Odd Lots · Friday, July 3, 2026
Aldi has opened a new 25,000-square-foot store in Midtown Manhattan, a location not typically associated with discount grocers. The Chief Commercial Officer, Scott Patton, discussed the unique logistical hurdles of stocking the store, including shorter trucks and a two-driver system for deliveries due to traffic congestion.
“Yeah, so Midtown Manhattan. That's our second location in Manhattan. You're right, it's not intuitive.”
“So we come from South windsor up in Connecticut. We have a truck that comes over. We come at night because of the congestion, and you're right, it's very difficult to get a truck, especially into midtown.”
“It's a bit of a shorter truck because of the they can't hit the turning radiuses. So for instance, at the store, when the truck comes into deliver, it's a shorter truck. There's two drivers, one to kind of guide and watch the parking and make sure we can cut the radius back in, another one to unload the groceries. So it's a two team just to deliver groceries.”