Progressive Grocer, a food industry news service, reported Thursday Aldi Rolls out National Market Basket Study to Validate Low Prices.

A snippet:

“We continue to hear a lot of talk about food price inflation,” company spokeswoman Martha Swaney told Progressive Grocer, citing U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data that prices rose 5.3 percent in 2007, the largest increase since 1990. “With our study, we didn’t just want to say ‘our prices are less than our competitors,’ but instead have real evidence of this,” said Swaney.

To that end, the Batavia, Ill.-based U.S. division of the German-owned Aldi “went out and compared our prices with conventional and big box grocers, and we found our prices to be significantly lower,” Swaney said. The research showed saving of an average $115 per month, she said.

By the way, if you like to shop at Aldi (I remember Shawna doing a happy dance when the Monroe Aldi store opened!), then check out this really cool recipe blog: The Aldi Queen.

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