well I was saying this article was classist. I don’t see how other grocery models relate to this. The article was classist in the sense that it didn’t even seem

well I was saying this article was classist. I don’t see how other grocery models relate to this. The article was classist in the sense that it didn’t even seem to understand the nuances you’re describing. It just reduced Aldi to some 2nd world shopping experience (see my quotes for examples). Anyway if you’re talking about Mexican groceries that focus on produce and meat we are already talking about apples and oranges with respect to Aldi because people shop at those places not just for price considerations but because that’s what they culturally want. As an immigrant myself I can say that arriving in the US it was bewildering and strange that people bought everything in a paper box that was just add water or microwave. Very alien and unsettling. None of that stuff is, you know, food. I feel like immigrants set up those kinds of stores because they want places to buy /food/.