Aldi, Inc.

ST. LOUIS -- Schnucks Markets Inc. here is partnering with Kaldi's Coffee, also based here, to offer coffee bars in some of its local stores. The family-held chain debuted the first Kaldi's yesterday during the grand opening of its new Twin Oaks replacement store.

FINDLAY, Ohio - Results of a nationwide survey released yesterday showed that Publix leads the pack of supermarket operators in the eyes of customers, when it comes to the level of service it provided in 2006.

BATAVIA, Ill. -- Aldi, the international limited-assortment retailer with U.S. headquarters here, is interested in expanding into eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. To that end, the company has retained the services of Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based Fameco Real Estate to represent it in identifying new development opportunities in those areas.

BATAVIA, Ill. -- Aldi, the international limited-assortment retailer with U.S. headquarters here, is interested in expanding into eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. To that end, the company has retained the services of Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based Fameco Real Estate to represent it in identifying new development opportunities in those areas.

BATAVIA, Ill. -- Discount grocery chain Aldi, Inc. here is the target of a lawsuit that claims the retailer wrongly fired a cashier who said she couldn't work Sundays because of her religious beliefs.

ESSEN, GERMANY - Aldi Group, the German discount retailer with more than 800 U.S. locations, is eyeing Florida as its next lucrative market. The retailer plans to open at least 20 stores in the Orlando market and more than 100 stores in the state, according to published reports.

ROBESONIA, Pa. and CARTERET, N.J. -- Two major grocery distributors in the Northeast U.S. are joining forces. Cooperative food distributor Associated Wholesaler's Inc. (AWI) in Robesonia, Pa. is merging with White Rose Food, the largest independent wholesale food distributor in the New York City metropolitan area, sources told Progressive Grocer on Friday.

DETROIT -- Germany-based discount grocer Aldi plans to open six stores in the metropolitan area here by 2007, which represents the edited assortment retailer's most aggressive push in southeast Michigan since entering the state in 1994.