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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks for posting that article.  I actually live in Bethesda, and for the past 4 or 5 months I've been schlepping all the way up to the Wegmans in Germantown and doing one big shop instead of the weekly trips to the Giant on Arlington.  I figured I was saving between $30 to $40 bucks on groceries, and that's with the cost of the gas factored in.

This month, I had a doctor's appointment all the way out in Greenbelt.  Since there was an Aldi's not that far from the office I figured I'd check it out.  The selection is very limited; brands you never heard of which I assume is the house brand and some european goods.  But the prices were very low and the quality is pretty good.  Milk was dirt cheap at $2.69 a gallon (Wegmans' is also pretty low at $2.89 iirc).  There were also "special buys" which I took to mean stuff they get in and when it's gone, it's gone.  The ones I noticed were Kraft Olive Oil Mayo in the squeeze jar, Duke's Mayo, a Leg of Lamb, some snazzy looking ice cream cakes and a bunch of other things I can't remember.  I didn't buy any, but I was impressed with how big the produce section was: the store itself was maybe 4 or 5 aisles wide plus a refrigerated/frozen section all along three walls and produce took up one double sided aisle.

In the end, I got out of there having spent around the same as I would at Wegmans, even though I bought more meat than I normally would.  I would definitely make a habit out of Aldi's if I could find one that was closer.[/quote]

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