Like Aldi's locations, Grocery Outlet stores tend to be smaller than traditional supermarkets and emphasize low prices. But the California chain doesn't rely solely on store brands to cut costs: Like T.J. Maxx, it often sells products that its competitors - or the brands that make them - can't or don't want to sell themselves. Those can include products that are being discontinued by their manufacturer or items that were meant for other industries.
Move over, bodegas and overpriced "gourmet" markets-discount darling Aldi is planting its flag in the middle of Manhattan. The German grocer just signed a lease for a 25,000-square-foot flagship at The Ellery, a shiny new luxury tower on West 42nd Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. Doors are expected to swing open in 2026, making it Aldi's first-ever central Manhattan location (sorry, East Harlem, you no longer hold the bragging rights alone).