Aldi Supermarket

I went to one about 5 minutes away from my house last night and even thought I only paid 10.00 for a few items the quality was terrible. Never again!
So here is my 10.00 shopping: a 1.99 chicharronez chips (most disgusting things I ever tried… threw it away immediately), a 2-​pounds dole seedless grapes for 1.98 (great price but same deal as your local Stop and Shop or Walmart when on sale, but these ones were dirtier than usual), 0.49 avocado (one shall see, will update when used), a 1.99 disposable roasted pan (what I really went to buy… buy one for about 1.19÷1.29 at Save-​a-​lot last week but that store was out of my way) and a 4.99ish whole cashews bag (now, that was good. Again, prices are comparable to Market Basket, Stop and Shop on sale) and the place looks like an episode from the Walking Dead. Dirty, there are no shopping carts, everything is generic, and you find ¹⁄₁₀ items you went to get, cash/​debit only and, as the cashier point out, get the especial item now because what you see today, won’t be here tomorrow.
I am sorry, but I need consistency in my grocery shopping, time, is a valuable asset I appreciate having so going in circles around a supermarket looking for items and then supplementing at the big supermarkets is not for me, food that tastes like cardboard and generic items are not my thing either, I am a big wholefoods fan so I am kind of picky when it comes to that, having my groceries clean and bagged are things I appreciate, so is that means that I will pay more at the end of my shopping trip, I am ok with that.

great place to shop for pantry and dairy items. great layout and very clean

Owned by the same German corporate family as Trader Joe’s, Aldi’s definitely does discount shopping right.
On a super strict budget and want to see your buck stretch? Look no further. On average I tend to spend somewhere between $ 25 – 35 dollars for a week’s worth of groceries for the hubby and I which is quite glorious considering how much a typical trip to the market costs for comparable items.
I find that if you’re looking for the basics, Aldi’s is worth hitting up. Their generic brand boxed, canned and frozen foods are no different than the big name competitors, if not in many cases, even better. (I’m a huge fan of their frozen veggie mixes and Asian quick meals.)
Also their pre-​made take and bake pizza are really delicious for the cost.
I still go to my usual stores for things as deli meat and so forth, but when available I definitely prefer to get my pantry staples from Aldi’s. Pop a quarter and go!

I LOVE this Aldi’s! Great location, very friendly staff, incredible prices. $ 1 for a dozen eggs (ok, the price just jumped $.30 to $ 1.29 — still a steal). Under $ 2/​carton of egg whites? Less than a buck for Chobanni 100 cal greek yogurt. Around a buck for brown rice, great 12 grain bread for a little over a buck (5g protein and lots of fiber per slice, no enrichment or HFCS), cheap sweet potatoes. $ 3 for a big case of bottles water.
Bring a quarter for a cart and some bags, and give Aldi’s a chance!

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Yes.
Do this.
Go here.
Stop being a crazy coupon person and just go to Aldi and save money. Save yourself the pain of being in Walmart for another second and just drive here instead.
I do not think I have ever spent more than $ 35 on a trip to Aldi and we are talking a full shopping trip, produce and all. You are not going to find name brands here or fancy end caps, bells and whistles meant to lure you down the isles. Aldi keeps it perfectly simple. Here is the food, buy it.
Bring your own bags, they don’t supply them, save the environment maybe? Keep some of those reusable bags in your car, they are 99 cents, you can handle it. I promise it will be worth it. Aldi is supermarket life changing.
This is not a Whole Foods experience, there is no coffee shop linked to the supermarket. This is where smart people go to buy essentials at the right price.

This is «my» Aldi. I love shopping here for lots of different things. For instance, today I was able to pick up granola cereal, organic string cheese, mini croissants, guacamole tortilla chips and fresh salsa all for under $ 10. That would never happen anywhere else.
Many of the meat products are Kirkland brand (same as Costco); and it’s great for picking up all of your dry foods (grains, snack foods, boxed pasta, etc.) If you want produce, be choosey and thoroughly inspect each item. As a previous reviewer mentioned, the produce is fresh and sometimes overly ripe.
While the employees are few and far inbetween, they do a good job for the amount of traffic this location gets. It is located right near the highway on and off ramp, as well as Garden City and Chapel View shopping centers. It helps to bring your own shopping bags and remember that quarter for the carriage.

I’m a huge fan of Aldi! I randomly saw this one while in Cranston and knew that I had to stop in and look around. It was very similar to the other locations that I’ve visited but I felt like the selection was not as good nor as varied as in other spots. Many of the shelves were empty and things were all out of place like no one bothered to go through and fix up after the day ended. There were also tons of kids running like crazy through the aisles which was quite distracting. The line was slow too. Aside from that, they had some items I wanted and the prices were cheap. I’d go again if in the area but I definitely prefer my local locations more than this one!

Cheap and you can get almost everything on your list for half the price of, say, Shaw’s. One thing to remember, though, is to bring a quarter to get a cart and to bring your own bags (unless you want to pay 10c for one of their plastic bags or 30c for paper). Also, their produce is really fresh so don’t expect it to last long.

cheap and easy

How they
do it
in Germany
Aldi Supermarkets are a chain of discount supermarkets that started in Germany and then spread throughout Europe and other parts of the world. I believe there are now over 8,000 of them with over a thousand in the United States. The whole idea was to save the customer money.
Of course to save money certain things had to be cut and all frivolous amenities eliminated. No fancy displays or pageantry, just stuff piled up without a thought to aesthetics or visual appeal. The store is clean but has the feel of being in a warehouse. The employees are polite but obviously very busy and are not there to pamper the customers. They all seem to be doing several things at once.
You are expected to bring your own bags but the strangest thing is the fact that you have to pay a quarter to use a cart. You get the quarter back when you return the cart and this eliminates the need for an employee to drag the carts back to the store. Kind of a cool idea except for the fact that the stupid cart release didn’t work very well and I had to fight with the thing to get it out.
They claim to save you 50 to 90 percent off your bill, but course they don’t tell you compared to what. The prices I saw were lower than most groceries but probably similar to the other discount stores like Sam’s and Costco. The biggest problem I had with this store is that it’s small and the selection was limited. They just didn’t have most of what I was looking for so I still had to go somewhere else.
Like most discount places, at Aldi’s you get with they happen to have, not necessarily what you happen to need or want. You can save money with Aldi but I doubt if it can be your only store. I use to have one grocery store that I went to, now I seem to have five different ones. At some point my time becomes more important than money.