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NorthJersey.com BERGENFIELD — There was no ribbon-cutting ceremony or other festivities due to the coronavirus as the borough's new Aldi supermarket opened its doors Thursday morning.An employee pressed a button&nbsp;and the automatic&nbsp;doors opened wide&nbsp;for the first customers who entered the new store in the Foster Village Shopping Center.Bergenfield residents Isabel Cardona and her sister Lennis, who live in an apartment complex behind the shopping center, were the early birds greeted by Aldi District Manager Sam Bensley. Both have shopped&nbsp;at the Aldi in Hackensack and appreciate having one so close to home."This is a nice&nbsp;supermarket, it's clean. It's very convenient for those people who do not have a car and have to walk," Isabel Cardona said. "It's cool being the first customers."The Aldi is&nbsp;the second major supermarket to debut in the Bergen County borough of 27,000 residents in nearly a year. Rival chain Lidl opened its first store in the county a few blocks away, at the site of a former Pathmark on New Bridge Road, in December.The two chains aren't the only ones vying for shoppers in a suddenly&nbsp;surging grocery market in North Jersey, which has&nbsp;also seen new projects in Wayne, Park Ridge, Morris Plains and other communities. Whole Foods, Foodtown and ShopRite are also expanding, as the coronavirus pandemic boosts business by keeping&nbsp;more people cooking at home.&nbsp;The Bergenfield Aldi is among several new stores that the German-based discount grocer plans to bring to&nbsp;New Jersey by the end of the year, with a location opening in Marlboro last month&nbsp;and others in the works for Totowa and Monmouth Junction. An Aldi opened just weeks ago at a former Sports Authority site in Ramsey.&nbsp;The new sites are part of the company's plans to grow into&nbsp;the third-largest U.S. grocery retailer by store count by the end of 2022. Aldi has several other locations in the area, including Hackensack, East Rutherford, Clifton and Bloomfield.For subscribers:Now open:For subscribers:Like those stores, the Bergenfield market covers&nbsp;about 12,000 square feet, with&nbsp;gleaming aisles and several freezer sections. It is stocked with a variety of&nbsp;items ranging from bags of Honeycrisp apples to jars of German-style red cabbage with apples.Like other Aldis, it includes an "Aldi Finds" section&nbsp;where shoppers can pick up non-grocery items such as stuffed tabletop scarecrows for $5.99.Rolling her cart through the first aisle on Thursday, past a sea of&nbsp;breads and produce, was&nbsp;Diane Wrocenski, a Closter resident. She said she's&nbsp;looking forward to an Aldi opening in the future&nbsp;in West Milford near her son's home and plans to come to the Bergenfield store often."It's beautiful and well-kept," Wrocenski said.The store, located at 433 South Washington Ave., is&nbsp;open&nbsp;daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., opening an hour earlier than most other Aldis. There are social distancing measures in place including a cap of&nbsp;no more than 100 shoppers inside at any given time.Ricardo&nbsp;Kaulessar&nbsp;is a local reporter for NorthJersey.com. For unlimited access to the most important news from your local community,&nbsp;.Email:&nbsp;Twitter:&nbsp;&nbsp;

NorthJersey.com BERGENFIELD — There was no ribbon-cutting ceremony or other festivities due to the coronavirus as the borough's new Aldi supermarket opened its doors Thursday morning.An employee pressed a button&nbsp;and the automatic&nbsp;doors opened wide&nbsp;for the first customers who entered the new store in the Foster Village Shopping Center.Bergenfield residents Isabel Cardona and her sister Lennis, who live in an apartment complex behind the shopping center, were the early birds greeted by Aldi District Manager Sam Bensley. Both have shopped&nbsp;at the Aldi in Hackensack and...

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