The Market Report

ALDI Opened: 2019 Previous Tenants:  none Location:  1050 N Military Hwy, Norfolk, VA Photographed:  December 2019 Our final stop in Janaf is this roughly 19,000 square foot ALDI, which is part of the enormous Janaf Shopping Center. It's in an outparcel near Military Highway. And I didn't get to go inside, but it looks a lot like other ALDIs. If you do want to see inside, though, you can do so here . Check out the Food Lion and former Farm Fresh just north, and tomorrow, we'll be heading into downtown for a stop over on Grocery Archaeology !

Food Lion Opened: 2012 Previous Tenants:  Food Lion (1997-2007) > Bottom Dollar Food (2007-2012) Location:  1235 N Military Hwy, Norfolk, VA Photographed:  December 2019 Yep, we couldn't go too many days here in Norfolk without seeing a Food Lion. This 39,000 square foot store was built in 1997 as a Food Lion but interestingly enough spent five years of its life as a Bottom Dollar Food. It seems that Ahold Delhaize has been pushing Food Lion more aggressively lower-end than it has been in the past. Their past stores were much more upscale, even just in appearance, like Shepherdstown . But I think the failure of Bottom Dollar left a lower-end hole in their operations, creating an opportunity to further distance Food Lion from the Ahold chains that also operate in their areas. For those who live in this area, is that a fair assessment? Anyway, don't forget to check out the former Farm Fresh across the street and the ALDI just south here . Tomorrow, we head over to Groc...