ALDI to open new store in Rochester, reopen Gates store

Diana Louise Carter//August 19, 2019//

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The corner of N. Winton Avenue and Blossom Road will have a grocery store again starting on Thursday.

ALDI's newly renovated stores typically look like this. — ALDI’s newly renovated stores typically look like this.

ALDI plans to open its long-awaited store on Thursday at 175 N. Winton Road. The German-based chain of grocery stores had eyed the area for several years but previously was stymied in its plans to build a store on the north side of Blossom Road. Everything changed however, when the Tops grocery store on the southwest side of the intersection closed.

ALDI renovated part of the space occupied by Tops until late 2018. A ribbon cutting is scheduled for 8:25 am on opening day, and customers can enter a drawing to win a year of ALDI’s produce.

“We know ALDI is the grocery option busy Rochester shoppers need for their everyday lives,” said Aaron Sumida, Tully division vice president for ALDI. “ALDI stores are designed to save customers time and money, and we’re looking forward to helping even more shoppers fill their carts at our new Rochester store.”

Local ALDI fans will have more than one store to crow about this month, as the store in Gates at 8 Spencerport Road, will reopen Aug. 28 after being closed for renovation. The ALDI corporation has been working its way through its Rochester-area stores with renovations.

The new store and renovation are part of a $3.4 billion investment ALDI is making to expand to 2,500 stores nationwide and freshen up its existing stores. The corporation said it now has 1,900 stores and is spending $1.9 billion to renovate 1,300 of them.

Through bulk purchasing and the use of store brands, ALDI offers a streamlined range of products that frequently sell for less than competitors’ similar products.

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