No, it’s the framing. Consider this sentence from the story. Does it sound like it was written by a journalist reporting facts or a public relations specialist?
“There’s no frills — just high-quality products at affordable prices which is what customers have grown to love and rely on.”
That’s all opinion. Certainly you can find some products at Aldi that are not high quality, and speaking for what “all consumers have grown to love” is backed by any evidence.
No, that’s simply what discounters, especially Aldi, are known for. Their whole concept relies on this principle and the US is sort of discovering this for themselves nowadays as well. The fact that German grocery stores with this concept are spreading throughout the US is very much evidence of that already.
By that logic, all positive corporate news are advertisement, and thus worthy to be shunned?
No, it’s the framing. Consider this sentence from the story. Does it sound like it was written by a journalist reporting facts or a public relations specialist?
“There’s no frills — just high-quality products at affordable prices which is what customers have grown to love and rely on.”
That’s all opinion. Certainly you can find some products at Aldi that are not high quality, and speaking for what “all consumers have grown to love” is backed by any evidence.
It’s a lightly repackaged press release.
No, that’s simply what discounters, especially Aldi, are known for. Their whole concept relies on this principle and the US is sort of discovering this for themselves nowadays as well. The fact that German grocery stores with this concept are spreading throughout the US is very much evidence of that already.
And all negative ones are ads for the competition.
Yes.