Things to avoid at Aldi

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Anonymous wrote:I love their produce. I am picky about it as well. This week we have pears, mangoes, strawberries, bananas, tomotoes, lettuce, cauliflower, avacados and blackberries. Everything has been great. I avoid their German cookies (not good) and clam chowder.

There is no way you're both picky about produce and happy with the produce from Aldi.

NP here who is both. I only buy it if it is fresh, but when it is, it’s great and cheap. Unfortunately that means I rarely go to only one grocery store.

However, the Aldi canned tuna is horrible!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love their produce. I am picky about it as well. This week we have pears, mangoes, strawberries, bananas, tomotoes, lettuce, cauliflower, avacados and blackberries. Everything has been great. I avoid their German cookies (not good) and clam chowder.

There is no way you're both picky about produce and happy with the produce from Aldi.

Yes, I am. I don’t care about organic or not but I do care about freshness and taste. The pineapples I got there last week were delicious. My kids are enjoying the pears and mangoes this week, too.

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The meat- i feed my dog raw meat and am always on the lookout for a bargain. Bought sale meat at Aldi once and it was so bad the dog wouldn't eat it! That's pretty bad-

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My tastes must be equivalent to govt cheese. I’ve found the fruit, vegetables, and meat to be great. I can’t tell the difference between Aldi food, WF, Wegmans, or HT. The only place I notice the difference is my wallet.

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Anonymous wrote:My tastes must be equivalent to govt cheese. I’ve found the fruit, vegetables, and meat to be great. I can’t tell the difference between Aldi food, WF, Wegmans, or HT. The only place I notice the difference is my wallet.

Girl I'm right there with you. Love Aldi, and have rarely had bad stuff from there.

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For those who poo poo aldi, please tell me where you typically shop.

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Their white flour. It was oddly clumpy and did not work as well as my usual, King Arthur (or even my "in a pinch" Gold Medal).

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The best apples I had this fall were from Aldis. I also like their smoked salmon and pesto. Didn't care for gluten free cookies, or crackers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My tastes must be equivalent to govt cheese. I’ve found the fruit, vegetables, and meat to be great. I can’t tell the difference between Aldi food, WF, Wegmans, or HT. The only place I notice the difference is my wallet.

Girl I'm right there with you. Love Aldi, and have rarely had bad stuff from there.

Right there with you! Only have had bad blueberries but that's it. Cashiers have actually pulled produce I was buying at the register because apparently I didn't look close enough at the quality.

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Anonymous wrote:The best apples I had this fall were from Aldis. I also like their smoked salmon and pesto. Didn't care for gluten free cookies, or crackers.

Impossible. You must not shop at farmer's markets.

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Anonymous wrote:bagels were terrible. i mean they were bagged bagels so I knew they wouldn't be NYC quality, but man they were terrible. Kind of soft and spongy.

Yeah they make the bagged bagels at TJs seem delicious. They are terrible.

ALDI “Cheerios” are gross.

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The parking lot.

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Ok so what should people buy there??

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To answer what to buy there, absolutely their tart cherries in a jar. Now available, best thing in the world. Not that nasty cheery pie sugary crap that people put in pies normally. Once you ate these, you will never think that regular, sugar over the top, cherry pie is tasty. Also, their 40 calories bread, DD loves it. Also fresh pastries some Aldis have, and some fresh meats, their ribs are good, chickens are good, in fact their bread and butter pickles are better than any store brand, Wegmans even. Their regular past is good, my kids love some of their pasta sauces, all in all it is generally good. But, we are from Europe. Their wasabi almonds are beyond addictive.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok so what should people buy there??

German cookies and chocolate
Milk
produce if it looks good
bread
avocado dip
Shepherd's Pie
diapers