Aldi - produce gets spoiled in 2 days

[Anonymous]

You guys know how the wholesale produce market works right? Even small farms and farm markets have "firsts" "seconds" "donates" "pig food" and "compost." You get what you pay for.

If you want the best fresh food that was picked and shipped to be shelf stable for the maximum time -- that'll cost you. If you are shopping at a discount store, buy small quantities and use them (or freeze them) within days, because they will not last as long as the firsts that went to another store. the food is perfectly fine, it just may not last as long.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been impressed with Harris Teeter’s fruit lately. TJs and Amazon Fresh have been busts. Same with our Safeway. Stuff does seem overall to go bad way faster, not sure why.

Hmm. I’m not sure why either. It couldn’t possibly be because a large population of farm workers have been arrested, deported, or are afraid to go to work, resulting in labor shortages that mean crops are sitting in the fields longer and have a resulting shorter shelf life when they get to the grocery store. Or, I don’t know. Could it?

So you support modern day slavery? Tell me more about how virtuous you are?

https://traccc.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Human-Trafficking-and-Labor-Exploitation-in-United-States-Fruit-and-Vegetable-Production.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:Do NOT buy any fresh produce from Aldi! Everyone knows it's about to go bad!

Also, do NOT buy any cheese from Aldi - they all taste weird.

Breads & Canned goods (middle aisles) are fine from Aldi.

I don’t think the cheese is any worse than other low end store brand cheese.

Lidl consistently has good cheese, often it is split into 2 sections in the store -- gourmet and mundane. Much of their cheese is imported from Europe - check labels to see which. Even their mundane cheddar sticks are good.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I don’t shop at Aldi and I don’t understand folks that do.

+1

Let me give you one explanation: not everyone can afford pricey groceries and there are many things that suffice at far cheaper prices at Aldi. We can't all afford the highest quality lifestyle.

I do not have a highest quality lifestyle. Which is why I don’t buy food that spoils easily from Aldi.

I can’t eat bread or milk products. Their gluten free products are poor quality. I’d be wasting my few pennies there.

You can shop smartly at a regular grocery store and save $$.

Aldi’s GF bread is my favorite and the only GF bread I’ve had that doesn’t upset my stomach. Full size slices! It’s the best.

I looked up the ingredients. It’s mostly rice, cornstarch and binders.

Have you tried simple kneads? It’s pretty good toasted.

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Anonymous wrote:Exact opposite with me giants produce belongs in a dumpster you get 1-2 days with it aldi's strawberries last a good week.

This.

Giant's produce is gross. Aldi and Lidl have better produce and it's cheaper. I'm so sick of old, bitter garlic at Giant. It ruins recipes.

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Anonymous wrote:Aldi is cheap for a reason. Their supply chain is based on discounts and near expiration, not quality. I've spent enough times in Aldi and WF to know the difference. People who claim they left WF for Aldi produce are being disingenuous or in denial. Doesn't mean you dont sometimes find good produce in Aldi, but it is never the rule.

Not all produce is equal. Carrots will last a long time regardless of where you get it. If you want to buy Aldi produce, you need to shop and cook within days, not once weekly shopping expecting produce to last till thr following shop.

I’ve found dead adult maggots (yes, maggots, like you’d see in a medieval movie) burrowed inside fruit from Whole Foods. This was the Navy Yard location specifically.

Every supermarket will have its share of spoiled produce or unpleasant discoveries. It goes with the territory. As someone who shops widely, WF has by far the best and most reliable supply chain and at a consistent quality and freshness, even if you get the occasional spoiled apple. Aldi is bottom of the list. Probably only places like Dollar General are worse.

The produce at WF is no better. What a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:Trader Joe's is like this too. If I need produce to last, the cheap places aren't the places to get it.

NO, TRADER JOES IS NOT LIKE THIS!

Stop attacking Trader Joe’s, you entitled MAGAs !

Like TJs overall but not produce. Don't buy milk there either even though it is cheaper.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been impressed with Harris Teeter’s fruit lately. TJs and Amazon Fresh have been busts. Same with our Safeway. Stuff does seem overall to go bad way faster, not sure why.

Hmm. I’m not sure why either. It couldn’t possibly be because a large population of farm workers have been arrested, deported, or are afraid to go to work, resulting in labor shortages that mean crops are sitting in the fields longer and have a resulting shorter shelf life when they get to the grocery store. Or, I don’t know. Could it?

So you support modern day slavery? Tell me more about how virtuous you are?

https://traccc.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Human-Trafficking-and-Labor-Exploitation-in-United-States-Fruit-and-Vegetable-Production.pdf

Try again.

These farm workers add millions to our economy.

You of course did not read Project 2025. It explicitly discusses farmer workers and how Republicans want children working in those fields for the same pay and no benefits as the immigrants. Are you letting your white kid have that job and skip school? Do you feed your family? Because Project 2025 already has a plan for these jobs and little white boys are listed as workers.

Of course no one wants people to be working in horrible conditions for little pay.
Solve the problem and stop posting crap.

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Anonymous wrote:Every single time - I'm fed up - this last week so many things had fungus in 2 days. Is it just my Aldi?

I don't see this at Giant Food.

Especially the strawberries. May spoil in a single day.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why I don’t shop at Aldi and I don’t understand folks that do.

+1. I have to believe there is some clean Aldi im a suburb that serves as the Platonic ideal, but the few times I've gone into one, the produce section felt like half a step above dumpster diving. Things that should be refrigerated sitting at room temp, fruit flies, the works.