Is Aldi food crap too?

[Anonymous]

I’ve heard that Aldi is a German chain and has European food. I checked it out, bought some chocolate, cookies and cinnamon rolls.

Some of the chocolate is good, but the rest tastes like all American junk food. What items do they have that are quality?

[Anonymous]

Some good some not so much like any any store

[Anonymous]

Yes there junk food is no different than other stores’ junk food. But I really like Aldi! I stopped going during the pandemic because the lines were breathtaking to get in and I haven’t really been back.

[Anonymous]

Aldi isn't about good food. It's about cheap food.

[Anonymous]

You're buying junk good and are surprised that it's junk?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aldi isn't about good food. It's about cheap food.

What about Lidl?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some good some not so much like any any store

+1.

You might as well ask if Giant food is crap. some is, some isn’t.

[Anonymous]

OK, what isn’t crap at Aldi?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK, what isn’t crap at Aldi?

Fruit, vegetables, whole grains, dairy, cereal without added sugar, eggs, lower-fat meat...the same things that aren't crap anywhere.

[Anonymous]

I mean, my local grocery stores are selling apples at $1.99/lb. which is crazy. I've started going to Aldi's - their produce is good, and much better priced.

[Anonymous]

We use Aldi as our main grocery store - I cook all our meals for our family of 5 from scratch, so I mainly buy ingredients, not processed things (other than whole wheat tortillas and pasta, for example). It's a much shorter list of what I can't get there (whole grain flours for our bread; I don't like their cheeses) that what I do buy there.

Junk food at Aldi is the same as junk food at Whole Foods. Organic or not, junk is junk.

[Anonymous]

I’d like to know which Aldi’s people like. I do run in to buy chocolates, random housewares like organizers, and pumpkins during the fall. But otherwise I feel like I’m just shopping for food at the Dollar Store.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, my local grocery stores are selling apples at $1.99/lb. which is crazy. I've started going to Aldi's - their produce is good, and much better priced.

That's actually decent. At Safeway the other day every apple variety (other than Red Delicious) was 2.99/lb

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, what isn’t crap at Aldi?

Fruit, vegetables, whole grains, dairy, cereal without added sugar, eggs, lower-fat meat...the same things that aren't crap anywhere.

If you don't mind fruit and veggies spoiling next day and meat that tastes awful. You give a list of healthy foods. Not what's edible at Aldis.

The food I can tolerate from Aldis is their coffee, breakfast bars, chips, nuts, crackers, guacamole, other dips. Basically, all their snack foods and coffee. Eggs, milk, butter fine too. Cheeses not good. It's a great place to buy a ton of snacks cheap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, what isn’t crap at Aldi?

Fruit, vegetables, whole grains, dairy, cereal without added sugar, eggs, lower-fat meat...the same things that aren't crap anywhere.

If you don't mind fruit and veggies spoiling next day and meat that tastes awful. You give a list of healthy foods. Not what's edible at Aldis.

The food I can tolerate from Aldis is their coffee, breakfast bars, chips, nuts, crackers, guacamole, other dips. Basically, all their snack foods and coffee. Eggs, milk, butter fine too. Cheeses not good. It's a great place to buy a ton of snacks cheap.

Your Aldi must suck. Mine has normal produce and meat. It spoils no faster than stuff from Giant. I bet it comes from most of the same suppliers.

Just got back with my bag of avocados for $2.39…