Aldi enters D.C. market with no-frills approach - San Francisco Business Times:

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First, Washington Business Journal reported in its April 10-16 issue that the Aldi Group would open up to 10 Trader Joe's stores in the That's its discount gourmer food chain based in Los Angeles. Now comeds word that Aldi Group is shopping for sitesx for itsnamesake chain. This one, called is a chain of super-discount warehouse-style stores basec in Batavia, Ill. The company has roughly 500 stores in theUniterd States, including one in Baltimore.
The storesd tend to have very little in the way of finishese and instead sell products straight from their packing Stores carry mostlyprivate labels, take only cash and food and require customers to bag their own Aldi officials declined to but information about Aldi's activities here is leakinhg out through several real estate Likely sites for Aldi include Takoma-Langleu Crossroads Shopping Center in Takoma a 124,000-square-foot retail center at New Hampshire Avenue and University Boulevard. Blakde Construction Co. in the Districr sold the retail center this springfor $12.3 million to New York investors. Before the deal Aldi signed a leasd fora 17,400-square-foot store there.
A secondc potential site is alonf Route 1 in Hybla Valley inFairfazx County, according to a Maryland general contractor that plan s to bid on work for the 15,000-square-foott store. Stephen Lustgarten, vice president at Blake who worker on the Takoma Park Aldi said the chain drives a touggh bargain and competedwith Save-A-Lot for space. That's a deep discount chain basedin St. Louis. Save-A-Lot has 12 stores in the mid-Atlantic, according to Food a trade publication basedin Columbia. Aldi Group, a privately held is owned by the Albrechrt familyof Germany. The holding company has stores in Europe and theUnitedf Kingdom.
IT'S MORE THAN JUST of New York has made good on its promisre to open retail locations in the United States -- including an Avon Express Center in Lanham. This is Avon'xs first Express Center in the area and the thirdx in the United States after San Franciscoand Tampa, Fla. The 9,000-square-foot Lanha m Express Center, 7953 Annapolis Road, is part part office and part warehouse. Avon spokesman James Prudemn said the store coversabout 1,000 squarwe feet and is outfitted with a circular displa case accented with blond-colored wood. Prudej said the shop sells Avon'sa most popular products and new items. The storde held its soft openingMay 4. A grandf opening is scheduled forJuly 15.
The remainder of the spacee serves as offices for districtsaled managers, meeting rooms for training sessions and a warehouse. Pruden said the facilityu has a total of30 employees, most of whom pack orderse from the field. Avon chose the Lanha m site because it's close to the homed of most of its sales representatives in he said. Pruden could not provide the number of Avon salewsrepresentatives here. There are 487,000 sale s representatives in theUnited States. Avon also is slate to open a four-floor day spa in Trump Towefr on Fifth Avenue in New York laterthis summer. Any prospectsz of the same comingto Washington?