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Aldi, kroger, & Walhell. All are a min of 12 mi away and if I want good selection, 30 mi ea way.
If Aldi sold everything I use, I'd never set foot in Kroger or Walhell, but that's not the case.
Prices? Yikes! Walhell is beyond outrageous! Much more expensive than Kroger on many items. For example, a 12 oz package of baby bella shrooms was $4.98 just a couple of days ago. A can of crushed tomatoes I would pay 85 cents for at Aldi, $1.98. and $5.68 for 3 lbs of potatoes!
Likely because this is a rural-ish area & they can...
So maybe people complain because they don't have a choice. Originally from the Cgicago burbs, I never could have even imagined living somewhere like this. It truly is close to a 3rd world country.
There is a Dollar General about .5 mi. South of me & another about 2 mi north.
There are so many here because people don't own cars.
I don't consider Dollar General a primary food source, as they don't offer fresh meats & produce. I bought milk there once. Curdled from the store. Krogers is the same way. Rotten milk, meats, & produce for outrageous prices.
This place is surreal.
They are not the only option YOU have. It's possible, just barely, that other people do not have the same luxury of choice that you enjoy.
After Days Of Bare Shelves, H Street Walmart Is Slowly Restocking
Sarah Y. Kim
Nayion Perkins / DCist/WAMU
The Walmart Supercenter in H Street NW, one of the area’s more affordable grocery stores, has begun restocking its shelves after being almost bare of groceries for days.
On Monday, ‘out of order’ signs were posted on the store’s empty refrigerators and freezers. The deli was empty and closed. Produce shelves were also almost completely bare.
Produce shelves at the H Street Walmart were almost empty Monday.
Nayion Perkins / DCist/WAMU
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Dr. Stacey Patton, an author and reporter, tweeted pictures of the store’s empty shelves on Jan. 6, saying that the freezers have been broken for weeks and that food shortages have been a “chronic” issue at the store since the summer.
@Walmart
this is a disgrace! Your H Street location in DC in the heart of a Black neighborhood with limited food options has freezers that have been broken for weeks!!!
Link to tweet
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Walmart is one of the more affordable grocery options in the area. Other grocery stores in the H Street Corridor include a Giant about half a mile away, and a Whole Foods about 0.7 miles away. A Safeway is also around the corner on L St. NW. It’s one of three Walmart locations in the District — the others are on Georgia Ave. NW in Brightwood and on Riggs Rd. NE.
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I have never been in this store when it was not jammed wall to wall with people.
It’s even cheaper than Walmart. Food in a can from that store is still the same as food from a can from a more expensive store. 
walmart does attract a different customer base than say Trader Joes.....Remember when the people of walmart photos were a thing?
I do not shop there often due to the way they treated my sister in law when she worked there a few years back. She has no problem with it and i remains her favorite store next to costco.
I have shopped there more as of late due to the fact that they carry the cat food my fussy cat will only eat.
Some spot supply issues remain and it appears cat food is one of them....
Seriously - it was dirty and grimy, people were wandering down the aisles aimlessly, nobody acted like they were thrilled to be there. It was super creepy. 
