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duke wrote:The building is coming along nicely.

Does anyone know if you will be able to get from the roof carpark into the store? I can only see metal stairs on the outside.
There is also a ramp following the creek rather than crossing it.
I am surprised Westfield didn't add a roundabout to the main street, instead they are forcing people through the carpark of the new building.

I think that they will add an elevator on the roof into the store, it would not practical to carry 3 shopping bags up stairs.

Aldi opens on Wednesday the 16th.
Signpost on the corner of North East Rd/carpark entry road has now been erected.

electrictechron wrote:

duke wrote:The building is coming along nicely.

Does anyone know if you will be able to get from the roof carpark into the store? I can only see metal stairs on the outside.
There is also a ramp following the creek rather than crossing it.
I am surprised Westfield didn't add a roundabout to the main street, instead they are forcing people through the carpark of the new building.

I think that they will add an elevator on the roof into the store, it would not practical to carry 3 shopping bags up stairs.

I checked out the building the other day. There doesn't appear to be any form of lift. Only the metal stairs on the outside.

duke wrote:

electrictechron wrote:

duke wrote:The building is coming along nicely.

Does anyone know if you will be able to get from the roof carpark into the store? I can only see metal stairs on the outside.
There is also a ramp following the creek rather than crossing it.
I am surprised Westfield didn't add a roundabout to the main street, instead they are forcing people through the carpark of the new building.

I think that they will add an elevator on the roof into the store, it would not practical to carry 3 shopping bags up stairs.

I checked out the building the other day. There doesn't appear to be any form of lift. Only the metal stairs on the outside.

So they expect wheelchair people and people with heaps of shopping to walk around 500m to the lift at Coles and walk up the small sidewalk.

electrictechron wrote: So they expect wheelchair people and people with heaps of shopping to walk around 500m to the lift at Coles and walk up the small sidewalk.

Thinking about it further, I assume the roof parking isn't for aldi customers. Aldi uses those coin lock trolleys, so maybe only the parking around the bottom is designed for customers. The carpark space would then be similar to the aldi at Parafield Gardens.

Has anyone got any recent news of this project?

Aldi TTP has opened today.

Modbury Triangle upgrade is going ahead if you can look past the massive mess.
Surely this will force Westfield into doing something decent with TTP & TT+.

The whole place is a mess. I'm very surprised at Westfields lack of foresight here.

Most of the stuff in there is off-brand ripoffs of other brands. They have a big billboard dedicated to a crumpet and they have 'Cola' soft drink with the same font and packaging style as Coke.

electrictechron wrote:Most of the stuff in there is off-brand ripoffs of other brands. They have a big billboard dedicated to a crumpet and they have 'Cola' soft drink with the same font and packaging style as Coke.

It sounds as though you were expecting more?

electrictechron wrote:Most of the stuff in there is off-brand ripoffs of other brands. They have a big billboard dedicated to a crumpet and they have 'Cola' soft drink with the same font and packaging style as Coke.

You do realise that's exactly what Aldi is famous for. They stock two brands of most things - big name that's slightly cheaper than Coles and Woolies, and their own brand, which is very cheap and where you start saving big.

The Aldi own brand soft drinks are watery. Their own version of Abbott's village bread is not much cheaper than Abbott's Village Bread especially when its on special at foodland which is regularly lately.

Eurostar wrote:Their own version of Abbott's village bread is not much cheaper than Abbott's Village Bread especially when its on special at foodland which is regularly lately.

Yay for competition?

I know Aldi loves their private brands but I was expecting them to at least be more creative with their products.

electrictechron wrote:I know Aldi loves their private brands but I was expecting them to at least be more creative with their products.

Most of their own brand products are made by the brand name manufacturer anyway.
Eg. the cola is made by Schweppes and the bread is made by Tip-Top.
Most of their products are made in Australia and no products contain artificial colors which is great for my dad who is allergic.

They are consistently winning awards for their products https://www.aldi.com.au/en/groceries/awards/

Shopping at Aldi is different. If you want variety and someone to pretend to care how your day is while they pack your bags, then Coles, Woolworths or Foodland is the place. If you want to get your shopping done quick, costing you less for decent products then Aldi may be the option. Aldi isn't for everyone, and they don't pretend to be.

I think the biggest issue Aldi is facing in SA is that so many people were expecting it to be another Costco.