Schenectady will be closing one of its grocery stores today, Wednesday, September 14th to make way for another one in Rotterdam that will open tomorrow, Thursday, September 15th. It has been a long time coming and residents are excited.

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The ALDI Grocery Store inside the Woodlawn Plaza closes its doors to make way for the new one at the Five Corners in Rotterdam

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Crews have been working hard to get the new ALDI Grocery Store finished. It is finally ready.

A Grand Opening Celebration is Planned

The new ALDI will open at the Five Corners in Rotterdam on Thursday at 9 am. There will be a ribbon cutting at 8:30 am and the first one hundred customers will get gift bags featuring samples of ALDI products. There will be a sweepstakes that customers can enter for a chance to win a five hundred dollar ALDI gift card.

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Regional Vice President, Aaron Sumida said to News 10 ABC,

We are excited to provide local shoppers with a revamped and refreshed ALDI store designed to make grocery shopping smarter, faster and easier. We are always looking out for the needs of our shoppers and decided to move our Schenectady store to allow more room for added fresh, high-quality products at affordable prices, which our loyal shoppers know and love.

There was an overwhelming demand for a grocery store that was closer to residents in that Five Corners section of Rotterdam.

There is another ALDI at 303 Saratoga Road in Glenville.

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Schenectady's 5 Best Bakeries [RANKED]

Schenectady is one of the prime foodie destination cities, not just in the Capital Region, but in New York state in general. And one of the food lanes the city is known for is great bakeries. We could go on and on and on about all the great ones in the Electric City, but these 5 right here are the best of the best according to Yelp users. So the next time you need a great birthday cake, a pie for dessert at that next dinner gathering, or maybe some of the best bread ever baked, these are the 5 must-visit bakeries in Schenectady.

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