Posted by Grappletech on December 2, 2006, 5:01 am
The items are all generic/Aldi brands, but they taste just as good as the
national brands. I suspect that most of the products are actually the
same products as the national brands but simply repackaged. They have to
repackage them, so they can also sell the items in pricier brand name
forms at other stores.
The prices are dirt cheap. Some examples: 29 cents for frozen burritos
(tastes identical to El Patio, must be made by them). 1.60 for a 6 pack
of Ramen Noodles (half off from other stores). Campbell's Chunky Style
soup (aldi's brand though) is $1.39 -- tastes as good as Campbell's which
is like $1.89. Box of Mac and Cheese is 39 cents. Block of cheese
$1.39. 4 packs of butter are $1.89 ($3 at other stores). etc. etc. Cans
of veggies are 35 cents.
They have everything most anyone would need at a grocery store. They
even have fresh meats and veggies/fruits/potatos. They have baking
goods. Breads. Canned goods. side dishes. snacks. chips. lunch
meats. Dairy section. Toiletries. Cleaning products. I could easily see
someone shopping there and not needing to go to a large grocery store.
The store's about 60% the size of a regular grocery store, but still has
room for 99% of items because they only have one brand for each item --
their brand. And has no bakery/deli/pharmacy/butcher.
We bought a buggy full of groceries (to the top) for $85. That same
order would be like $130 at Giant Eagle or Safeway or Albertson's. Also,
our order included baking supples (chocolate chips, baking soda, sugars,
etc)..
However, you must put up with a few annoyances. You have to have a
quarter to use a cart. It inserts into a slot on the carts. So bring a
quarter. Also you have to bring your own bags. The clerks don't bag for
you, and they put the items in your cart to fast after scanning for you
to do it. I suggest bringing some cardboard boxes to have in your trunk
to put the small, light items in to take into your house. Just wheel the
cart out to your car and put the items straight into the boxes.
What made me want to go to Aldi's is I watched a documentary on the
Discovery channel about that family with 17 kids -- The Duggar Family.
And they shop at Aldi's, and the father (Jim) said they spend $1500/month
on food. And it showed them at Aldi's and they bought 7 carts of
groceries. We were spending $600/month on groceries for just 3 people at
Giant Eagle. I thought: "what? they only spend a tad over 2 times more
per month on food than we do? And they have over 6 times more people to
feed!
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Posted by Chloe on December 2, 2006, 7:50 am
> The items are all generic/Aldi brands, but they taste just as good as the
> national brands. I suspect that most of the products are actually the
> same products as the national brands but simply repackaged. They have to
> repackage them, so they can also sell the items in pricier brand name
> forms at other stores.
<snip>
I've posted recently about shopping at Aldi. I had to get past the
perception that their store brands would be of less than acceptable quality.
Like you, I've been very impressed. I haven't done a formal, written price
comparison, but my impression is their prices work out about the same to
buying in bulk at Sam's Club, except you don't have the hassle of dealing
with larger sizes than you really want.
Posted by George on December 2, 2006, 9:04 am
Chloe wrote:
>> The items are all generic/Aldi brands, but they taste just as good as the
>> national brands. I suspect that most of the products are actually the
>> same products as the national brands but simply repackaged. They have to
>> repackage them, so they can also sell the items in pricier brand name
>> forms at other stores.
> <snip>
>
> I've posted recently about shopping at Aldi. I had to get past the
> perception that their store brands would be of less than acceptable quality.
> Like you, I've been very impressed. I haven't done a formal, written price
> comparison, but my impression is their prices work out about the same to
> buying in bulk at Sam's Club, except you don't have the hassle of dealing
> with larger sizes than you really want.
>
>
And they actually pay employees decent(much higher than Walmart/sams)
wages and have health benefits.
Posted by Grappletech on December 3, 2006, 6:36 am
> the checkout lines are incredible slow at the Aldi's I've been too,
> too long for me to put up with (15 minutes), stuff on sale at a
> regular store is lower then Aldi's, I just wait until the Campbell's
> chucky soups are on sale an buy a bunch (and I can tell the
> difference), Box of Mac and Cheese are 3 for $1 and our regular store,
> the meats are pretty low quality, but otherwise I would shop at Aldi
> for a few things if it weren't for the long checkout lines
But at a regular grocery store, every single item would have to be on sale
to match Aldi's prices. But that's not the case. Only some items are on
sale. I'd say maybe I can find 30% of the items I need are on sell at a
regular grocery store, thus bringing them down to the Aldi's price; but 66%
of the other products aren't on sale and I have to pay more than Aldi's
prices. Maybe other stores in other states are different though.
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Posted by barbie gee on December 3, 2006, 9:48 am
On Sun, 3 Dec 2006, Grappletech wrote:
>> the checkout lines are incredible slow at the Aldi's I've been too,
>> too long for me to put up with (15 minutes), stuff on sale at a
>> regular store is lower then Aldi's, I just wait until the Campbell's
>> chucky soups are on sale an buy a bunch (and I can tell the
>> difference), Box of Mac and Cheese are 3 for $1 and our regular store,
>> the meats are pretty low quality, but otherwise I would shop at Aldi
>> for a few things if it weren't for the long checkout lines
> But at a regular grocery store, every single item would have to be on sale
> to match Aldi's prices. But that's not the case. Only some items are on
> sale. I'd say maybe I can find 30% of the items I need are on sell at a
> regular grocery store, thus bringing them down to the Aldi's price; but 66%
> of the other products aren't on sale and I have to pay more than Aldi's
> prices. Maybe other stores in other states are different though.
exactly.
I make routine trips there for all my "staples"; milk, eggs, cheese,
frozen whole chicken, fruits/veggies, sugar, flour, powdered milk, salad
dressings, kleenex. On those basic items alone, I save a small fortune.
And, they often have stuff I think they are testing on the market. Last
time they had whole wheat pastas, and I loaded up. At a Whole Foods it
would have cost double or more than what I paid.. Another time they had
frozen apple strudel from germany... I love that store.
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> national brands. I suspect that most of the products are actually the
> same products as the national brands but simply repackaged. They have to
> repackage them, so they can also sell the items in pricier brand name
> forms at other stores.