Aldi will remodel six Omaha-area stores, spending $10 million to put the focus more on fresh items like produce, dairy and baked goods.

The project is part of Aldi’s $1.6 billion nationwide push to upgrade and expand four-fifths of its 1,600 U.S. stores in the next three years. The push comes as fellow German competitor Lidl opens its first U.S. stores, and as competitors like Amazon and Blue Apron reshape the grocery industry.

Aldi is reinforcing itself to better compete in what it calls a “turbulent retail environment.”

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