Thread: Re: Aldi's is coming

"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> cybercat wrote:
>
>> If it is "yuck" to get Stouffer's lasagne, Butterball turkeys,
>> Smithfield hams, Nabisco products and Margaret Holmes
>> canned goods, all with excellent expiration dates, at half
>> price or less, then Aldi is "yuck."
>>
>
>>
> But the Smithfield products you see there are from a huge giant ultra mega
> conglomerate packing company. They really don't sell true Smithfield hams
> at Aldi.
>

I know, George! It's a brand name, which is what we were talking about,
as opposed to Aldi's "Kirkland" or other store brands.

I live in NC, and have many relatives in Virginia. I know what a Smithfield
ham is.

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:10:28 -0500, George <[email protected]>
wrote:

>cybercat wrote:
>
>> If it is "yuck" to get Stouffer's lasagne, Butterball turkeys,
>> Smithfield hams, Nabisco products and Margaret Holmes
>> canned goods, all with excellent expiration dates, at half
>> price or less, then Aldi is "yuck."
>>
>
>>
>But the Smithfield products you see there are from a huge giant ultra
>mega conglomerate packing company. They really don't sell true
>Smithfield hams at Aldi.
>
>What they sell is just something that is marked "Smithfield".
>
>http://www.smithfieldfoods.com/Understand/
>
>
>This is the real Smithfield ham:
>
>http://www.smithfieldhams.com/
>
>I don't associate anything wonderful with butterball turkeys. They
>simply bought a lot of mind share by continuously advertising them. All
>of the big box industrial market display cases are filled with them at
>cheap prices.

It's been pointed out to her before. She won't get it.

Lou