Aldi

I made it finally! I see their fantastic advs every week and it’s close to my house.
Price: Cheap mostly! Wine $ 2.50-, Banana $ 0.29/p-, organic peanut butter about $ 3, organic soy milk about $ 2.50,…
Atmosphere: Clean and simple.
Cashier: Only 2 open
Customer service: Friendly and kind;)
Parking lot: Free.
Maybe you can’t find everything you need there. Some cheap stuffs are gone quickly.
Oh, don’t forget to take shopping bags with you!

SO happy to get Aldi close to where I live! I hardly shop anywhere else, since I am on a very limited food budget ($ 25/​week). I cook at home constantly, and I’m able to get almost all the ingredients I need here. Further, I eat healthily: fruit and vegetables make their way into my diet daily. Ramen only makes an occasional appearance in my home lol. I made a meat/​veggie tomato sauce over pasta recently, using grass-​fed beef and produce from Aldi. I really can’t overemphasize how happy I am to have a grocery option that allows for me to eat well, since it’s really hard to stay within budget nowadays!

So happy that we got them in this shopping center. Very convenient. The prices are awesome and their produce is good. The selection is limited but you can save quite a bit by shopping here for staples. The staff is very helpful and friendly. You can’t beat the prices for bread, fruits, eggs, milk, salad, vegs, cheese, etc. Great effort by the staff during the snow storm!!!

Eh, they let the lines get really long. Sometimes 10 – 12 people deep before they open a new one. I prefer Springfield store.

Visited this brand new location (only opened for three weeks), so the store was very neat, clean and well organized. Not a great variety of nutritional foods, but then again, this is an Aldi’s store which is known for its reasonable prices on snack type foods, frozen foods, candy… not really the place to shop if you are looking for quality produce and meats, but definitely the place to shop for packaged «stuff». I hope it stay as neat and organized as it is now.

I dropped in this new food store when i was over that way. Milk was on sale for 0.99, probably because it had a expiration or sell by date 2 days later. The produce was not that fresh looking. Bread had no expiration or sell by dates. Looked like some good products, but no dates to evaluate freshness. Some very good prices.
In my experience I was unimpressed. Getting help was difficult. To me this doesn’t come close to Trader Joe’s diverse and less than grocery stores. One measure for me is fresh produce and perishable products, e.g. bread.
Some people may find the mostly store brand products a good deal. For them I say great. It may be a store that works for you.
I’m guessing the reason produce and dairy weren’t so fresh is because a new store has to have all the groceries on hand and they aren’t yet well established. Maybe give them the benefit of the doubt.
Bring your own bags and pack it yourself. Clean store.

Meh.
Just not that impressed. And I really didn’t see and overwhelming savings on many items unless you regularly consume a large percentage of processed foods.
About 20% of the store is essentially junk food (cookies, chips, candy, low nutritional frozen foods, etc…). Sure I might run in here on the way home if I forgot to pick up something simple — but then you have to deal with the fact that Aldi might not even have that item (forget it if you want a specific brand).
The protein selection (meat, poultry, fish) is limited and the produce selection sad — and you have to by large quantities of many items (think bags of apples, oranges, etc instead of being able to select specific pieces) which means you have to deal with the concept that some pieces are going to be less than ideal. You’ll get a much better deal and selection of produce at the Sat/​Sun Southern Towers Farmers Market right across the highway from here.
Aldi certainly has its place. But I don’t buy a lot of processed foods and enjoy far better savings on produce and proteins shopping at nearby international/​asian markets that are just as convenient.
2 annoyances:
They only have shopping carts. I almost never use a shopping cart for someplace like this where I’m only going to purchase a few items. I prefer a handheld basket as using a cart encourages over shopping (usually of junk food). So you basically are either forced to use a cart here or juggle items as you walk around the store.
They accept cash or DEBIT only. No credit cards. I haven’t used my debit card for more than the ATM in years (since it seems that 3 – 4 major retailers I shop at get hacked or have some data breach each year). I like the added security protections of my VISA thank you. I pay it of monthly so I incur no interest and I want to use it where I want to use it.

This place has cheap staples with questionable quality. Makes a discount «shoppers» grocery store look like a whole foods. Tried it once and that will probably be it. I might save 10−20% on select major items but I’ll just have to go to another store for all the other specialty items and decent food. I can see see the draw for this place for those with limited incomes or large families but other than that? Naw.

Christmas came early this year! Tired of getting gouged for staple items at other grocery stores in the area? Tired of having to deal with the CHAOS of Costco or a hike to WalMart to get good prices? Tired of that empty parking spot cluttered with abandoned shopping carts? ***Go to ALDI, period.*** The store is clean and bright, with a compact layout and checkout that is efficient to get and go. To illustrate how intelligent this company is, nearly every item has multiple printed bar codes so the cashier can blaze through everything you put on the conveyor. Brilliant.
Most products are generic but of high quality. Produce like bananas can go down in price over the week as they ripen. This applies to any overstocked bread too.
Some ballpark prices to expect…
Dozen Large Eggs: 2.39
8oz cheedar/​swiss/​mozzarella etc: 1.59
10lb bag of Russet potatoes: 0.99 (not a typo, they’re 99 cents!)
6 English muffins: 0.25 !!!
6 Cinnamon Raisin Bagels: 0.50 !!!
Greek Yogurt: 3.69
16oz sour cream: 0.99
24oz ketchup 0.79
Woven Wheat «triscuits»: 1.69 (as good as name brand imo)
Winking Owl Wine 750ml: 2.89
1% milk, half gallon: 1.69
Grape Tomatoes: 0.99
Canned «chunky» soups (ready to eat): 1.19
Tub of raisins: 2.89
Tuna pouch: 0.89
Not from concentrate OJ: 1.99
Chia Seeds: 2.99
Flax Seeds: 2.49
Dried cranberries: 1.19
Dole fresh broccoli: 1.49
16oz energy drinks: 0.99
1L peach/​black cherry/​citrus sparkling water: 0.59
Protips: Bring a quarter to unlock their shopping carts (you get it back), and have your own bags ready either in your cart to bag inside, or in your trunk. Debit cards only.
CVS, dry cleaning, 7 – 11, SunTrust are also in the plaza.

Aldi is great for staples in baking, chocolate chips cereals and so forth. If you are not put out by putting back a shopping cart (25 cent deposit) using your own bags and paying debit or cash only). Aldi saves on credit fees and bags and staff then passes savings to you!
No name brands but most items are high quality. There are a few duds here and there but they accept returns as they have a satisfaction guarantee and Aldi brand items.
Can beat pricing! Great to stock up without having to wait for sales. Can’t find every item and choices are limited but worth a look in my opinion. Produce is generally so so and meat options are limited as well.
Great location and brand new store! Happy to see them opening up another nova outlet. For me, the benefits make it worth a trip at least once a month.

I can’t believe an Aldi opened up in the Fairlington area! Before you start hating, just note that this grocery chain is sisters with Trader Joe’s! The grocery carries limited brand names, mostly generic/​Aldi-​produced food items, as well as other specialty items. I love how this place is super suped up, with the high ceilings, wooden beams, and hip signs! Prices are great — I am a fan of their baked goods and treats, baking ingredients (such as the cake mixes, sprinkles, and the frosting), their Happy Farms’ soft cheeses, the Savoritz’s Sea Salt Pita Crackers, the Moser Roth’s Milk Chocolate Toffee Crunch, Mama Cozzi’s pizzas, as well as the party tubs of ice cream. Don’t forget to bring your reusable grocery bags (as you would have to dish out a few more cents for the store’s plastic ones) — the friendly staff were passing out Aldi reusable grocery cloth bags in celebration of their opening day — YAY! There were also some samples, such as their cheeses, crackers, chocolates, and muffin snacks. Just note that the carts charge you a quarter, but when you put it back, you’ll automatically get refunded (this is a way to ensure that you put the carts back!).
+located in the CVS plaza
+Happy Farms’ soft cheeses
+Mama Cozzi’s pizzas
+Savoritz’s Sea Salt Pita Crackers
+Moser Roth’s chocolate bars
+baking goods
+chocolate-​covered potato chips: D (limited time special)
+bring reusable grocery bags!!!
+quarter required for use of grocery cart
+cash or debit card only