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Post by dealsamongus on Jun 5, 2016 23:31:55 GMT
I also learned all employees are crossed trained to do any job in the store. I thought that was cool!
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jun 5, 2016 23:47:49 GMT
I run there to get cheese (when I remember!) we live in an area where there is a grocery every other block it seems!
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Post by stampinchick on Jun 6, 2016 1:28:23 GMT
My experience with myself and everyone I know is that the first time you shop at an Aldi you aren't impressed. But if you go back you soon discover that they really do have great things and are so much cheaper.
My absolute favorite thing they sell is at Christmas and Easter when they sell their boneless spiral cut ham. Best ham ever. I bought one for Christmas and it was so good I wanted to get another one to freeze for later but they were sold out. I bought one with a bone in it after Christmas when they had them $5 off. It wasn't nearly as good as the boneless. So at Easter I made sure I bought 2 of the boneless hams. We had one for Easter and last week I baked the other one and cut it into slices and stuck them in the freezer. When I need a quick, delicious meal I can just pull out a few slices of that delicious ham.
Their celery is almost always really nice and much cheaper than any grocery store. I love when they have baby carrots .49 a bag.
I am picky about olives and their stuffed olives taste just like the Vlassic olives so I am quite certain they really are the same just with the Aldi label slapped on the jar and so much more cheaper that in another store.
Other things that I love:
frozen orange chicken little smokies whipped cream cheese bagged salads half and half toilet paper that compares to Charmin Ultra Soft plastic zip lock bags organic free range chicken broth spicy brown mustard buttermilk ranch dressing at Christmas they had honey butter - SO good on corn bread frozen green beans
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Post by naby64 on Jun 6, 2016 1:58:43 GMT
Just went for the first time today. I was visiting the kiddos.
I love their frozen gyro kits but they didn't have any today so that did bum me out. Today I grabbed grapes, red and yellow peppers, Brussel sprouts, apples, lemons, green beans. I think that was all the produce. Grabbed some bags of frozen quinoa kale mixespecially and a mushroom Flatbread that I had for dinner tonight. That was very good. Got pumpkin that I mix in with the pups food. Oh and some of those peanut butter cups I keep reading about.
I was happy with how it all looked. Flatbread was very tasty. Oh and some brown rice pasta and a couple of ethnic food sauces. I spent $89. DD threw a few things in the basket and can't remember what. I didn't think my price was bad for the producentire I got.
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Post by mallie on Jun 6, 2016 11:59:42 GMT
I don't have the time or inclination to run to multiple stores to cherry pick and that is the sort of store Aldi is for me. It also fills me with totally righteous indignation to have to pay for a cart.
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Post by melanell on Jun 6, 2016 12:13:42 GMT
I don't have the time or inclination to run to multiple stores to cherry pick and that is the sort of store Aldi is for me. It also fills me with totally righteous indignation to have to pay for a cart. You get the quarter back, so you're not really paying for it so much as putting down a quarter as collateral. And I actually really, really love the quarter thing, because consistently (as in truly always) there is never a stray cart in the Aldi parking lot. Ever. Even in the rain, snow, etc., they are all put away. It's amazing to me that a measly quarter can make people keep that lot completely cart free considering what lots at neighboring stores look like.
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Post by mallie on Jun 6, 2016 14:08:26 GMT
I don't have the time or inclination to run to multiple stores to cherry pick and that is the sort of store Aldi is for me. It also fills me with totally righteous indignation to have to pay for a cart. You get the quarter back, so you're not really paying for it so much as putting down a quarter as collateral. And I actually really, really love the quarter thing, because consistently (as in truly always) there is never a stray cart in the Aldi parking lot. Ever. Even in the rain, snow, etc., they are all put away. It's amazing to me that a measly quarter can make people keep that lot completely cart free considering what lots at neighboring stores look like. Nope. Still not gonna do it.
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Post by femalebusiness on Jun 6, 2016 15:56:56 GMT
You get the quarter back, so you're not really paying for it so much as putting down a quarter as collateral. And I actually really, really love the quarter thing, because consistently (as in truly always) there is never a stray cart in the Aldi parking lot. Ever. Even in the rain, snow, etc., they are all put away. It's amazing to me that a measly quarter can make people keep that lot completely cart free considering what lots at neighboring stores look like. Nope. Still not gonna do it. I like the quarter thing. No carts in the parking area to dent your car. I always put my cart away at all stores. It is good exercise and really how lazy do you have to be not to walk twenty feet and put back something that you have used?
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Post by angieh1996 on Jun 6, 2016 16:18:10 GMT
We love Aldi. I run an in home daycare and it saves me a ton of money.
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Post by shescrafty on Jun 6, 2016 18:17:46 GMT
I go to ALDI first and anything I cant get there I go to the grocery store on the way home. Often I can't find some specialty items or spices needed for recipes, but the majority of food I can pick up. I typically spend around $100-$125 a week for us and don't shop sales, I just get what I want for the recipes I am going to make,
Shopping at ALDI has made it easier to make my menus because before I was always trying to follow the sale flyers. With their prices I don't feel I need to. For my typical list I can get everything I need except for maybe 5-6 items. I am not brand loyal which helps.
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