There's nothing stopping you from buying healthier stuff at AldiUsed to be into it but I tend to choose health over value nowadays
Sounds like Aldi produce goes bad just as quickly as Trader Joes (makes sense). My wife is starting a daycare so she wants to buy some cheap boxed and canned stuff.
I actually find TJ's produce goes bad faster than Aldi. I've had tomatoes that were rotten within days from TJ's, but Aldi's can usually last about a week. Aldi's bagged spinach seems like it's basically immortal, I've eaten it a week or more after buying it and it was fine, but I've had TJ's spinach that was inedible before the end of the week.Sounds like Aldi produce goes bad just as quickly as Trader Joes (makes sense). My wife is starting a daycare so she wants to buy some cheap boxed and canned stuff.
LIDL gets my personal approval because of those weird thematic weeks in which they carry food and ingredients from somewhere else, although I'm not sure if that's also a thing in the States. IE: during Italian week they sell a bunch of special sauces, pizzas, pastas, ice cream flavours and cheeses that are not normally available, and while a few of them are less than fantastic, they are generally quite enjoyable and there are a good number of excellent products.
Yeah, the one I'm going to this weekend is 35 miles away.We are getting one "soon" in my city and I will make the drive to shop there, I think.
I don't get the hype, but generally I go for quality rather then price with food.
There's a Russian discounter still operating with that same business model across Eastern Europe. They opened up their first store earlier this year in Germany:LIDL used to be real trash back in the day. My maternal grandmother, bless her heart, had a very modest pension and used to buy there when I was a kid. I vividly remember weird looking German yogurt that tasted like anything but yogurt and boxed juice seemingly made with the lowest graded fruit one could use for human consumption.
The shops didn't even have shelves. It was all dirty and poorly lit corridors filled with open pallets and crates with low grade merchandise spilling all over the place. Seriously grim stuff.
There's a Russian discounter still operating with that same business model across Eastern Europe. They opened up their first store earlier this year in Germany:
The ALDI/LIDL of today doesn't resemble anything like this anymore. But with the 'modern' look and introduction of name brands, prices have gone it.
(UK) Almost exclusively. Aldi and Lidl used to have the "cootie" reputation, like the food was gross and if you shopped there you were poor. Funny how far down capitalist bullshit is ingrained huh?
It's really good quality these days. The only thing that's still a little spotty is the fresh fruit/vegetables. It's also still so much cheaper than going somewhere like Tesco/Asda.
I never even heard of aldi until a youtuber I watch shopped there. The video was about clean keto shopping at aldi on a budget. Seemed like a nice place tbh.
Of course, but the own-brand quality in a more up market supermarket (like waitrose) is generally much higher.no name products can be just as good or better than expensive brands
LIDL used to be real trash back in the day. My maternal grandmother, bless her heart, had a very modest pension and used to buy there when I was a kid. I vividly remember weird looking German yogurt that tasted like anything but yogurt and boxed juice seemingly made with the lowest graded fruit one could use for human consumption.
The shops didn't even have shelves. It was all dirty and poorly lit corridors filled with open pallets and crates with low grade merchandise spilling all over the place. Seriously grim stuff.
Aldi's is a cute little place. I don't care much for their boxed selection though. I also wish its atmosphere was more like Sprouts. I'm not sure if the company is as big though.
Bobby Parrish?
Yup, Lidl does the themed weeks in the US, too. Italian, Greek, and Mediterranean are the most common. I really hope they do that USA week here just for the meta nature of it.LIDL gets my personal approval because of those weird thematic weeks in which they carry food and ingredients from somewhere else, although I'm not sure if that's also a thing in the States. IE: during Italian week they sell a bunch of special sauces, pizzas, pastas, ice cream flavours and cheeses that are not normally available, and while a few of them are less than fantastic, they are generally quite enjoyable and there are a good number of excellent products.
Wtf is this noise?Used to be into it but I tend to choose health over value nowadays