Aldi, Inc.

BATAVIA, Ill. - Discount grocer Aldi, Inc. here is turning up the volume on media outreach to help boost its profile as it expands into new U.S. markets and bolsters its presence in existing markets from Kansas to the East Coast.

BATAVIA, Ill. - Discount grocer Aldi, Inc. here is turning up the volume on media outreach to help boost its profile as it expands into new U.S. markets and bolsters its presence in existing markets from Kansas to the East Coast.

BATAVIA, Ill. - Discount grocer Aldi, Inc. here is turning up the volume on media outreach to help boost its profile as it expands into new U.S. markets and bolsters its presence in existing markets from Kansas to the East Coast.

CHICAGO -- Lower-income households actually outpace their higher-income counterparts in consumer packaged goods (CPG) spending, and will spend $85.3 billion on CPG in 2007 while generating an additional $84 billion in incremental CPG growth during the next decade, according to a new study by market research firm Information Resources, Inc.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Penny Curtiss, the commercial bakery division of the Penn Traffic Co. here, will lay off 26 seasonal call-ins and 28 full-time employees between Aug. 24 and Sept. 8, as it winds up its contract to provide fresh baked goods to Aldi grocery stores.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Penny Curtiss, the commercial bakery division of the Penn Traffic Co. here, will lay off 26 seasonal call-ins and 28 full-time employees between Aug. 24 and Sept. 8, as it winds up its contract to provide fresh baked goods to Aldi grocery stores.

BATAVIA, Ill. -- German-based discount chain Aldi, with U.S. headquarters here, plans to open 25 to 35 outlets in the competitive Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex by fall 2009, along with a distribution center to serve the Texas region, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.

BATAVIA, Ill. -- Limited-assortment retailer Aldi here, which has so far kept a low profile in New England with a handful of stores, now has plans to construct a 500,000-square-foot distribution center in South Windsor, Conn. to supply a projected 70 stores, 50 in Connecticut, and 20 in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, according to a local press report.