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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 712247" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Aldi is AMAZING! It will cut your grocery bill substantially! They carry healthy food too, not just junk. Lots of their food is better than the "gourmet" stuff sold at other grocery stores. Their frozen cheesecake is wonderful. You can buy whole cheesecakes or packs with just 2 slices. My dad always keeps a few of the 2 slice packs int he freezer for "emergencies". I guess you never know when a cheesecake emergency will hit. LOL!</p><p></p><p>Seriously, the prices at Aldi are seriously astounding. The quality of the food is as good or even better than the other grocery stores. We shop at Aldi first and then if we still need a few items or there are things that Aldi doesn't carry, we go to Walmart or the other stores in our town. My grocery budget was cut in half by doing this. I have a teenage boy in the house!</p><p></p><p>Their version of Velveeta is usually around $3.99-$4.29. The name brand runs $6.99 to $7.99. The other stores have their store brand at $5.29-$5.99. We cannot taste any difference and there is no difference in how it cooks. </p><p></p><p>That is the only product I remember the price of offhand, and only because I just priced it for a math problem I helped a friend's kid with. The numbers stuck in my head. I was making queso for hubby at the time. </p><p></p><p>They have a version of goldfish crackers that are shaped like penguins. We like the penguins better because they taste more like cheddar cheese and are not as salty. They are also cheaper. They do carry goldfish crackers also.</p><p></p><p>They have some awesome chocolates. I LOVE LOVE LOVE their $2.99 dark chocolate covered caramels with sea salt. They also have bars of chocolate right as you go in that are great for eating and baking - and vastly cheaper than other stores. They carry some name brand items, but it varies seasonally. Though they seem to always have Werthers caramels and Hersheys chocolate. I would not EVER buy Hersheys there when I could buy their dark chocolate. I like dark choc better and theirs is quite good for the price. </p><p></p><p>They will have great prices on cheese and dairy products and eggs and breads and produce. Also on baking stuff. When they came into our town they upset the Walmart people quite a lot. Walmart had sugar at $3 a bag and Aldi came in at less than half that. They had eggs at 1/3 of Walmart's price, and milk and cream at about 1/2 of Walmart's price. Walmart had the lowest prices until that point, outside of sales, and Aldi changed that dynamic. </p><p></p><p>Aldi's does sell bags. You can buy either paper or really nice plastic bags. I always buy the plastic bags, they are about 6 cents each, I think. I use them for everything around the house. They are really sturdy and super handy. THey last a really long time and are reusable. They also sell freezer bags that work pretty well. If you don't want to buy bags, you can get boxes for free. You can take them from the shelves as you shop or they have a bin where they put them and you can grab them. </p><p></p><p>The carts do take a quarter, but you get it back when you put the cart back. It keeps the carts from being left loose in the parking lot. Where I live if you are searching for change for a cart, someone will usually just give you their cart for free or give you a quarter. It happens all the time here. Not sure it will in bigger cities, but this is OK and it does around here and even in OKC/Tulsa. We are strange like that. </p><p></p><p>It is TOTALLY worth going to Aldi's and trying anything that looks interesting. Their house brand items all come with a guarantee so if you don't like it, return it and you are not out anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 712247, member: 1233"] Aldi is AMAZING! It will cut your grocery bill substantially! They carry healthy food too, not just junk. Lots of their food is better than the "gourmet" stuff sold at other grocery stores. Their frozen cheesecake is wonderful. You can buy whole cheesecakes or packs with just 2 slices. My dad always keeps a few of the 2 slice packs int he freezer for "emergencies". I guess you never know when a cheesecake emergency will hit. LOL! Seriously, the prices at Aldi are seriously astounding. The quality of the food is as good or even better than the other grocery stores. We shop at Aldi first and then if we still need a few items or there are things that Aldi doesn't carry, we go to Walmart or the other stores in our town. My grocery budget was cut in half by doing this. I have a teenage boy in the house! Their version of Velveeta is usually around $3.99-$4.29. The name brand runs $6.99 to $7.99. The other stores have their store brand at $5.29-$5.99. We cannot taste any difference and there is no difference in how it cooks. That is the only product I remember the price of offhand, and only because I just priced it for a math problem I helped a friend's kid with. The numbers stuck in my head. I was making queso for hubby at the time. They have a version of goldfish crackers that are shaped like penguins. We like the penguins better because they taste more like cheddar cheese and are not as salty. They are also cheaper. They do carry goldfish crackers also. They have some awesome chocolates. I LOVE LOVE LOVE their $2.99 dark chocolate covered caramels with sea salt. They also have bars of chocolate right as you go in that are great for eating and baking - and vastly cheaper than other stores. They carry some name brand items, but it varies seasonally. Though they seem to always have Werthers caramels and Hersheys chocolate. I would not EVER buy Hersheys there when I could buy their dark chocolate. I like dark choc better and theirs is quite good for the price. They will have great prices on cheese and dairy products and eggs and breads and produce. Also on baking stuff. When they came into our town they upset the Walmart people quite a lot. Walmart had sugar at $3 a bag and Aldi came in at less than half that. They had eggs at 1/3 of Walmart's price, and milk and cream at about 1/2 of Walmart's price. Walmart had the lowest prices until that point, outside of sales, and Aldi changed that dynamic. Aldi's does sell bags. You can buy either paper or really nice plastic bags. I always buy the plastic bags, they are about 6 cents each, I think. I use them for everything around the house. They are really sturdy and super handy. THey last a really long time and are reusable. They also sell freezer bags that work pretty well. If you don't want to buy bags, you can get boxes for free. You can take them from the shelves as you shop or they have a bin where they put them and you can grab them. The carts do take a quarter, but you get it back when you put the cart back. It keeps the carts from being left loose in the parking lot. Where I live if you are searching for change for a cart, someone will usually just give you their cart for free or give you a quarter. It happens all the time here. Not sure it will in bigger cities, but this is OK and it does around here and even in OKC/Tulsa. We are strange like that. It is TOTALLY worth going to Aldi's and trying anything that looks interesting. Their house brand items all come with a guarantee so if you don't like it, return it and you are not out anything. [/QUOTE]
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