We finally got Aldis around here and I was so disappointed. It’s Trader Joe’s with slightly more stuff, and a stupid checkout/bagging process. I can’t get many of my weekly necessities there, so no I’m not going grocery shopping twice a week to save a few bucks, same as TJ’s. They didn’t have chocolate milk when I was there. The hell?
You go to Aldi for the staples to save a ton of money. Supplement elsewhere for other things. I used to live in Chicago and there was a Trader Joe’s on top of an Aldi on the same building (same ownership in believe). It was glorious.
We finally got Aldis around here and I was so disappointed
Thats how I felt first time. Every time I mentioned food affordability, not here but just in general, the overwhelming response has almost always been to go to Aldi, as if it was some wonderland of below market prices…
But it wasnt. At best its prices were the same as walmart… and thats at best. Walmart was typically lower in most things I typically buy.
And yes, yes, I know… Walmart is evil, I dont have the economic luxury to pay twice as much for my groceries elsewhere.
We finally got Aldis around here and I was so disappointed. It’s Trader Joe’s with slightly more stuff, and a stupid checkout/bagging process. I can’t get many of my weekly necessities there, so no I’m not going grocery shopping twice a week to save a few bucks, same as TJ’s. They didn’t have chocolate milk when I was there. The hell?
You go to Aldi for the staples to save a ton of money. Supplement elsewhere for other things. I used to live in Chicago and there was a Trader Joe’s on top of an Aldi on the same building (same ownership in believe). It was glorious.
Aldi and Trader Joes are owned by two seperate people who have a… lets say difficult relationship.
Thats how I felt first time. Every time I mentioned food affordability, not here but just in general, the overwhelming response has almost always been to go to Aldi, as if it was some wonderland of below market prices…
But it wasnt. At best its prices were the same as walmart… and thats at best. Walmart was typically lower in most things I typically buy.
And yes, yes, I know… Walmart is evil, I dont have the economic luxury to pay twice as much for my groceries elsewhere.