Hiram ALDI Opening March 8

On Thursday, March 8, ALDI—a select assortment discount grocer—will open the doors of its newest metro-Atlanta store at 5746 Wendy Bagwell Parkway in Hiram. 

“We are pleased to bring this location to Hiram to help more customers stretch their dollars even further,” said Thom Behtz, Jefferson division vice president for ALDI, in a news release Monday. “As important as price is, there’s only one way to attract and keep shoppers: You have to have quality products. When people try our ALDI exclusive brands, they find out that inexpensive can be great.”

The Hiram store showcases the “new look” of ALDI. With higher ceilings, improved natural lighting and environmentally friendly building materials—such as recycled materials and energy-saving refrigeration and light bulbs—the store aims to offer customers a simple and easy-to-navigate shopping experience.

Customers can expect to find more than 1,400 of the most frequently purchased items sold under ALDI exclusive brands for prices up to 50 percent less than traditional supermarkets. ALDI eliminates overhead costs by offering a cart rental system, through which shoppers insert a quarter to release a cart and receive the quarter back upon the cart’s return. Other cost-saving practices include a smaller store footprint, open carton displays and encouragement of customers to bring their own shopping bags.

ALDI also hopes to save shoppers money by keeping stores open during prime shopping times. The Hiram store will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. ALDI accepts cash, debit and EBT cards.

A grocery retailer that has grown without merger or acquisition, ALDI opened 75 stores in the United States in 2011 and plans to open 90 stores in 2012. ALDI has approximately 1,200 U.S. stores located in 31 states.

The grocery store will open just weeks after , and just over a year since .