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85-535: As of 2022, there are 63 Price Rite stores currently operating; Wakefern itself corporately-owns and operates 60 stores outside of New Jersey, while the 3 stores in New Jersey are owned and operated by individual Wakefern members. Similar to other limited-assortment chains, including Aldi and Save-A-Lot , Price Rite offers drastically fewer stock-keeping units (SKUs) than its sibling ShopRite stores, which are conventional supermarkets. Price Rite stores operate on

170-613: A Commodore 64 in 1987, resulted in those products selling out in a few hours. In many of its US locations, Aldi has "Aldi Finds" aisles placed in the center of their stores that feature random specialty items marked down in price, which has been nicknamed the "aisle of shame". Aldi is the largest wine retailer in Germany. Many Australian stores now sell alcoholic beverages. Some US stores also sell alcoholic beverages, mainly beer and wine, where permitted by local and state laws. In March 2019, Aldi Süd launched smaller-format stores in

255-649: A "lack of corporate responsibility" to their farmer suppliers by the Irish Farmers' Association . Aldi was named 2018 "Retailer of the Year" by Supermarket News. Australian trucking giant Scott's Refrigerated Logistics was plunged into receivership and liquidation in March 2023 after going into voluntary administration that February. This sparked protests from the Transport Workers' Union who put

340-532: A 12.6% market share as of early 2016. It has yet, as of 2024 , to open any stores in the state of Tasmania and in Northern Territory . Financial website Canstar rated Australia's supermarkets based on the feedback of 2,897 consumers who had visited one in the past month with Aldi coming out on top. By August 2019, there were 540 Aldi stores in Australia. Aldi had approximately 11 percent share of

425-596: A designated route running through a section of Brockton, i.e. Montello, Campello, Cary Hill, etc. There are also buses that have routes outside the city, i.e., Bridgewater Industrial Park, Ashmont Station ( MBTA subway end-of-line), Stoughton and a connecting bus stop in Montello to the Braintree Station ( MBTA subway end-of-line). The Middleborough/Lakeville Line of the MBTA's commuter rail system bisects

510-510: A few miles of ShopRite supermarkets in places such as: Camden and Garfield, New Jersey. During the 1980s and early 1990s, many American supermarket chains experimented with opening their own warehouse clubs to compete with Sam's Club , BJ's Wholesale Club and Price Club . As those chains were opening locations in the New York and Philadelphia metropolitan areas which are the main footprint of ShopRite, Wakefern decided to follow suit with

595-581: A following to attract shoppers away from the true warehouse competition. Wakefern members operated PriceRite mini-clubs in Fishkill, New York , and Rockaway , and Toms River, New Jersey . The last Price Rite club closed in 1994. In 1995 Wakefern Food Corporation opened reused the Price Rite name for its first limited-assortment supermarket in West Springfield, Massachusetts , operating in

680-612: A franchise agreement with Wakefern, and The Marketplace Group Ltd. is not a Wakefern member. While these stores use the Price Rite logo, the merchandise mix differs significantly from the U.S. stores. The Bermuda stores are more similar to warehouse clubs, selling mostly bulk-sized and club-sized products, as well as toys, electronics and softlines. The stores sell Price Rite-branded merchandise, but also feature Costco Wholesale 's Kirkland Signature brand as well as national brands. The Bermuda stores operate their own website, separately from

765-728: A hot-summer humid sub-tropical climate (abbreviated Cfa ), depending on the isotherm used. As of the census of 2020, there were 105,643 people, 31,440 households, and about 3.04 people living in each household, and about an average family size of 3.59. The population density was 4,486.3 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the city treating Hispanics as if a separate race was 27.8% White , 33.8% African American , 0.2% Native American , 2.1% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 6.9% other race; 17.1% Mixed race or Multiracial, and 12.1% Hispanic or Latino of any race. The African-American population in Brockton has grown significantly since

850-487: A number of challenges, including poverty, crime, and regional and local racial segregation. Despite these challenges, the city has made progress in recent years, particularly in the development of its downtown area, by highlighting its diversity and rich history, and working toward a more welcoming atmosphere for businesses and residents. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has

935-684: A professional baseball team of the Frontier League , begin play in 2024, also using Campanelli Stadium. On the national level, Brockton is a part of Massachusetts's 8th congressional district , and has been represented since January 2013 by Stephen Lynch . On the state level, Brockton is represented in three districts in the Massachusetts House of Representatives : the Ninth Plymouth, Tenth Plymouth (which includes West Bridgewater and Precinct 1 of East Bridgewater), and

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1020-885: A single enterprise with certain store brands or when negotiating with contractor companies. The formal business name of Aldi Nord is Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. , while the formal business name of Aldi Süd is ALDI SÜD Dienstleistungs-SE & Co. Each company is owned and operated independently, but they do have contractual business with one another. Aldi's German operations consist of Aldi Nord's 35 individual regional companies with about 2,200 stores in western, northern, and eastern Germany, and Aldi Süd's 32 regional companies with 2,000 stores in western and southern Germany. Internationally, Aldi Nord operates in Belgium, Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal and Spain, while Aldi Süd operates in Australia, Austria, China, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom and

1105-435: A small store in a suburb of Essen , Germany. Their father was employed as a miner and, after asthma forced him to quit said job, later found work as a baker's assistant. Karl and Theo were born in 1920 and 1922 respectively. Theo Albrecht completed an apprenticeship in his mother's store, while Karl Albrecht worked in a delicatessen . Karl Albrecht took over a food shop formerly run by F. W. Judt and later served in

1190-536: A total area of 21.6 square miles (56 km ), of which 21.5 square miles (56 km ) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km ) (0.56%) is water. Brockton is the 162nd largest city by land area in the Commonwealth, and the twelfth largest of the twenty-seven towns in Plymouth County. Brockton is bordered by Stoughton to the northwest, Avon to the north, Holbrook to the northeast, Abington to

1275-583: Is Medion ). Aldi operates a similar network in Australia using Telstra 's network, called "ALDImobile". Aldimobile is also in Switzerland by Sunrise LLC . In Austria and Slovenia , Hofer stores serve as distributors for the brand HoT Hofer Telekom (Service provider is Ventocom). Brockton, Massachusetts Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts , United States;

1360-473: Is $ 55,140. Males have an average income of $ 41,093 versus $ 35,145 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 17,163. The poverty rate in Brockton is 15.61% of the population. Notably by race, 23.55% of Hispanics were in poverty, while the Black population of Brockton had about 18.61% of its population living in poverty. Data is from the 2009–2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Brockton

1445-571: Is home to the Brockton Symphony Orchestra , a community orchestra founded in 1948. The orchestra performs five or six concerts per season at local venues such as Brockton's West Middle School Auditorium and the Oliver Ames Auditorium in the neighboring town of Easton . The orchestra comprises 65 musicians from the greater Brockton area and its musical director since 2007 is James Orent, a guest conductor of

1530-661: Is in Bavaria . The regional branches are organised as limited partnerships , with a regional manager for each branch who reports directly to the head office in Essen (Aldi Nord) or Mülheim an der Ruhr (Aldi Süd). The Aldi group operates over 12,000 stores worldwide. Aldi Nord is responsible for its stores in Northern Germany, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and Spain. Aldi Nord also owns

1615-595: Is made up of 24 companies with 2,000 stores. The border between their territories is commonly known as the Aldi-Äquator ( lit.   ' Aldi equator ' ) and runs from the Rhine via Mülheim an der Ruhr , Wermelskirchen , Marburg , Siegen , and Gießen east to just north of Fulda . The former East Germany is served by Aldi Nord, except for one Aldi Süd in Sonneberg , Thuringia , whose regional office

1700-827: Is owned by European Union–based entities (Aldi and Lidl are both German-owned). Due to the generic nature of the name "Price Rite", and the unfamiliarity with the brand outside the Northeast, Wakefern has also begun distributing Price Rite-branded merchandise, such as health-and-beauty, paper products, foodstuffs, and dairy products to other retail outlets, such as dollar stores , mom-and-pop pharmacies, and corner stores, along with other supermarkets such as Gristedes Operating Corp., which owns Gristedes Supermarkets in New York City. Due to Gristedes' partnership with Amazon , selected Price Rite-branded products also are available for sale on that website. Price Rite products are also

1785-506: Is the first of a planned one hundred such locations in the city. In December 2020, Aldi bought 545 supermarkets and three warehouses of Leader Price and another 2 Casino supermarkets in France for €717 million from Casino Group . The transaction is part of Aldi's plan to catch up with Lidl in France. In December 2022, Aldi Nord issued a press release stating that Aldi is withdrawing from Denmark after 45 years of operations there. 114 of

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1870-430: Is the site of Massasoit Community College and offers Adult Studies/LEAD classes in Brockton. Fisher College also has a campus in Brockton. The Brockton VA Hospital offers classes and apprenticeships to medical students from Fisher College , Harvard University , Boston University , Northeastern University , University of Massachusetts Boston , and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences . Additionally,

1955-536: Is the smallest neighborhood, but also the most populous. Brockton hosts a baseball team, the Brockton Rox . It is the second-windiest city in the United States, with an average wind speed of 14.3 mph (23.0 km/h). In 1649, Ousamequin ( Massasoit ) sold the surrounding Wampanoag land—then known as Saughtucket—to Myles Standish as an addition to Duxbury . Brockton was part of this area, which

2040-801: The Aldi Markt/Aldi Marché brand, Aldi Süd tries to maintain a regional appearance, branding its stores Aldi Süd in Germany, Aldi Suisse in Switzerland, and Hofer in Austria and Slovenia. Aldi launched in Great Britain on 5 April 1990, when it opened its first store there in Stechford , Birmingham , using the wholly owned English registered company of Aldi Stores Limited. In October 2013, Aldi opened its 300th store in Great Britain. By 2017, Aldi had over 600 stores there and

2125-825: The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops . The city supports three buildings within the Brockton Public Library system. The main library is a Carnegie building. Based at Campanelli Stadium , the Brockton Rox play in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL). From 2003 through 2011, the team was a member of the independent professional Can-Am League , then in 2012 joined the amateur FCBL. Collegiate players on FCBL teams, who are looking for more experience and scouting exposure, are offered non-paid playing opportunities. The New England Knockouts ,

2210-817: The German Army during World War II . In 1945, the brothers took over their mother's business and soon opened another retail outlet nearby. By 1950, the Albrecht brothers owned 13 stores in the Ruhr Valley . The brothers' idea was to subtract the legal maximum rebate of 3% before sale. The market leaders at the time, which often were co-operatives , required their customers to collect rebate stamps and to send them at regular intervals to reclaim their money. The Albrecht brothers also rigorously removed merchandise that did not sell from their shelves, cutting costs by neither advertising nor selling fresh produce and keeping

2295-626: The Grocer of the Year Award . In February 2015, Aldi narrowly lost to Waitrose for the title of Supermarket of the Year 2015. In April 2015, Aldi overtook Waitrose to become the United Kingdom's sixth-largest supermarket chain. In February 2017, Aldi overtook the Co-op to become the United Kingdom's fifth largest supermarket chain. In May 2017, Aldi lost out to Marks & Spencer for

2380-513: The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences . Brockton has a community health center that serves individuals with low income and poor access to health care at Brockton Neighborhood Health Center. The city of Brockton is protected around the clock by 174 paid, professional firefighters of the city of Brockton Fire Department. The Brockton Fire Department currently operates out of six fire stations, located throughout

2465-1011: The Trader Joe's grocery chain in the United States which operates separately from the group. Aldi Süd's responsibilities are for Southern Germany, Australia, China, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States and through Austrian subsidiary Hofer AG in Austria, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland. In Austria and Slovenia Aldi Süd operates their stores under the Hofer brand. Aldi Süd's first Swiss store opened in 2005, and it has operated in Hungary since 2007. Aldi Süd had invested an estimated €800m ($ 1bn; £670m) in Greece from November 2008 until pulling out in December 2010. While Aldi Nord has renamed its Dutch and Belgian subsidiaries Combi and Lansa to

2550-733: The Australian grocery market in 2018. Aldi Süd expanded to the United States under the Aldi banner, having expanded throughout the Eastern and Midwestern US. Aldi Süd revealed expansion plans in 2015, and expanded into the Southern California market, where Aldi Nord's Trader Joe's is based. Reports in August 2019, stated that the company was in the process of using a $ 3.4 billion investment in order to expand to 2,500 stores in

2635-418: The Australian website. In Belgium, print, radio and television ads started appearing in late 2017. These ads were based on the positive results of taste-tests where the chain pitted its own products against common name-brand products. The two stores Nord and Süd have distinct logos with Nord displaying the entire 'A' for Aldi. Süd unveiled a logo in 1982 which displays half an "A".. In 2006, Aldi Süd modified

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2720-842: The Eleventh Plymouth (which includes most of Easton). The city is represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a part of the Second Plymouth and Bristol district, which includes Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Whitman and portions of East Bridgewater and Easton Brockton has a city government led by a mayor and city council . The city elects a mayor for two-year terms. Previous mayors include Winthrop H. Farwell Jr., John T. Yunits Jr., David Crosby, Carl Pitaro, Richard L. Wainwright, John E. Sullivan, Alvin Jack Sims, Joseph H. Downey and Paul Studenski. James Harrington

2805-622: The English renamed Bridgewater . On June 15, 1821, a portion of the then Bridgewater Township was established as North Bridgewater. Brockton is named after Isaac Brock . He was the British commanding general at Queenston Heights —the first major battle of the War of 1812 —where invading American troops retreated in defeat. Because Brock was a loyalist , naming the town after him was a subject of contention among its colonial residents. Ultimately, it

2890-528: The Internet. In the United Kingdom and in Ireland, print and television ads have appeared since May 2005. In 2016 Aldi began producing a series of Christmas adverts to rival John Lewis' featuring a carrot named Kevin. In 2024, Aldi partnered with British television channel Channel 4 to sponsor its food programming strands. In Australia, television advertising is common and the current ads are listed on

2975-653: The Northeast, Price Rite spent 2018 and 2019 remodeling most of its store base to the Price Rite Marketplace format. In 2019, as competition heated up, PriceRite quietly shuttered underperforming stores in Woodbridge, Virginia ; Vestal, New York and a longtime store in Brockton, Massachusetts . In 2007, a Price Rite store was opened in Pembroke, Bermuda, marking the first Price Rite store outside of

3060-545: The Plouffe Academy), Brockton High School and four alternative schools (Huntington, Edison, Champion and B.B. Russell). Brockton High School's athletics teams are called the Boxers (after the city's undefeated heavyweight boxing champion, Rocky Marciano ). In February of 2024, Brockton High School entered the national spotlight following four district committee members requesting National Guard assistance via letter to

3145-422: The Price Rite nameplate. Wakefern defined Price Rite as a "mini-club", and at under 50,000 sq ft (4,600 m), promoted it as a convenient alternative to the massive conventional clubs. Price Rite Mini-Clubs were opened in buildings that had previously housed ailing or outdated ShopRite stores and had been simply retrofitted with warehouse-type shelving. Thus, they lacked size, and did not have enough of

3230-462: The U.S. The store is owned and operated by The Marketplace Group Ltd . of Bermuda, which owns eight other Marketplace Supermarkets and has been a wholesale customer of Wakefern for years, even selling ShopRite-branded products in its Marketplace stores in Bermuda. On January 20, 2016, the company opened a second, larger Price Rite store in the Bermuda parish of Warwick. The Bermuda stores operate under

3315-464: The U.S. stores. Aldi Aldi (stylised as ALDI ) (German pronunciation: [ˈaldiː] ) is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 12,000 stores in 18 countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946, when they took over their mother's store in Essen . The business

3400-618: The UK called Aldi Local , with the first store in Balham , south London. The store has slightly fewer products than a regular Aldi, a preference for fresh products, two sizes of baskets rather than trolleys, and lacks the notable "middle aisle" of weekly offers. In 2021, Aldi UK opened its first cashierless store in Greenwich . In the United States, it advertises in newspapers and on television, as well as print ads distributed in stores, and via

3485-559: The US, including approximately 400 stores across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. On March 7, 2024, Aldi Süd closed the Southeastern Grocers acquisition and announced it would open 800 new US stores by the end of 2028, with some being Winn-Dixie and Harveys stores converted to the Aldi format. The Aldi Nord group currently consists of 35 independent regional branches with approximately 2,500 stores. Aldi Süd

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3570-727: The United States in Iowa , and, in 1979, Aldi Nord acquired Trader Joe's . After German reunification and the fall of the Iron Curtain , Aldi experienced a rapid expansion. The brothers retired as CEOs in 1993. Control of the companies was placed in the hands of private family foundations , the Siepmann Foundation (Aldi Süd) and the Markus, Jakobus and Lukas Foundation (Aldi Nord, Trader Joe's). In August 2023, Aldi Süd acquired Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket in

3655-614: The United States until end 2028. Aldi Süd opened its first 10 stores in Italy in March 2018. In the first year of operation, 51 outlets were opened. By October 2019, there were 66 stores in northern Italy. At that time, the company was planning to open 80 new stores in the country as well as a distribution centre in Landriano. In mid-2019, Aldi Süd opened two small, upscale, stores in Shanghai . Two more were opened in late-2019. This

3740-589: The United States, Marmite and Branston Pickle in Great Britain, and Vegemite and Milo in Australia. Unlike most shops, Aldi does not accept manufacturers' coupons , although some US stores successfully experimented with store coupons. In addition to its standard assortment, Aldi has weekly special offers, some of them on more expensive products such as electronics, tools, appliances, or computers. Discount items can include clothing, toys, flowers and gifts. Special offers have limits on quantities, and are for one week. Aldi's early computer offers in Germany, such as

3825-433: The United States. Aldi began testing grocery delivery in 2017 in select cities such as Atlanta, Georgia , and Chicago, Illinois . Aldi stores are noted as examples of so-called no-frills stores that often display a variety of items at discount prices, specializing in staple items, such as food, beverages , toilet paper, sanitary articles, and other inexpensive household items. Many of its products are own brands , with

3910-604: The United States. In Austria and Slovenia, Aldi operates stores under the Hofer brand. Aldi Nord also owns the Trader Joe's grocery chain in the United States which operates separately from the group. Aldi Süd owns the Winn-Dixie and Harveys supermarket chains in the southern United States. Aldi is the chief competitor of the German discount chain Lidl in several markets. In 1913, Karl and Theo Albrecht 's mother opened

3995-509: The acting Mayor. On July 15, 2019 Rodrigues was unanimously elected by the 11-person City Council to become the Mayor of Brockton. Rodrigues became the first person of color to become Mayor of Brockton after serving six years on the Brockton city council. In 2009, community activist Jass Stewart was elected to councilor-at-large becoming the first African American to serve in Brockton's city council. The city council consists of four Councilors-at-Large and seven ward Councilors, one for every ward in

4080-403: The beginning of the early 2000s. Brockton has one of the largest population of Cape Verdean ancestry in the United States, with about 9% of its population. Brockton also has a significant Angolan American community. Statistically, Brockton is the most populous and most densely populated community in Plymouth County. It is the sixth largest community in the commonwealth. However, it is only

4165-502: The blame on Aldi Australia for increasing strains on the company during the last few years of shortages and inflation. Subsidiaries include the mobile network operator "Aldi Talk", the alcoholic drink brand "Aldi Alcohol", and petrol station retailer "Diskont". Home appliance and multimedia products are labeled under different names, mostly manufactured by Medion . Aldi has a mobile virtual network operator in Germany called Aldi Talk, also known as "MEDIONmobile" ( Service provider

4250-494: The brothers. After the death of Theo's son Berthold , Aldi Nord continues to be controlled by the Albrecht family through its Markus, Lukas and Jakobus foundations, which hold a combined 80.5 per cent of the company's issued capital. Aldi started to expand internationally in 1967, when Aldi Süd acquired the grocery chain Hofer in Austria. Aldi Nord opened its first stores abroad in the Netherlands in 1973, and other countries followed. In 1976, Aldi Süd opened its first store in

4335-503: The chain's total of 188 stores will be taken over by Norwegian competitor Rema 1000 . In August 2023, it was announced the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority had approved the Rema 1000 acquisition. In August 2018, Aldi Nord announced plans to expand its product selection by offering more organic, fresh and easy-to-prepare meals. Aldi also aims to expand to about 2,500 stores in the United States by 2022. On 18 September 2018, Aldi announced its intent to offer grocery delivery in

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4420-462: The changes that had been made in the stores since the original Price Rite limited-assortment format was launched in 1995. Accompanying the new logo and name change were updated graphics and signage. PriceRite is still a limited-assortment supermarket; however, the stores carry a larger number of SKUs (items) than many of its limited-assortment discount competition ( Aldi , Lidl , Save-A-Lot .) As Aldi and Lidl both announced aggressive expansions into

4505-402: The city also has a campus for the National College of Technical Instruction. Porter and Chester Institute also has a campus in Brockton. Brockton is also home to the Brockton Hospital School of Nursing as well as the Monna Bari Medical School. Massachusetts Route 24 , a six-lane divided motorway, passes through the west side of the city, with exits at Route 27 to the north and Route 123 to

4590-433: The city running north-south, with stops in the Montello and Campello neighborhoods, as well as in the city center , providing service to points south and South Station in Boston north of the city. Brockton has three hospitals: Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital on the east side, Good Samaritan Medical Center —a Steward Family Hospital (formerly Caritas Good Samaritan, and before that Cardinal Cushing) Hospital to

4675-481: The city, and maintains a fire apparatus fleet of five engines, three ladders, one squad, one tactical rescue unit and several other special, support, and reserve units. The fire department does not provide EMS services ; ambulance coverage is currently contracted to Brewster Ambulance Service. In 1905, local newspapers recounted many heroic acts by Brockton firefighters during the Grover Shoe Factory disaster . On March 10, 1941, thirteen Brockton firefighters died when

4760-432: The city. As of January 2020, the mayor of Brockton is Robert F. Sullivan. Brockton operates its own school system for the city's approximately 17,000 students. There is an early education school (Barrett Russell), ten elementary schools (Angelo, Arnone, Baker, Brookfield, Downey, George, Gilmore, Hancock, John F. Kennedy and Raymond), the Davis K–8 school, six middle/junior high schools (North, East, West, South, Ashfield and

4845-428: The company announced plans to eliminate plastic bags from its 2,300 US stores. Cloth bags would still be available for customer use. It also said it would aim to use natural refrigerants in its US stores by the end of 2035. Other grocery retailers were making similar moves at the time of the announcement. In the United Kingdom, Aldi has won Supermarket of the Year two years in a row (2012/13), and in 2013, Aldi won

4930-436: The country by the end of 2022. It also invested an extra $ 1.6 billion to renovate 1,300 of its US stores. By October 2024, there were 2,428 Aldi Süd stores in 39 US states. Groceries ordered on-line could be delivered to homes in the areas covered by 95 percent of stores in the US, provided in conjunction with Instacart . In March 2024, Aldi said that it is planning to invest over 9 billion dollars and open 800 new stores in

5015-411: The earlier stores. Wakefern has also used the concept as a replacement for under-performing ShopRite stores or in regions where the Price Rite concept was thought to be more successful. As a result, under-performing ShopRite supermarkets in places such as York, Pennsylvania , and Wethersfield, Connecticut , have been converted to very successful Price Rite stores. The Torrington, Connecticut , Price Rite

5100-430: The former site of the Saint Colman's school, one Christian school (South Shore Christian and the Brockton Christian School closed in 2010), and Cardinal Spellman High School , a Catholic high school named for Francis Cardinal Spellman , Brockton area native and former Archbishop of New York. Students may also choose to attend tuition-free Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School (in South Easton). Brockton

5185-697: The logo slightly and then in March 2017, unveiled a new logo which removed the blue box line around the artistic 'A' and revealed a more rounded, 3D look for the logo as well as a new font for the word 'ALDI', further differentiating it from the Aldi Nord logo which had shared the same font for the brand until then. Between 2012 and 2019, Aldi's UK operations became " carbon neutral ", with investments in solar , green energy , energy efficiency and offsets reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 53 per cent per square meter of sales floor. On 4 March 2020, Aldi announced that all its suppliers must utilize recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging by 2025. In January 2024,

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5270-438: The northeast, Whitman and East Bridgewater to the southeast, West Bridgewater to the south, and Easton to the west. Brockton is approximately 25 miles south of Boston , and 30 miles northeast of Providence, Rhode Island . Brockton is mostly an urban setting, lying along the Salisbury Plain River , which once powered the many shoe factories of the city. To the northeast lies the Beaver Brook Conservation Land, attached to

5355-460: The northwest, and the Brockton Veterans Administration Hospital to the southwest. The VA Hospital is the sponsoring institution for the Harvard South Shore Psychiatry program. It serves as a teaching facility for students of various medical specialties from Boston University , physician assistant students from Northeastern University , nursing students from the University of Massachusetts Boston and physician assistant and pharmacy students from

5440-408: The number of other brands usually limited to a maximum of two for a given item. Aldi mainly sells exclusively produced, custom-branded products, often very similar to and produced by major brands, with brand names including Grandessa, Happy Farms, Millville, Simply Nature, Clancy's, and Fit & Active . Branded products carried include Haribo in Germany, Knoppers in Belgium, France, and

5525-515: The population was 105,643 at the 2020 United States census. Along with Plymouth , it is one of the two county seats of Plymouth County . It is the sixth-largest city in Massachusetts and is sometimes referred to as the "City of Champions", due to the success of native boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler , as well as its successful Brockton High School sports programs. Two villages within it are Montello and Campello , both of which have MBTA Commuter Rail Stations and post offices. Campello

5610-510: The roof collapsed as they were fighting a fire at the Strand Theatre . That fire resulted in one of the worst firefighting tragedies in American history . The City of Brockton Police Department has roughly 181 sworn members and 31 non-sworn employees. The officers are assigned to the Patrol Division, and Operations Division which includes; Detectives, Narcotics, Gang Unit, Special Weapons And Tactics, K-9, Quality of Life, GREAT Program, Elderly Affairs, and Community Education Units. In addition,

5695-406: The same principles as their competition; however, they are a bit bigger (averaging 35,000 sq ft (3,300 m)) and concentrate on offering a larger “fresh food” selection. Price Rite also emphasizes the fact that its stores are American-owned, by incorporating the phrase "An American Company" into its trademark. This is presumably to highlight the fact that much of Price Rite's competition

5780-441: The same segment as no-frills operators which were successfully spreading across North America, such as Aldi , Food Basics , and Save-a-Lot . Price Rite stores which opened in the 1990s or early 2000s lack the service departments found in conventional modern supermarkets, such as Deli, Bakery, Meat, and Seafood. These service departments are replaced by pre-packaged offerings prepared at centralized facilities which reduces cost for

5865-445: The size of their retail outlets small. By 1960, there were 300 stores in Germany. The brothers split the company in 1960, reportedly over a dispute about whether they should sell cigarettes . Karl believed they would attract shoplifters while his brother, Theo, did not. This led to Theo running Aldi Nord, and Karl running Aldi Süd. At the time, they jointly owned 300 shops. Journalist Martin Kuhna, however, questioned said reason for

5950-436: The south. The two routes pass through the center of the city, crossing at that point. Massachusetts Route 28 passes from north to south through the center of the city, The western end of Route 14 (at its intersection with Route 27) and the southern end of Route 37 (at its intersection with Route 28) both are in the city. Brockton has its own bus services, operated by the Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT). Each bus has

6035-401: The southern end of the Ames Nowell State Park in Abington . There are several parks throughout the city, but the largest is D.W. Field Park , an Olmsted -inspired park which includes ponds, Waldo Lake and Brockton Reservoir in Avon, as well as a golf course. According to the Köppen climate classification , Brockton has either a hot-summer humid continental climate (abbreviated Dfa ), or

6120-690: The split in an article published by the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) in September 2009, where he suspected that the real reason for the split lay in the vastly differing management styles of the brothers. In 1962, they introduced the name Aldi —short for Al brecht- Di skont , which translates into English as 'Albrecht Discount', which became their formal corporate name in 1975. Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd have been financially and legally separate since 1966. The individual groups were originally owned and managed jointly by

6205-474: The state’s Governor to deal with increasing levels of violence between students and security staffing shortages at the school, a request opposed by the Mayor of Brockton at the time. [1] Brockton was home to three parochial schools (Sacred Heart, Saint Casimir and Saint Edward) which merged in 2007 to form two schools. Trinity Lower Campus at the former Saint Edwards school site, and Trinity Upper Campus located on

6290-661: The store brand for discount stores such as National Wholesale Liquidators . For most of the chain's existence, the Wakefern cooperative has been very careful not to cannibalize sales of its member-owned ShopRite stores by opening Price Rite stores in overlapping trade areas—thus, most Price Rite stores were opened in New England or Pennsylvania, outside ShopRite's core regions. In 2013, the co-operative announced that it would allow its members to operate their own Price Rite stores. Since then, new Price Rite stores have opened within

6375-475: The store. More recently opened stores have started to add certain service departments, depending on both space available and on regional requirements. In the years since the first Price Rite opened, the concept has been tweaked to emphasize the size and freshness of the perishable departments in comparison to its competition. Newer stores, such as the Price Rite of Brockton, Massachusetts , (at over 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m)), are also larger than most of

6460-497: The title of Supermarket of the Year 2017, published by the magazine Which? . According to 2019 research, nearly two-thirds of households in the UK visit an Aldi or Lidl branch at least once every 12 weeks. In the United States, due to the relatively low staffing of Aldi locations compared to other supermarket chains, Aldi has a reputation of starting employees out at significantly higher than minimum wage , unusual among American supermarkets. In Ireland, Aldi has been accused of

6545-410: The twenty-seventh most densely populated community in the Commonwealth. As of 2010, there were 33,675 households, out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were married couples living together, 19.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 26.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who

6630-409: Was 65 years of age or older. In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.8% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males. As of 2018, the median income for a household in Brockton

6715-519: Was America's largest producer of shoes, and until the latter parts of the 20th century, Brockton had a large shoe and leather products industry. Since the company's 1898 founding, Brockton has been the headquarters city of office supplies retailer W.B. Mason , itself founded to provide those supplies to the city's shoe industry. The city's economy was once based on the shoe industry, but it has since diversified to include other industries such as healthcare, education, and manufacturing. Brockton has faced

6800-541: Was a former ShopRite store that had sat unused for almost 10 years before it was opened as Price Rite. In 2005, a Price Rite store was opened in Azusa, California , in partnership with K.V.Mart Co., which is an independent supermarket operator in southern California. A second store followed in the Los Angeles suburb of Hawaiian Gardens . Both stores were closed in 2013 and the partnership between Wakefern and K.V.Mart Co.

6885-549: Was elected mayor in 2005 and began his term in January 2006. He was re-elected on November 6, 2007, for another two-year term. He had previously served 16 years as a City Councilor. In the fall of 2009, City Councilor Linda Balzotti defeated Harrington to become the city's first female mayor. Balzotti was defeated in 2013 by Bill Carpenter, who won the election by only 44 votes. After the unexpected death of Bill Carpenter on July 3, 2019, City Councillor President Moises Rodrigues become

6970-523: Was ended. In 2014, Wakefern announced that the Price Rite banner was to be made available to all of its cooperative members, so they can open and operate their own Price Rite outlets. The first of these stores, which is owned and operated by cooperative member Inserra Supermarkets Inc. , opened on July 1, 2014, in Garfield , New Jersey. Price Rite changed their logo and branding to "Price Rite Marketplace" in 2017. The company said that it wanted to reflect

7055-675: Was given the name Brockton in 1874, and officially became a city on April 9, 1881. Brockton was a stop on the Underground Railroad , a network of secret routes and safe houses that helped enslaved people escape to freedom in the North and Canada. Famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass , spoke to a crowd at the Liberty Tree in Brockton during the pre-Civil War period. During the American Civil War , Brockton

7140-814: Was opening them at a rate of more than one a week. In January 2022, Aldi launched its Shop&Go concept in Greenwich, London. In September 2022 Aldi overtook Morrisons to become Britain's 4th largest supermarket, with a 9.3% market share. In September 2023, Aldi opened its 1,000th location in the UK and shared its plan to open another 500 as a long-term goal. Aldi entered the Irish market in 1999. In March 2022, its 150th store in Ireland opened in Cahersiveen (County Kerry). Aldi opened its first Australian store in Sydney in 2001, and has grown rapidly since, maintaining

7225-473: Was split into two separate groups in 1960, that later became Aldi Nord (initially Northern West Germany ), headquartered in Essen, and Aldi Süd (initially Southern West Germany), headquartered in neighbouring Mülheim . In 1962, they introduced the name Aldi (a syllabic abbreviation for Al brecht Di skont). In Germany, Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd have been financially and legally separate since 1966, although both divisions' names may appear as if they were

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