Aldi Comes to D.C.'s Fort Totten

Wade waited in line for 45 minutes along with dozens of other people to get a $10 gift card and the chance to shop at the Aldi. The Fort Totten Aldi is the company's second store in the District- with the first located at the Skyland Town Center in Ward 7 in Southeast- and is the chain's largest store in the city with 24,000 square feet.

"This is my neighborhood, Riggs Park," Wade, 72 said. "This grand opening is very important to me because it gives me somewhere to shop and not leave the neighborhood. There are other stores here, but Aldi is affordable. And I like to shop at bargain stores."

The Store is a product of The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, which is led by president and CEO Jane Cafritz, and it serves as the developer of Art Place at Fort Totten. Elected officials such as D.C. Council member Zachary Parker (D-Ward 5), Kenyan McDuffie (I-At Large), and community leaders such as Barbara Rogers, president of the Lamond-Riggs Citizens Association cut the ribbon on the new store along with Cafritz and and Aldi Managers.

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