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Supposedly they're even a little cheaper than walmart

Only for small items like pepper or baking soda.

ForsakenHermit posted...

Only for small items like pepper or baking soda.

Why, only for that?

I use to shop at Lidi (sp I am not sure how to spell it but it is like Aldi). I got a trumpet from there.

It hit and miss with product quality, but usually more "this is adequate" than "this is awful".
The frozen pizzas are alright, and it's the only place in the US that sells Wernesgruner.

Smallville posted...

Why, only for that?

A lot of what else they have doesn't really appeal to me I suppose.

Hell yeah I do

Don't have one anywhere near me. It's like other than a few in California and Arizona there aren't any Aldi stores in the western half of the US.

Bump

Every so often. Lidl is more convenient, though.

Also, Aldi doesn't feel like a fully functioning grocery store, as it misses complete sections, like cleaning supplies or toiletries.

Lidl seems like it's more of a complete grocery store to me.

It's 50% of where I go. Good store. Milk prices are so low.

I have a few times to see what it was like. I don't know why, but something about it makes me feel happier and more refreshed than shopping at Wally World. Maybe it's the lighting.

one is just opening in my area. I will try it.

I still can't wrap my head around that you guys have aldi stores over there. I thought it was a completely german thang

I basically do all my shopping at Aldi except for what they don't sell.
I love Aldi. Just got my Aldi joggers and windbreaker they had on sale this week.

Sharashaska posted...

I still can't wrap my head around that you guys have aldi stores over there. I thought it was a completely german thang

I'm glad we have it

Yeah sometimes. They have such great prices, and sometimes their quality is better than the nicer places, but it can be a little hit or miss.

My family uses it pretty regularly, yeah. Absolute best value around us for Greek yogurt and nut milk (I go through these like crazy for breakfasts), like literally under half of what it costs at the other stores, and quality is quite good. Snack foods (pretzels, chips, canned nuts to name a few) are generally good quality (unlike other store brands around here) and maybe 30%-50% cheaper or so than name brands at other places, unless you want to play games around sales that you have to wait a month or more for. Produce is inconsistent but generally good, and it's hard to find any consistently good grocery store produce. We get their frozen pizzas pretty often as well. There's several other things we've found that are basically the same as everywhere else, but cheaper, like grated parmesan and frozen berries.

Not everything has been perfect, though. Their canned chili with beans has been a disgusting paste every time we've tried it. I'm not a huge fan of their prepackaged deli meats (though it's not awful), and they don't have a full service deli. Drinking water (bottles/gallons) really isn't any cheaper than anywhere else. Their woven wheat crackers are a pretty significant downgrade from Triscuits.

Tom_Joad posted...

Also, Aldi doesn't feel like a fully functioning grocery store, as it misses complete sections, like cleaning supplies or toiletries.

Mine has these things.

I recently started doing all of my shopping at Aldi. I've saved a lot this month.

No because how do you have a low price on whatever that is

Sharashaska posted...

I still can't wrap my head around that you guys have aldi stores over there. I thought it was a completely german thang

I remember shopping at Aldis like 20 years ago. They've been in the US a long time.

Yeah but only for little things, they're selection is usually way smaller than HEB

No, I shop at walmart.

I kind of liked looking around at Aldi's selection of frozen food from like a couple of years ago. They had some packs of frozen clam meat or whatever in clam shells that you could cook in the oven. The only thing that i liked getting once in awhile. Most of the time Aldi's prices were a little spendy.

I prefer getting food cheaper from Walmart anyway

typed in clams at aldis in my web browser's search engine a couple of minutes ago.

They're called Stuffed Clams. They were pretty good anyway when bought a few of them a couple of years ago.

Dunno if Aldis even sell them anymore or not

Sharashaska posted...

I still can't wrap my head around that you guys have aldi stores over there. I thought it was a completely german thang

There are Aldi stores here in Australia too. They're pretty much everywhere. Having said that I don't shop at Aldi. I've tried them before and everything I have tried has been sub-par.