Anonymous wrote:Im obsessed with Aldi and Lidl. Lidl has a fantastic authentic German bakery. My husband is German, and we like all the european food you can buy there.

Same! Right down to the German husband.

Also, my niece has a soy allergy and we've found that she can safely eat many more of the baked/processed goods from Lidl and Aldi than she can from the larger chains, because most of their goods are imported and Europeans tend to use oils other than soy (e.g. canola). So for anyone with that particular allergy especially these stores are worth checking out.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Aldi once and never again. I don’t need to save money that badly. What a low class store.

I chuckle when people say this. I was at Giant today…literally the same brand of lettuce, strawberries and bananas that I buy at Aldi. I think the strawberries were $4 today. I bought them at Aldi for $1.25 about a week or two ago. It’s ridiculous to make it sounds like it’s a gross place with awful food. It’s from the identical supplier as other stores, inc Whole Foods for some produce.

glad you like it. it's for you, not for me.

And this is why I chuckle.

Why? Because you save $1?

No, because you don’t for a wrongly perceived reason. The people I’ve heard from who don’t shop at these places (other than for location reasons), do so because they think they are above a store like that, but bundled in a pretext (all their produce is rotten, they don’t have anything there, etc.). I have enough money to shop wherever I want, but who wants to pay more for the identical things? Makes no sense to me- and it makes me chuckle to myself.

If you don’t get how saving $1 here and there has a massive cumulative effect, then…

Most people (including myself) who don't shop there have shopped at least once. It's not perceived reason, it's based on experience. But, regardless, why do you have to judge people? If you like it there, by all means, knock yourself out. Nobody said anything negative about people who shop at those places, keep your feelings to yourself. Keep your $1.

You’re last sentence belies the rest of what you said.

Jesus. She has an opinion that's different than yours.

That’s not the issue. The issue is that she says don’t judge others…while she’s judging others.

I wasn't judging you. You are the one who said you "chuckle" at those who have different views. I was telling you don't do that. Let ppl be.

Aldi has several amazing items that cannot be found anywhere else in US grocery stores. These items are normally the German or Limited Availability items. Other staples such as produce and organic milk, cheese, a meats are fantastic buys.

I've only been to the Lidl in McLean, so my research is very limited, but I didn't like it. I went twice to make sure that I wasn't to judgy following my first experience.

My bad experience at that store follows close to others on this thread, but also includes my strong dislike of their check out system. OMG. Never again will I go there. NEVER.

Go to Aldis.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Aldi once and never again. I don’t need to save money that badly. What a low class store.

I chuckle when people say this. I was at Giant today…literally the same brand of lettuce, strawberries and bananas that I buy at Aldi. I think the strawberries were $4 today. I bought them at Aldi for $1.25 about a week or two ago. It’s ridiculous to make it sounds like it’s a gross place with awful food. It’s from the identical supplier as other stores, inc Whole Foods for some produce.

glad you like it. it's for you, not for me.

And this is why I chuckle.

Why? Because you save $1?

No, because you don’t for a wrongly perceived reason. The people I’ve heard from who don’t shop at these places (other than for location reasons), do so because they think they are above a store like that, but bundled in a pretext (all their produce is rotten, they don’t have anything there, etc.). I have enough money to shop wherever I want, but who wants to pay more for the identical things? Makes no sense to me- and it makes me chuckle to myself.

If you don’t get how saving $1 here and there has a massive cumulative effect, then…

Most people (including myself) who don't shop there have shopped at least once. It's not perceived reason, it's based on experience. But, regardless, why do you have to judge people? If you like it there, by all means, knock yourself out. Nobody said anything negative about people who shop at those places, keep your feelings to yourself. Keep your $1.

You're wrong or you just have a problem with reading comprehension. In this thread alone, people have said it is cheap, low quality and low class. In other threads people have called both Aldi's and Lidl's trashy. They've used the same disparaging comments as people use to describe Walmart and people who shop at Walmart.

There are a lot of people here on DCUM who regularly disparage anyone who shops at the low-cost stores. And while you don't think you are, like the other PP pointed out, your comments include subtle judgmental phrases, so you might want to check yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Aldi once and never again. I don’t need to save money that badly. What a low class store.

I chuckle when people say this. I was at Giant today…literally the same brand of lettuce, strawberries and bananas that I buy at Aldi. I think the strawberries were $4 today. I bought them at Aldi for $1.25 about a week or two ago. It’s ridiculous to make it sounds like it’s a gross place with awful food. It’s from the identical supplier as other stores, inc Whole Foods for some produce.

glad you like it. it's for you, not for me.

And this is why I chuckle.

Why? Because you save $1?

No, because you don’t for a wrongly perceived reason. The people I’ve heard from who don’t shop at these places (other than for location reasons), do so because they think they are above a store like that, but bundled in a pretext (all their produce is rotten, they don’t have anything there, etc.). I have enough money to shop wherever I want, but who wants to pay more for the identical things? Makes no sense to me- and it makes me chuckle to myself.

If you don’t get how saving $1 here and there has a massive cumulative effect, then…

Most people (including myself) who don't shop there have shopped at least once. It's not perceived reason, it's based on experience. But, regardless, why do you have to judge people? If you like it there, by all means, knock yourself out. Nobody said anything negative about people who shop at those places, keep your feelings to yourself. Keep your $1.

You’re last sentence belies the rest of what you said.

Jesus. She has an opinion that's different than yours.

That’s not the issue. The issue is that she says don’t judge others…while she’s judging others.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Aldi once and never again. I don’t need to save money that badly. What a low class store.

I chuckle when people say this. I was at Giant today…literally the same brand of lettuce, strawberries and bananas that I buy at Aldi. I think the strawberries were $4 today. I bought them at Aldi for $1.25 about a week or two ago. It’s ridiculous to make it sounds like it’s a gross place with awful food. It’s from the identical supplier as other stores, inc Whole Foods for some produce.

glad you like it. it's for you, not for me.

And this is why I chuckle.

Why? Because you save $1?

No, because you don’t for a wrongly perceived reason. The people I’ve heard from who don’t shop at these places (other than for location reasons), do so because they think they are above a store like that, but bundled in a pretext (all their produce is rotten, they don’t have anything there, etc.). I have enough money to shop wherever I want, but who wants to pay more for the identical things? Makes no sense to me- and it makes me chuckle to myself.

If you don’t get how saving $1 here and there has a massive cumulative effect, then…

Most people (including myself) who don't shop there have shopped at least once. It's not perceived reason, it's based on experience. But, regardless, why do you have to judge people? If you like it there, by all means, knock yourself out. Nobody said anything negative about people who shop at those places, keep your feelings to yourself. Keep your $1.

You’re last sentence belies the rest of what you said.

Jesus. She has an opinion that's different than yours.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Aldi once and never again. I don’t need to save money that badly. What a low class store.

I chuckle when people say this. I was at Giant today…literally the same brand of lettuce, strawberries and bananas that I buy at Aldi. I think the strawberries were $4 today. I bought them at Aldi for $1.25 about a week or two ago. It’s ridiculous to make it sounds like it’s a gross place with awful food. It’s from the identical supplier as other stores, inc Whole Foods for some produce.

glad you like it. it's for you, not for me.

And this is why I chuckle.

Why? Because you save $1?

No, because you don’t for a wrongly perceived reason. The people I’ve heard from who don’t shop at these places (other than for location reasons), do so because they think they are above a store like that, but bundled in a pretext (all their produce is rotten, they don’t have anything there, etc.). I have enough money to shop wherever I want, but who wants to pay more for the identical things? Makes no sense to me- and it makes me chuckle to myself.

If you don’t get how saving $1 here and there has a massive cumulative effect, then…

Most people (including myself) who don't shop there have shopped at least once. It's not perceived reason, it's based on experience. But, regardless, why do you have to judge people? If you like it there, by all means, knock yourself out. Nobody said anything negative about people who shop at those places, keep your feelings to yourself. Keep your $1.

You’re last sentence belies the rest of what you said.

?? wut?

You say: “…why do you have to judge people?…Nobody said anything negative about people who shop at those places.”

And then say, “Keep your $1.”

Your last sentence showed YOU are judgmental, which is what you’re criticizing others for.

I went once to Aldi and Lidl but I can’t do all my grocery shopping there, so I stick to Wegmans.

Anonymous wrote:Same as any other store with house brands. You may like some but not others; try and decide for yourself. It's certainly quirky.

+1, Some things are great, some are horrible. Sometimes their pricing is great, sometimes Wegs is cheaper. I've been known to stand in both checking the other's app for pricing and availably.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Aldi once and never again. I don’t need to save money that badly. What a low class store.

I chuckle when people say this. I was at Giant today…literally the same brand of lettuce, strawberries and bananas that I buy at Aldi. I think the strawberries were $4 today. I bought them at Aldi for $1.25 about a week or two ago. It’s ridiculous to make it sounds like it’s a gross place with awful food. It’s from the identical supplier as other stores, inc Whole Foods for some produce.

glad you like it. it's for you, not for me.

And this is why I chuckle.

Why? Because you save $1?

No, because you don’t for a wrongly perceived reason. The people I’ve heard from who don’t shop at these places (other than for location reasons), do so because they think they are above a store like that, but bundled in a pretext (all their produce is rotten, they don’t have anything there, etc.). I have enough money to shop wherever I want, but who wants to pay more for the identical things? Makes no sense to me- and it makes me chuckle to myself.

If you don’t get how saving $1 here and there has a massive cumulative effect, then…

Most people (including myself) who don't shop there have shopped at least once. It's not perceived reason, it's based on experience. But, regardless, why do you have to judge people? If you like it there, by all means, knock yourself out. Nobody said anything negative about people who shop at those places, keep your feelings to yourself. Keep your $1.

You’re last sentence belies the rest of what you said.

?? wut?

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Aldi once and never again. I don’t need to save money that badly. What a low class store.

I chuckle when people say this. I was at Giant today…literally the same brand of lettuce, strawberries and bananas that I buy at Aldi. I think the strawberries were $4 today. I bought them at Aldi for $1.25 about a week or two ago. It’s ridiculous to make it sounds like it’s a gross place with awful food. It’s from the identical supplier as other stores, inc Whole Foods for some produce.

glad you like it. it's for you, not for me.

And this is why I chuckle.

Why? Because you save $1?

No, because you don’t for a wrongly perceived reason. The people I’ve heard from who don’t shop at these places (other than for location reasons), do so because they think they are above a store like that, but bundled in a pretext (all their produce is rotten, they don’t have anything there, etc.). I have enough money to shop wherever I want, but who wants to pay more for the identical things? Makes no sense to me- and it makes me chuckle to myself.

If you don’t get how saving $1 here and there has a massive cumulative effect, then…

Most people (including myself) who don't shop there have shopped at least once. It's not perceived reason, it's based on experience. But, regardless, why do you have to judge people? If you like it there, by all means, knock yourself out. Nobody said anything negative about people who shop at those places, keep your feelings to yourself. Keep your $1.

You’re last sentence belies the rest of what you said.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Aldi once and never again. I don’t need to save money that badly. What a low class store.

I chuckle when people say this. I was at Giant today…literally the same brand of lettuce, strawberries and bananas that I buy at Aldi. I think the strawberries were $4 today. I bought them at Aldi for $1.25 about a week or two ago. It’s ridiculous to make it sounds like it’s a gross place with awful food. It’s from the identical supplier as other stores, inc Whole Foods for some produce.

glad you like it. it's for you, not for me.

And this is why I chuckle.

Why? Because you save $1?

No, because you don’t for a wrongly perceived reason. The people I’ve heard from who don’t shop at these places (other than for location reasons), do so because they think they are above a store like that, but bundled in a pretext (all their produce is rotten, they don’t have anything there, etc.). I have enough money to shop wherever I want, but who wants to pay more for the identical things? Makes no sense to me- and it makes me chuckle to myself.

If you don’t get how saving $1 here and there has a massive cumulative effect, then…

Most people (including myself) who don't shop there have shopped at least once. It's not perceived reason, it's based on experience. But, regardless, why do you have to judge people? If you like it there, by all means, knock yourself out. Nobody said anything negative about people who shop at those places, keep your feelings to yourself. Keep your $1.

I try to save money buying groceries because, well, I can.

Lidl jacked up their prices over the last year more than Aldi to where they’ve gone from a little more expensive to significantly more expensive. I like buying good meats, cheeses, olives, etc. there but I took it off my regular rotation.

I was disappointed with the new one in Mclean. Some things are fine but they don’t have enough for it to replace Giant for a weekly shop and I really disliked some of the items I got in produce, cheese and a skirt steak.

Soft pretzels from the bakery were great.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Aldi once and never again. I don’t need to save money that badly. What a low class store.

I chuckle when people say this. I was at Giant today…literally the same brand of lettuce, strawberries and bananas that I buy at Aldi. I think the strawberries were $4 today. I bought them at Aldi for $1.25 about a week or two ago. It’s ridiculous to make it sounds like it’s a gross place with awful food. It’s from the identical supplier as other stores, inc Whole Foods for some produce.

glad you like it. it's for you, not for me.

And this is why I chuckle.

Why? Because you save $1?

No, because you don’t for a wrongly perceived reason. The people I’ve heard from who don’t shop at these places (other than for location reasons), do so because they think they are above a store like that, but bundled in a pretext (all their produce is rotten, they don’t have anything there, etc.). I have enough money to shop wherever I want, but who wants to pay more for the identical things? Makes no sense to me- and it makes me chuckle to myself.

If you don’t get how saving $1 here and there has a massive cumulative effect, then…