I'm going to the cheap grocery store, what should I get?

[Vic Vega]

Yeah, some of the "other" items they get can be strange at times. The other day they had some German brand gas-electric generator (5HP) for $79... I almost bought it!

 

[Ken g6]

Google Maps tells me Aldi hasn't made it west of Kansas yet.

Aldi is inexpensive, it isn't cheap.

How does Aldi compare to Wal-Mart? (Edit: Food-wise?)

 

[PottedMeat]

No Aldis around here, but the Asian supermarkets are excellent for cheap produce.

yeah those asian supermarkets are good too, but i wonder how the hell they stay open being so filthy.

 

[angminas]

Yeah, but I dont have a quarter with me at all times. It is my right to leave.a shopping cart wherever I damn please

Entitled much? You don't have any rights over their property that they don't choose to assign to you.

 

[Vic Vega]

Google Maps tells me Aldi hasn't made it west of Kansas yet.How does Aldi compare to Wal-Mart? (Edit: Food-wise?)

I've only shopped at Walmart for groceries a few times so I don't know much about their brands. From my experience though Aldi house brands are as good or better than their national brand counterparts. So, if the national brands are better than Walmart's brands (I don't know) then I would say Aldi's probably are too. Hope that helps.

 

[Ika]

this.

Aldi kicks ass, they're the reason milk is $0.99/gallon here.

holy shit where are you? milk in philly is ludicrous at around 3.25-3.50/g. even at home it was 2.20 at costco.

 

[Ika]

yeah those asian supermarkets are good too, but i wonder how the hell they stay open being so filthy.

because chinese people don't care because the food is cheap? just wash everything when you get home or before you prepare it, no harm done.

I don't know if it's just me but there seems to be a lot of stupidity/snobby people in this thread.

 

[Chunkee]

try the hagus and cheese loaf. their crackers are good.

 

[PottedMeat]

holy shit where are you? milk in philly is ludicrous at around 3.25-3.50/g. even at home it was 2.20 at costco.

in the DFW area - Aldi opened up ~10+ stores I think in the metroplex. Their milk went from $1.49 ( everyone else was $2+ ) to $0.99. After a couple days WalMart/Kroger/Albertson's went to $0.99.

 

[IronWing]

Aldi sells Matt's Chocolate Chip Cookies. Get those. Send me some.

 

[Jadow]

Pretty much everything at Aldi is REALLY good. Their brand is better than a lot of regular name brands. Their milk is just fine.

Great place to get "staple" cooking ingredients, brown sugar, flour, etc...

Their "choceour" sic chocolate bars are insanely good.

edit - re coffee, they have a pre-ground "Donut Store Blend" (orange text), obviously a knock of of Dunkin Donuts coffee that is what I buy. It's good.

 

[rudeguy]

Aldi sells Matt's Chocolate Chip Cookies. Get those. Send me some.

Thanks for the tip. Cookies are always popular around here.

I didn't end up going today. I didn't realize that I had 6 loads of laundry piled up. I'll go on Tuesday while my son is at school.

I seriously need a maid or a wife or....just fucking help

 

[BoomerD]

in the DFW area - Aldi opened up ~10+ stores I think in the metroplex. Their milk went from $1.49 ( everyone else was $2+ ) to $0.99. After a couple days WalMart/Kroger/Albertson's went to $0.99.

Sweet. Around here, "cheap" milk is ~$2.50/gallon. You can beat that slightly at Costco...but you have to buy 2 gallons, and some pay periods, we don't use 1 gallon in two weeks.

IIRC, Aldi's is owned by the same company that owns Trader Joe's.

 

[Circlenaut]

Ever since reading multiple articles about how current pasturalization doesn't kill MAP effectively (a type of bacteria in the same family as the causative agent behind tuberculosis) I've stayed the hell away from dairy products. I used to drink multiple gallons of milk per week as a kid. MAP is gaining more support as the causative agent behind certain types of Crohn's and IBS. It's why I've switched to soymilk years ago, even if it's $7+/gal.

 

[DrPizza]

I found those artificial cheese to be nasty. They don't even melt right. Anyway, try to avoid the aisles with the red necks.

Not sure what you're talking about, but 100% real cheese isn't artificial cheese. And if by "melt right" you're referring to the way certain "cheese" (American) melts, that barely qualifies as cheese. Also, you don't "pay" to use the shopping cart; you get your quarter back. Amazingly, since their carts aren't left out in the rain, snow, to be hit by cars, etc., their carts are always in good shape. And, as someone above said, it's certainly not a one stop place for groceries. They have the majority of the staples you'd need. Their frozen section has a decent variety, and some of their special items add a little to that variety. Nonetheless, overall, they have only a fraction of the foods that other grocery stores sell. Then again, the items that they do sell are the higher volume things. Thus, they don't have the burden of buying a case of something that sells one jar a week, and needing to dust off the cans on the shelves that are gathering dust like in some sections of some grocery stores.

Plus, wtf?? Check this out at your regular grocery store. Stop in the canned fruit section and count the number of choices you have just for peaches. I'd bet that counting the different brands, sizes, and styles, you have no less than 25 different choices for canned peaches. Probably 4-5 different brands, 2 or 3 sizes, sliced, halves, diced.. Ditto for pineapple. That contributes a lot of overhead to stores for space and having that much stuff in stock. And that's one way that Aldis saves money.

 

[El Guaraguao]

you get cancer from all their products btw