Is Aldi food crap too?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hey, the less you guys go to Aldi the better for me. Cooking the family a delicious beef stew tonight that cost probably $10 total to make. I can barely even find a package of stew meat for less than $10 at a regular grocery store.

NP but fine by me. I personally don’t want to be eating a giant pot of homemade beef stew that cost less than $10 dollars. I’m also very happy to pay more than $1.99 or whatever you’re paying for “regular” eggs.

You actually think there are designer eggs? Really? You are implying there is something wrong with the eggs at the discount stores? You are not intelligent.

[Anonymous]

I just tried Lidl and liked it much better than Aldi. Too bad it's a little farther away from me... I also like HMart!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just tried Lidl and liked it much better than Aldi. Too bad it's a little farther away from me... I also like HMart!

I used to go to ALDI but now I'm all about LIDL. Love the baked good. The one near me is large so that there's none of that crowded feel you get in ALDI or Trader Joe's. And while the stock changes frequently it's often very high quality.

[Anonymous]

Aldi cheese is plastic. It tastes like nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey, the less you guys go to Aldi the better for me. Cooking the family a delicious beef stew tonight that cost probably $10 total to make. I can barely even find a package of stew meat for less than $10 at a regular grocery store.

NP but fine by me. I personally don’t want to be eating a giant pot of homemade beef stew that cost less than $10 dollars. I’m also very happy to pay more than $1.99 or whatever you’re paying for “regular” eggs.

You actually think there are designer eggs? Really? You are implying there is something wrong with the eggs at the discount stores? You are not intelligent.

I don’t want sad eggs from unhappy cluck clucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aldi cheese is plastic. It tastes like nothing.

Are you buying the cheapest Happy Farms or whatever? Because I just had a wedge of crumbly aged Irish cheddar that was delicious. Look for the “Select” stuff. The goat cheese is also perfectly good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Related: How is the Lidl in Takoma Park? Quality, selection, lines, etc.

I've never been to the Aldi at Georgia and Seminary, but the one up at Cherry Hill is pretty meh. Is the Ga Ave location any better?

I do my shopping at the Georgia Ave Aldi and I think it’s nice enough.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Aldi is poor people food. What do you think?

Sure, it has some gems, but it is designed for poor people. Poor people always get fed dog food.

Woah, no. And I hope you’re making a big fat donation to a food pantry this season. Like many people, true poverty looks very different from regular shopping at Aldi.
True poor people food is dollar general/tree. Nothing fresh. Smaller sizes, all the cans are pop top because people might not have a can opener moving quickly between places or on the street.
Until recently, Aldi was cash only. Someone once told me they couldn’t shop there because of that - they didn’t always have enough cash at the end of the month.
Aldi is for thrifty people, many of whom are wealthy because they are thrifty.

I have shopped there for several years and it was never cash only.

Years ago it was cash only and closed on Sunday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aldi cheese is plastic. It tastes like nothing.

A lot of American cheese tastes like plastic too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just tried Lidl and liked it much better than Aldi. Too bad it's a little farther away from me... I also like HMart!

I used to go to ALDI but now I'm all about LIDL. Love the baked good. The one near me is large so that there's none of that crowded feel you get in ALDI or Trader Joe's. And while the stock changes frequently it's often very high quality.

I like Lidl too. The produce in our local Safeway is expensive and the quality is not great. I can get nearly everything I need from Lidl, with occasional trips to H Mart.

The better quality Lidl cheese are about half the price of Safeway, and some of their baked goods are good. I can get the same brand of brioche buns for $2.50 at Lidl, whereas the exact same thing costs me $5 at Safeway. The shoppers and staff at Lidl are nicer too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aldi cheese is plastic. It tastes like nothing.

Are you buying the cheapest Happy Farms or whatever? Because I just had a wedge of crumbly aged Irish cheddar that was delicious. Look for the “Select” stuff. The goat cheese is also perfectly good.

We had a cheddar cranberry thing at Thanksgiving and everyone loved it.

[Anonymous]

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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.

My son worked at a produce distribution warehouse this past summer. They would receive produce in and then package it for different stores. The same produce that came in would be placed in different packaging for different store. So that great produce you bought at Trader Joes is the exact same produce you will get at Aldi and Giant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aldi cheese is plastic. It tastes like nothing.

Are you buying the cheapest Happy Farms or whatever? Because I just had a wedge of crumbly aged Irish cheddar that was delicious. Look for the “Select” stuff. The goat cheese is also perfectly good.

The goat cheese is like 1/3 of the price as at Giant! They have some really interesting cheeses a lot of the time.

[Anonymous]

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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.

My son worked at a produce distribution warehouse this past summer. They would receive produce in and then package it for different stores. The same produce that came in would be placed in different packaging for different store. So that great produce you bought at Trader Joes is the exact same produce you will get at Aldi and Giant.

Yeah, my Aldi has the exact same name brand produce (Dole, Chiquita, etc) you’d get anywhere else. The other week I got pineapples for 89 cents each.

[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.

My son worked at a produce distribution warehouse this past summer. They would receive produce in and then package it for different stores. The same produce that came in would be placed in different packaging for different store. So that great produce you bought at Trader Joes is the exact same produce you will get at Aldi and Giant.

+1. Trader Joe's became famous for this -- selling the same crackers as you'd get in the grocery story under a different label for half the price.