used it as both a bev and in a buerre rouge for a t-bone steak. (no, really, I've got my empty tri-ply skillet, the bottle and an empty plate right here!)
On the other hand, the fresh squeezed orange juice isn't as good as at other stores IMO - but it's almost as cheap as the from-concentrate juices at most groceries. I've only ever tried it once though, usually I get simply orange, tropicana, or "florida's natural".
So yeah, aldi is really good for some things, but not so good for others. If you're buying non-organic milk and run of the mill eggs there is probably no cheaper place to get the stuff. I don't *need* to save 1.49 for every gallon of milk I buy, but after seeing the milk at aldi I have a really hard time buying it at the "regular" stores for 3.49 a gallon. Just seems silly.
I'd probably not buy the meats or poultry there....but I doubt that it would kill you or anything :)
edit: I also saw a really cheap roasting pan, and a really cheap set of 2 glass "anchor" pie pans at aldi......and a nintendo "Wii" set complete with the Wii. lol
The first time I went to our closest Aldi's, I had a similar reaction about the "dollar store" feel. I guess we're much more conditioned to look for brands than we'd like to admit -- I know I was.
But after a friend told me about her Aldi's shopping and I read up on it from 'Hounds, I went back. I'm sold. I don't buy the processed frozen or boxed meals, but I don't buy them anywhere. But milk, canned beans, crackers, condiments, cheese, breads....these have all pleasantly surprised me with their quality and price. There's still a lot I won't buy there, but I'm slowly expanding what I'll try, especially after reading suggestions on these boards.
I'm sure the cleanliness and management of the stores vary. Yes, I have to remember to bring a quarter and actually get my canvas bags into the car. But I try to make it there at least once a month with our finances so tight, and it's worth it.
re: sunshine842
Oh, I leave the Aldi bags in the trunk of my car so I'm sure to have them when I stop there. The insulated bags are a bit more $ but also very handy. I also keep a quarter in my coin tray for the carts and plenty of customers still leave carts in the lot (with coins) rather than return them to the caddy, and I thank them for the convenience and I return those carts when I'm done shopping.
re: HillJ
Ah. That doesn't happen here in Australia (customers leaving their carts in the lot) - at least at all of the Aldis I've been to. I guess it's because the Aldi trolleys here take $2.00 coins rather than quarters.
It would be a nice source of pocket money for some kids, come to think of it.
I was reading an earlier post about their cheese and it reminded me of something. If you are lucky enough to have one of the stores with alcohol check it out. They have cheap European beer and wine that isn't too bad, better than our cheap domestic beer and wine anyway.
Aldi is certainly not a new food chain. They have been around forever. Maybe you are referring to them being new to your area, if so I apologize for being a jerk. I understand what you are saying though. The first time I shopped there was a disorienting experience. However, the quality of the food is fine, no better or worse than a place like wal-mart. The reason everything looks like it belongs in a dollar store is that everything is store brand. You aren't paying for advertising. You can consistently save money there which few grocery stores can say. Most stores you have to do something to save money like bring coupons, shop at the right time or ask for price matching. Aldi isn't that way, you just show up and it is always cheap. That being said I don't shop there much. That store is inconvenient for many reasons. They have short hours, long lines, and accept few methods of payment. They are just a really stubborn company that expects customers to do things their way in exchange for low prices. If you are willing to do that it's a great store.
re: williewill
williewill, I had to smile over your comment because the stubborness because that is about the only common link to both business models (TJ/Aldi). As for one reason the prices are lower,I'm happy to NOT pay for advertising or be bound to coupons. Sometimes no frills is worth it.
Aldi is a Godsend in Australia - there are certain items I actually prefer to buy from Aldi - the quality is great, and I save money as well. Items that come to mind for me are toothpaste, dishwasher tablets, dishwashing detergent, laundry soak, olives, crackers, chocolate, some canned goods, and pasta (this used to be the case - but the price has doubled in the past year which brings it on a par with your average packet of dried pasta).
The honey mustard cooking sauce is pretty good, even if it's a bit calorific. Useful to have in the pantry for nights when I just don't have the energy to be thinking about what to cook.
I buy the things I like from Aldi, and get the rest from other sources. The savings really are worth the extra trip for me and I've never had a problem with the quality.
To me, the coin for the trolley and the pay for your bag policy is a good thing. It makes people responsible for putting trolleys back where they should be, and it makes people think a bit more about re-using things like shopping bags.
Though I'm a bit torn about the trolley thing... I also don't begrudge the trolley collectors a job. I guess there are pros and cons for both.
So far my only pet peeves remain undermanned cash registers which on a busy Sat can really create a store problem and I've witnessed more than one customer leave their cart full and walk out and two, prices shift throughout the week; although often cheaper than other markets...I've paid three different prices for eggs in one week.
My last visit I heard an employee talking about an Aldi super store opening up about 30 mins. north of me and my first thought was will they hire more than one cashier for a super store :)
aldi? new? rofl. They are an AWESOME chain. Try Trader Joe's if you don't like the selection -- got the same owners. And Trader Joe's is far newer.
re: jla1960
No, that's not correct either. I already posted this upthread somewhere, but anyway, here goes again. There are two Aldi's,North and South, each owned by one of the Albrecht (sp.?) brothers (BTW one died recently). Only one of those Aldi's has stores in the US. TJ is owned (through a family trust) by the brother/family who own the other Aldi, the one that does not have stores in the US.
It is correct that TJ is not owned by any Aldi, but rather by a family trust, and that family also owns one of the Aldi's. Got that?!
re: johnb
Gosh. Does it matter much? The two businesses are different shopping experiences, offering different labels, different pricing, different hiring practices, difference in every way. Every time I see this story retold, I just don't see what any of it has to do with shopping at either store. My TJ and Aldi experience couldn't be more different.
re: HillJ
Well, no it really doesn't matter much. But they aren't as different as you suggest. Yes the merchandise is different, but the behind-the-scene operating modalities have a great deal in common. I just so happen to be interested in the supermarket business and how things are done "back of the house" as it were. To someone like yourself who presumably doesn't care about that, but focuses on the "front of the house," yes they are very different. No problem with that. Different strokes.....
Yea on Chips, Crackers, cheese (mozz., feta, etc) , canned broth, popsicles, dips, some meats....
Flowers, plants, small appliances (electric kettle!), bottled water, juices esp. for mixers.., and the ALDI "fresh" pizza beats Costco. True story, IMHO. And, you can get pepperoni, mushrooms, etc while you're there to top it off.Of course the store is also full of crap - but what store isn't these days??? Even beloved Whole Foods is chuck full of junk. That does not bother me at all.
Oh, and bring your own bag? Who cares if you forget your "bag" - you can buy one for 6 cents!
:)I am a huge fan as it saves me money for parties over and over!
While not a huge fan of Aldi, I just bought a 10lb bag of potatoes there for $1.49. That's hard to argue with.
While some Aldi locations may be better than others, ours here in Culpeper, VA, was awful from Day one. Aisles & aisles of cheap processed food takeoffs (as in - the box is identical to a name brand, but the name is spelled just a little differently - lol!), 5-pound packages of bologna sitting next to, maybe 2 packages of fresh(?) meat, & the piece de resistance - cardboard boxes of unrefrigerated produce sitting on pallets on the floor with hordes of fruit flies swarming above them. Oh yeah - I REALLY want to shop here to save a few measly bucks. Especially when there's a nice clean Super WalMart right across the street with great prices, name brands, a great fresh bread bakery, & terrific fresh produce.
I fully agree with everyone who defines Aldi as a "Dollar Store for Food" - although that may even be insulting to Dollar Stores. . . .
re: Breezychow
Ew! Sounds like you DO have a bad one! That may just be a case of bad management, though, and bad decisions about what to stock from what's available in the Aldi supply chain. I have noticed some variation from store to store, and I have to admit when one first opened near our old neighborhood ten years ago or so, I was very unimpressed. It changed sometime over the last few years, though...even the produce isn't bad at the Kalamazoo location. Now that I've moved to the ASheville, NC area, this one's not bad, either, though not quite as comprehensive with some of my favorite items as my old Aldi was.....
Shoot, I'm an unabashed Aldi FREAK. They do carry a lot of processed foods, which i ignore, but they also have things like extra virgin olive oil, vinegars, etc. that are cheap and decent. There's also a revolving door of odd lots like artichoke hearts and stuff that you normally don't want to pay full price for. Being a german chain, many of their "discount" cheeses are actually better quality than the Kraft bricks you can buy at a regular grocery store. Granted, not all of it, but check the ingredients. Their cheap plain havarti is good, they always have gorgonzola and feta crumbles that are more than serviceable in salads, etc., their bagged greens are cheaper, AND they now carry things like soy milk, etc., that are just as good as any of the big brands. In fact, rumor has it that a lot of the aldi brands are actually Trader Joe's in a different package. Aldi's might not look like much at first glance, but dig a little deeper and you can find some treasures that make it worth a regular trip if there's one in your area.
I thought it was pretty much common knowledge by now that the generic brands sold in Aldi basically come from the big name-brand manufacturers. It's just that they change and you can never be sure which one made what at any given time. Same as store-brand generics.
I seriously wish I had one closer to me. Would seriously cut my food budget by probably 50%!
re: ferret
I meant the fact that the same facility that cans those Glen Muir diced tomatoes or makes the same ketchup for Heinz is probably the same facility cranking out the generic brands. THAT being common knowledge, not the "proprietary information" of the actual recipes.
Yeah, some generics merely imitate other name brands...just like other name brands imitate other name brands. It's just that you never know which facility will package what, which is the crapshoot you get when buying generics most of the time. e.g. When the Bausch & Lomb recall was going strong due to ecoli in their saline solutions, they named a number of generic brands that were in the same batch and manufactured by B&L that were possibly affected. But the stores that carried the generics later announced that they were going to start sourcing their generic saline solution from another facility.
re: yfunk3
I know what you meant. What I meant about it being proprietary is that Aldi won't share information about their sourcing so you can't really tell who makes what. So you'll just be guessing to say "it's all the same companies" which is what they're trying to convey. In all likelihood it's not. And the generics and house brands at larger chains are generally produced by the Canadian private label megafirms.
re: ferret
there are also companies in existence whose sold purpose is to manufacture own-brand products for large retailers -- they don't sell anything under their own name.
Many of them are bold enough to advertise to retailers with such things as "compare to XXX"
As has been discussed ad infinitum, a major brand does not equate with superior quality.
re: sunshine842
"As has been discussed ad infinitum, a major brand does not equate with superior quality"
That was my point, really. The OP was complaining about Aldi having "dollar store" quality stuff. My point is that it's all basically the same stuff you find in any supermarket, so why is it suddenly so much more horrible and not worth buying at Aldi just because it's cheaper?
I can't believe that, in this day and age, there are still those who complain about having to take their own shopping bags to a grocery store. The quarter for a cart is also something that i would love to see other retailers subscribe to.
Having lived in Germany, I was familiar with Aldi which has somewhat of a cult following over there. As many posters have already said, Aldi competes on price. As far as their selection, i don't get fulfillment from 70 choices in the cereal aisle. My Aldi list consists of the basics as well. their chocolate, however, is superior to anything Hershey makes. They have great produce, in season, 59 cent avocados, etc. Their diary products are affordable, even offering fresh mozzarella. I love the prices on the frozen fruit for smoothies. If you haven't tried their frozen fruit bars, you're in for a treat. Try the spinach and zucchini strudel when it's on offer. My favorite Aldi brands are Deutsche Kueche or Grandessa. My aunt in Germany turned me on to their Lacura brands of facial products, also good quality for a great price.
I still shop Publix for many items, but hit Aldi weekly for items that I use most often. I love the size of the store and I am in and out in a flash. With Christmas just around the corner, I look forward to all the German specialties that I miss out on otherwise.
I also appreciate the fact that the cashiers get to sit....-
re: Pischi
Does Aldi do appliances in the US? Believe it or not, their own-brand appliances almost always rate very highly in quality tests conducted by independent consumer agencies in Europe.
Toilet paper, paper towels...yep, they're basics, not a destination store...but I shop at Aldi regularly, as well as the similar (but much more aesthetically pleasant) Lidl, which is also a German-owned discount chain.
I knew someone, that worked for one of the "Chesty" potato chip plants....She said Chesty makes many of the ALDIs chips....She would actually watch, as they changed the production line over from Chesty brand bags to a "knock off " ALDI's brand chip bag...-
re: bkshook
Gee, I haven't heard anybody remark on Chesty potato chips for a long time--I remember them in big big cans as a kid. But I believe they've been out of business for many years. What was the time period your friend referred to?
But that aside, what you described is pretty much how private branding works across the board. Very few food retailers have their own production facilities. Many if not most private label items are made by the same companies that make name brands, and are really the same product. Most people seem to find that Aldi's store brand items are decent quality.
re: bkshook
Beings that they are owned by the same family that owns TJoes, not surprising in the least. Maybe Chow can do another taste test for us. I for one am 100% certain that the pizzas at Aldi are Tombstone brand. Same picture, different name. It's like a game I play every time I walk in there to find another look alike.
re: mlipps
Not quite that simple. Actually, there are two completely separate Aldi's (North and South)--they split many decades ago. TJ's is owned, through a separate family trust, by one of them (I forget which--you can look it up), but it is the other one that has stores in the US. So Aldi (US) and TJ are actually not connected through any common ownership. That said, it does appear that they cooperate to a degree in some ways. But the ownership is entirely separate.
Just a couple of thoughts.
For those of you who don't think they will survive, you should know that the founders of Aldi, two German brothers, are the two richest men in Germany. They got that way because Aldi is extremely successful, and knows very well what it is doing. Between the two Aldi groups, one for each brother, they have over 8,000 stores worldwide.
Yes, Aldi is strictly a discount operation. Everything they do is to make it as CHEAP as possible, consistent with decent quality merchandise. Their house brands are pretty much like store brands anywhere, but always pretty good quality.
The quarter for the cart is to get you to return the cart, so they don't have to employ people to go out in the lot and bring them back. In fact, Aldi stores typically operate with two people--one to check out and one to stock and manage--again, save cost = low prices.
You may have noticed that all produce is prepackaged and bar coded. Again, that is to ease and cheapen the checkout process. There is no scale at an Aldi checkout like other stores. Fast (one cashier line only) and cheap. Did you notice how quickly you were checked out when you shopped there?
Other cost saving practices include no coupons, use of pallets rather than shelves to save stocking costs, only one or two brands of any item, etc.
You may be interested to know that one of those brothers owns Trader Joe's (through a family foundation). TJ was started by others but has been Aldi-owned for years. If you look closely you may notice some similarities in how they operate.
Certainly it is not the store for everyone, and probably not the exclusive store for anyone. But what they they do they do well, and their prices on many things can't be beat.
re: johnb
You are dead on with everything you said johnb. I went to Aldi yesterday and got my usual staples. I always like to pick up a couple of new things to try as well. Got a chocolate bar with 60% cocoa and it tastes great! I guess I'm lucky because my Aldi has great produce. Who can turn down 89 cent avocados??? And a package of tri-color peppers for less than what a normal grocery store charges for one red pepper? I'm usually in and out in 15-20 minutes. Can't beat that with a stick!!!
In my experiance they pretty much beat Wal Mart in most staple items. IE tomato paste , sauce, cheese, pickles, tuna (by far) Wal mart doesn't even have a house brand tuna...
basically, anything that would compete with Walmart's GV brand.
Their produce is usually better than WM's and cheaper. Cheaper bananas, blueberries, pineapples, strawberries, baby carrots, pretty much all the time. And the quality is fine (usually Dole , or jersey bluberries or Driscoll berries).Their cold cuts are cheaper and taste the same. When they have name brand items, they usually beat most name stores. i rotate between Wegmans, Wal Mart, Aldi..and a local grocer. All grocery stores have something to offer, but Aldi usually can't be beat head to head on 90 % of the items. Not everything is stellar, you just need trial and error to decide. -
Aldi's prices on pantry staples are on a par with the big-box club stores, but you don't have to buy 20 pounds at once. As another poster said, it's a place to pick up basics, although the stores in my area also always have a selection of "special purchase" name-brand items. I also routinely buy bananas, eggs and some canned products like tomato sauce there. The quality of their cheese and German chocolate bars is good. In the stores in my area I haven't encountered the kids of maintenance problems the OP mentions: the stores are generally clean, well lighted, neat and well maintained.
Aldi is not a substitute for other grocery stores, but you can definitely save money on decent quality items by shopping there consistently.
re: Emm
Hey Emm the day I went was the 1st or 2nd day that they had opened so hopefully the mechanical problems they had were just new bugs that needed worked out. For me though, it was about driving all the away across town to get the same deal I could have got 2 blocks away at Walmart.
I have been thinking about giving them another try but just haven't worked up to needing to.
re: Emm
I like to try their "special purchases" !
I buy my milk and eggs there almost all of the time. My husband prefers their yellow mustard and bagels. I hosted my in-laws and served some of their salsa, and kettle cooked potato chips... BIL thought they were name brand. For staples the places is great... salt, sugar, sandwich bags etc.... then you try their other products and it can be hit or miss, for me though quite a few hits. I am also lucky that my nearby Aldi is super clean.
hey, anyone who has ever lived in an area where Aldi existed knows that
Aldi is not a "foodie" place. It is a basics place. I shopped there to economize when i was in law school, and thank goodness for it. it saved me a lot of money back then.their TX locations are much nicer than the ones i shopped in IL, btw.
there's not alot i would buy there now. most of it is overly processed for our family's taste. but if i was on food stamps, i would definitely shop there. and that is more their target market (along with institutional purchases, very large families, others that live on very, very tight budgets.)
they also have specials every once in awhile that are truly .... special. you just have to watch.
p.s. i use plastic bags from the grocery store for my garbage bags. it avoids buying super-strength triple-ply non-puncturable-non-degradable bags, which i think is actually a beneficial use of grocery bags. i also own a number of reusable bags...but can't use them for garbage.
re: mlschot
"i use plastic bags from the grocery store for my garbage bags. it avoids buying super-strength triple-ply non-puncturable-non-degradable bags, which i think is actually a beneficial use of grocery bags. i also own a number of reusable bags...but can't use them for garbage."
I have some of the Whole Foods reusable bags, but like you, I have always used plastic grocery store bags to take out the trash. Now I have to pay for Glad Bags or their brand-X equivalent. How's that helping the environment?
Either their advertising is failing miserably, or many folks are just not paying attention (or doing any research): ALDI's is a discount food store, it's a tick above a gas station convenience store with Walmart-ish prices. They stock basics most average people buy (full or 2% Milk, white and 'brown' bread, common fruits and veggies, frozen food, cheap wine, no brand names).
They compete on price, nothing else, not quality, not 'atmosphere', not 'brands', not service.
And honestly, it is about time everyone took their own bags to shop, enough of this waste and garbage for no reason other than being too lazy to keep a bag or three in the trunk of your car with all that other junk in there.
When I lived in Michigan I shopped Aldi monthly. The nearest store that I was aware of was a good 30 minute drive from my home, but worth it every time. It was excellent for snacks for my four children and items for school lunches. I gathered empty boxes as I walked through the store to cart my goodies home in. Milk was one thing I learned quickly not to buy there. It tasted like it had been frozen at some point. Produce was the other thing. Granted, this was almost 10 years ago, but I always found great deals there.
Even with all the advanced publicity concerning their operations, people still complain about the "quarter issue" and most stores today have their own reusable bags. Aldi is definately NOT a major grocery. We stop in to get basics that we have tried and like especially for their prices! There are certain items we will never try again. Milk at $1.79 a gallon cant be beat. I can't tell the difference between a premium cow and a generic cow anyways!
I'm willing to put up with narrow aisles and limited selection due to the money that Aldi's saves for me. For example, I was making a dessert where I needed 2 cans of cherry pie filling, 2 cans of crushed pineapple, a box of graham crackers, and some of that spray type whipped cream. I easily saved $5 on that dessert alone shopping at Aldi's. Would I shop there every day? No. Most of their goods are either in a box, bag, or can, and my family and I just don't eat much of that type of food. But, when the opportunity arises where I need a bunch of that type of food, I wouldn't hesistate at all going there (especially since I carry a re-usable shopping bag in my car).
Liveitloud wrote, "The brands looked like something you would find at the dollar store and their overall selection was poor."
Ha, that is what I thought too! I found myself a couple of doors down from the one in Rowlett last week so decided to go check it out. To say I was not impressed would be an understatement, and in fact you could not pay me to shop in such a trashy looking place. I knew already the selections would be limited but did not expect the mess.
When I got home I told my wife that if a dollar store was a grocery store it would be an Aldis. I too doubt they last very long in this market.


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1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, 1,1-Dichloroethane, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, 1,1-Dichloropropene, 1,2 Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP), 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene, 1,2,3-Trichloropropane, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,2-Dichloropropane, 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene, 1,3-Dichloropropane, 2,2-Dichloropropane, 2-Hexanone, Acetone, Acrylonitrile, Alachlor (Lasso), Aldrin, Alpha Chlordane, Aluminum, Aniline, Antimony (total), Aroclor 1016, Aroclor 1221, Aroclor 1232, Aroclor 1242, Aroclor 1248, Aroclor 1254, Aroclor 1260, Atrazine, Benzene, Benzo[a]pyrene, Beryllium (total), bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, Bromacil, Bromobenzene, Bromochloroacetic acid, Bromochloromethane, Bromodichloromethane, Bromoform, Bromomethane, Butachlor, Butyl Acetate, Carbon tetrachloride, Chloroethane, Chloroform, Chloromethane, Chromium (total), cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, cis-1,3-Dichloropropene, Cyanogen Chloride, Dalapon, Di(2-Ethylhexyl) adipate, Dibromochloromethane, Dibromomethane, Dichloroacetic acid, Dichloroacetonitrile, Dichlorodifluoromethane, Dichloromethane (methylene chloride), Dieldrin, Endrin, Ethyl Methacrylate, Ethylbenzene, Ethylene dibromide (EDB), Heptachlor, Heptachlor epoxide, Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), Hexachlorobutadiene, Hexachlorocyclopentadiene, Iodomethane, Isopropylbenzene, Lead (total), Lindane, m- & p- Xylene, m-Dichlorobenzene, m-Xylene, Manganese, Mercury (total inorganic), Methoxychlor, Methyl ethyl ketone, Methyl isobutyl ketone, Methyl methacrylate, Metolachlor, Metribuzin, Monobromoacetic acid, Monochlorobenzene (Chlorobenzene), Mtbe, n-Butylbenzene, n-Propylbenzene, Naphthalene, Nitrite, o-Chlorotoluene, o-Dichlorobenzene, o-Xylene, p-Chlorotoluene, p-Dichlorobenzene, p-Isopropyltoluene, p-Xylene, Pentachlorophenol, Pentane, Phenols, Propachlor, Radium-228, sec-Butylbenzene, Selenium (total), Silver (total), Simazine, Styrene, tert-Butylbenzene, Tetrachloroethylene, Tetrahydrofuran, Thallium (total), Toluene, Total haloacetic acids (HAAs), Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs), trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, trans-1,3-Dichloropropene, Trans-Nonachlor, Trichloroacetic acid, Trichloroethylene, Trichlorofluoromethane, Vinyl 2-chloroethyl Ether, Vinyl acetate, Vinyl chloride, Xylenes (total)
Pollution Summary
10 | Total Contaminants Detected (2004 - 2007) Arsenic (total), Barium (total), Cadmium (total), Copper, Nitrate, Monochloroacetic acid, Dibromoacetic acid, Radium-226, Alpha particle activity, Gross beta particle activity (pCi/L) |
2 | Agricultural Pollutants (pesticides, fertilizer, factory farms) |
4 | Sprawl and Urban Pollutants (road runoff, lawn pesticides, human waste) |
7 | Industrial Pollutants Arsenic (total), Barium (total), Cadmium (total), Nitrate, Radium-226, Alpha particle activity, Gross beta particle activity (pCi/L) |
3 | Water Treatment and Distribution Byproducts (pipes and fixtures, treatment chemicals and byproducts) |
7 | Naturally Occurring (naturally present but increased for lands denuded by sprawl, agriculture, or industrial development) Nitrate, Copper, Barium (total), Arsenic (total), Radium-226, Alpha particle activity, Gross beta particle activity (pCi/L) |
EPA Violation Summary
No violations were reported for this system since 2004.
Information on violations is drawn directly from EPA's national violations database in the Agency's Safe Drinking Water Information System. Analyses by others have raised questions about the quality of the information in EPA's database. For the purposes of this investigation, EWG is not showing below or including in our analyses, those violations for individual water suppliers that occurred on days for which the total number of violations assigned by EPA to that water supplier was greater than 20. This criteria was based on common characteristics of incorrect violations data as identified by water utilities, from a review of EPA's violations data by several hundred utilities prior to the release of EWG's investigation.


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Magic Cochin unplugged - days 2 & 3
Richard brought along a portfolio of some of his recent work, this one of his cat and a pink amarylis is a tour de force!
I wanted to experiment with using more colour in my prints – I tend to play safe and use one or two colours. I used a watercolour sketch of purple podded peas and my Japanese fish brush rest as my inspiration for a series of multi-layered prints.
I was pleased with my pea pod design but the layers of colour need much more work. It has sparked off a whole series of ideas for vegetable and plants based designs which are a mix of stylised foliage and more formal images.
There was a great bunch of people on the course and we all worked incredibly hard to make the most of having Richard there to give us help, advice and encouragement. We felt so lucky that he still generously passes on his wealth of knowledge, and does so with such wit and charm. No wonder many students return year after year!
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Dianhmow - Richard Bawden loves cats!
Artslice - I dislike reduction prints, no chance to revisit and adjust the colours!
Alison - hard work but very enjoyable too!
Toffeeapple - Richard Bawden obviously enjoys teaching.
Diane - I'm looking forward to working on these some more.
CS - I like trying new art techniques.
GBVC - thank you, you're right fish are pod shaped (or are pods fish shaped?)
Louise - I think I'll go back next year!
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ibis Caen Centre Paul Doumer - hotel description
Hotel code: 1012
The ibis Caen Centre Paul Doumer hotel is ideally located at the heart of the historic ducal city, once the stronghold of William the Conqueror. The hotel is close to Juno Beach and Gold Beach, and just a stone's throw from the conference center, the exhibition center and a pedestrianized area with a wide selection of stores and restaurants. It offers 58 comfortable and peaceful rooms, including 2 for people with reduced mobility, a paying underground car park, a bar and free high-speed WIFI.
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