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Food prices steering more shoppers to discount grocers (4/4ページ)
独系ディスカウント店アルジ（テネシー州ナッシュビル）でスパゲティ･ソースを探す客のロン・グリーンさん。低価格商品やＰＢ商品を買い求める客が増えてきたためディスカウント店は店舗を増やす計画だ（ＵＳＡ ＴＯＤＡＹ）DISCOUNT-GROCERS -- Ron Green shops for spaghetti sauce at an Aldi store in Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday, April 24, 2008. Some discount grocers such as Aldi are expanding their store operations as more consumers come to their stores looking for discounts and private-label brands to save money. (Gannett News Service, Shelley Mays/The Tennessean)Pam Jackson, 42, of the Nashville area recently started shopping at Aldi because of deals like $1.49 for a dozen eggs. The 72-cent savings is worth the trip, she said.
Jackson said her family's grocery bills have risen to around $130 a week, shopping at Kroger and Wal-Mart, compared with about $80 per week at Kroger a year ago.
It's hard for traditional supermarkets to compete with stores like Aldi or Save-A-Lot on price alone, said Jim Hertel, Willard Bishop's managing partner. However, they can market themselves with fresh produce and meats, organic products, exotic offerings and service, he said.
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