Aldi

Love Aldi! Great prices on organic produces and groceries. Nice wine selection. Too bad that they do not have organic eggs, milk or cheese. Always fresh. Love the checkout, love that these cashiers are sitting, they do take care of their employees. No cart all over the parking lot to scratch your car.

This place is horrible. 1^st you have to rent a shopping cart for .25 cents and you have to pay for bags or use free boxes. The staff is not friendly or helpful. The store layout has no rhyme or reason, just a bunch of crap thrown in. The produce looked old, and I wouldn’t trust buying any «fresh» meat. Mostly unknown knockoff brands that fail in comparison. I’ll stay with Publix and never revisit. Why anyone shops here is beyond me?

Typical, sales listed no product, yes we sold 3 today no one to ck if out, well don’t
advertise 3 item sale. Frozen pumpkin pie on cart thawing, guess they re freeze too.
So build another store, yup, same story. Pay the 8% you save and shop where they
have service. And or product. Or both !!! OK I’m done.
bOb

Bring your own shopping bags (or pay for them at the store). I don’t shop at Aldi often, mostly because I find them so hit or miss. Sometimes they have a lot of really great things available, and sometimes it is all off-​brand stuff that reminds me of the Dollar Store. Today I am going because blueberries are advertised at only 99 cents a pint, a full $ 2 cheaper than any other grocery store in the area. I have also scored with their bags of tangerines, very juicy, fresh and tasty. I am starting a juicing program so I will probably shop there more often. They seem to do well with fresh produce although sometimes it is limited. It has always been fresher and cheaper than many other stores. They are worth a look.

I am obsessed with Aldi.
They are owned by Trader Joe’s (Germany), so expect the same type of labyrinth shopping that you would like at TJ or Ikea. The prices are often half of what you would pay at a regular grocery store. Also, Aldi carries many interesting European themed foods that you cannot find anywhere else.
They do not accept credit cards: debit cards or cash only
You can find some name brand items at Aldi. However, most of the items are private brand. I find that the private brand items are very high quality, as even sometimes better than the American name brands… uh oh!
You will need a quarter to get a shopping cart, and you will be bagging your own groceries in your own bags. Conveniently, they just added a bagging counter after checkout. That is just one of the ways that they cut costs.
The produce is not filled with pesticides, so it goes bad very quickly. You will want to just buy what you can eat that week. The prices on produce are extremely low; pinapples, grape tomatoes, flats of squash/​zuchinni, bags of apples, potatoes— all for under $ 1.50. I bring fruit salads to all potlucks now, because Aldi makes it affordable.
There are some items that you cannot or should not get at Aldi, that I prefer to get at Publix:
1. non-​frozen meat — I don’t get it from Aldi because it is filled with water. However, I buy frozen and prepared meats from Aldi, when needed.
2. lunch meat — while Aldi’s cheeses are great, the lunchmeat is bland and overly salty.
3. Yogurt– because Aldi is lacking in selection.
4. Salad Dressing– limited selection
Conveniently, this location of Aldi is in a Publix parking lot!

Good prices, some pitfalls. Aldi’s doesn’t refrigerate produce. You take a chance that your packaged veggies or fruit will be moldy, it happens way too often. Their frozen blueberries have very thick skins and are unpleasant to eat. Their frozen fish is from China, even the salmon and cod, I won’t buy that, been there with Walmart and learned that Chinese fish is inedible. Most of Aldi’s processed products are very high in sodium. Some good deals, yogurts, soups, cheeses, pork loins, ribs, milk, eggs, you have to look; some nice surprises.

I really like just about everything about this place. The first time I went, I saw how low the prices were and all the odd-​name labels and only bought a few things. I kept getting braver and trying more and more and… voila! now I pretty much only buy groceries here. For the first time EVER, I even use a different mayonnaise than my old Hellmans – something I thought could never happen. Either they use the same food and put their own labels on it, or they somehow have come up with better stuff, but, bottom line: I’m completely happy with 99% of their products. Honestly, I believe many are better than the name brands. And the prices? Ridiculous! They save me a ton.
Oh, and I have to mention the amazingly fast check-​out skills of the cashiers. Thank you for not wasting my time chatting with your co-​workers and commenting to me on every other thing I’m buying (a personal pet peeve). My hatred of grocery shopping has lessened considerably.