Aldi

You could save alot of money shopping here. I heard about the store on the food network. They have all generic brands. Same quality ingredients as the name brands. They do not have quite the same variety of foods as shoprite or acme. Bring your own bags. It doesn’t get too busy here.

I have gone to this location regularly for almost 10 years. Everything is great, with the exception of some of the clerks. I’ve seen them get short with quite a few customers over the years. They only accept debit, cash or stamps. No credit card.
Thankfully they have made a better system for opening a line when the checkout line gets long. In the past they would make you wait. But apparently they changed their policy on this and buzz someone to the front. So that is really nice.
The selection is good, everything is usually in stock, and they have appeared to upgrade their line of food over the years. As anywhere, make sure to check your produce. Personally I haven’t had many issues with out of stock or expired items but from time to time I have seen them in the store. There is a great big parking lot so it’s easy to park and load the car.
One last con… sometimes there is a homeless person waiting by the carts. To get a cart you must have a quarter. They do ask for change and a couple of times they have been pushy. Thankfully there is a security guard at the store.

went back, this time on a sunday, one thing i was glad they were open, got a cart easier and everyone was so nice, makes you feel welcome and not want to leave, even the people in line were patient and not yelling at me when i got more items to throw in my cart.

So I started shopping here a few months ago, I was skeptical at first. How great could the quality be at such low prices? Well when I checked out the first time and my total was around $ 30 for just about all the staples that I needed, I was certainly lured back. I tried all the basics first, then I tried their chicken breasts. The first few packs were good, but the last one I used had a bone in it that looked like the foot of the chicken. It was so repulsive, I found it in my mouth while I was eating. The following day I had food poison. Needless to say, all the chicken I had from Aldi was trashed. I haven’t been there since. I do mIss the prices but it’s really not worth the risk.

Never been to an Aldi until I moved here to South Philly. I don’t even know why I wasted time, frustration, and money at Pathmark because this place is amazing. They always have amazing quality products and crazy good prices.
Wild caught salmon stuffed with REAL crab? 2.99 per filet. Yes please!
Coconut & herb crusted flounder? $ 2.99×4 filets.
Pure and organic options are all over the place as well as a lean and fit brand.
All your trendy foods are here too. Kefir and what not.

More for less. Aldi has always been my favorite place to shop for less. Debit cards or cash only!

A gluten free wonderland!
We just enjoyed our own little adventure here last night and were PLEASANTLY surprised by all that ALDI had to offer. Gluten free stuff, various house hold items, difficult to find items, all at an incredibly reasonable price.
For dinner last night we had turkey sausage (good, but also very salty), the guac (EXCELLENT), among some of the cheap canned beans and rice. Oh they have gluten free pasta and gluten free bread everywhere. We did also buy bags of veggies and such.
Very happy to discover this place. We will definitely be back. While it probably won’t replace Shop Rite, it will definitely be a first stop.

I shop at aldi for all of my produce and basics. The regular prices are typically much better than any sale prices at the regular grocery stores and the quality is just as good. The only thing I don’t recommend buying here is the generic soda. I usually don’t mind them, but the sweeteners used gives me a head ache.
This front street aldi is much friendlier than the one in north philly and I feel perfectly safe here.

Bring your own bags. they don’t take credit cards. Only debit and cash. Prices are pretty low. You must have change to rent their cart which I think returned to u when u return the cart. If u don’t like huge shopping places which u have to walk everywhere to things then this place might be the right for for u. Yep, I get lazy to walk looking for things, I just want to go in and out. Lol

Wow I didn’t realize something as simple as trying to locate the store’s phone number would send me on such an adventure! Apparently the stores have no contact numbers, and the only numbers I could find were to the corporate office which is of course closed on weekends^

I haven’t been inside an Aldi in almost ten years, but I went recently and was impressed.
My roommate and I had a cart full of food and spent less than $ 60, that amount of food anywhere else would have easily been double that price. They don’t have a large variety of stuff, so as others have said, don’t expect to do your entire grocery order here, but what they do have is really cheap so it is worth the trip. You can find some name brand stuff here, most of it is off-​brand, but the off-​brand stuff I’ve tried so far has been just as good as the name brand items. For example, the store-​brand Fit & Active fruit punch flavored water enhancer tastes just as good as the Mio brand fruit punch but at almost $ 1.50 less.
I hate the checkout process, though. They scan everything and dump it back into the empty cart and then after you’re done, you step off to the side and bag everything. It seems like such an unnecessary step when you could easily just dump everything into the bags as you’re ringing it up.

Aldi is an acquired taste, but it is a taste that I have acquired.
First of all, I think people should understand how Aldi works. The company is massive, one of the biggest grocery chains in the world. They have found success by basically identifying the top 1000 selling products at grocery stores and then selling those products under their own branding. Many of the products are made by the name-​brand companies but are labeled under the various Aldi brand names. As a result, most of the products you will find to be the same quality as the national brands but at a significant discount.
There are a few quirks to Aldi that you have to get used to.
1) you have to put a quarter in the carts to use them… not a big deal, and it prevents aldi from having to pay someone to collect carts in the parking lots. The only issue is if you show up and don’t have a quarter, you’ll have to ask for change or start panhandling.
2) Aldi does not provide bags for free. Most people elect to bring their own bags. They do offer paper and plastic bags for 10 cents or something.
3) No credit cards… debit only.
Overall, Aldi is a great place to shop and save some money. They don’t offer every item that a standard grocery store has so you may need to make two trips, but you will save money. Their produce is an exceptional value and normally very good.
The south philly location is a good spot… no complaints. Friendly people. Sometimes the lines are long, but the check out people at Aldi are 10x as fast as any other store you’ll go to, so you won’t have to wait long.

All of their food products taste the same (except the soda) as the name brands and are great quality. Just wish they could expand their selection a little. I’m officially in love with their guacamole, to be honest.

Avoid meat! Some of these will expire on the day or within few days. Other canned goods are cheap, but you don’t know where they come from. I bought some frozen stuff and grains, and cereal. Bring your shopping bag, otherwise you will have to pay for the plastic bag. You will need coin even to use shopping cart.