ThursdayOctober 9, 2025

New Aldi grocery opens; hundreds of people crowd into store

By: Dave Thompson|October 9, 2025
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    • Erika Ubeda shows an Aldi bag she received after shopping at the new Aldi grocery store at 710 42nd Ave. Drive, Moline, early Thursday morning, Oct. 9. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    Rick Lerch didn’t get much sleep Wednesday night. He was thinking about the new Aldi grocery store in Moline that had its grand opening at 8 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 9.

    “I woke up in the middle of the night, thinking about the new Aldi. My wife said I should just go and do that Aldi thing. So, here I am,” said the Reynolds, Illinois, man, who…

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