I'm the store brand Clancy's. My potato chips are very salty - cheap!
Let's Be Aldi!
by Anonymous | reply 64 | June 6, 2020 11:34 PM |
I hope you aren’t slagging off Aldi.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 4, 2020 3:08 PM |
I'm the quarters you left on your dresser. No cart for you.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 4, 2020 3:09 PM |
R1, I'm not slagging off Aldi at all. I just spent $60 there yesterday.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 4, 2020 3:12 PM |
60 dollars is two months of food for one at aldis!
by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 4, 2020 3:14 PM |
I am Aldi and I am not in SF so people there don't WTF the big deal is.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 4, 2020 3:18 PM |
Every few years, I do a side-by-side product comparison with a grocery store I usually go to. This time, I compared against Ralphs (Kroger) in SoCal.
I spent $100.63 at Aldi last week. It would have cost me $152.42 at Ralphs WITH the sale prices and Ralphs card.
It's about 35% less at Aldi than Ralphs. , or, to flip it - Ralphs is about 50% more than Aldi. Primarily in meat and produce. Some things were only 12-15% cheaper.
Just thought I'd share. But you still can't get everything you want there.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 4, 2020 3:19 PM |
I never do such a big shopping that I could spend $100 at Aldi. What did you buy, r6?
by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 4, 2020 3:21 PM |
I’m the prices which used to be much lower before Aldi went upscale.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 4, 2020 3:27 PM |
R7 - the higher priced items were leg of lamb, pork loin, and other meats. Not a ton of selection and it is inconsistent, but shockingly, I've never had bad meat there.
But your mileage varies with different ALDI locations - some are decidedly better than others. There are some ALDIs that I wouldn't go to.
Yes, $100 is a lot to spend there.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | June 4, 2020 3:34 PM |
Coattailing on R9, I'm the myriad experiences you can have shopping at me depending on the specific store and location.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 4, 2020 3:39 PM |
I'm Essen, Germany, birthplace and headquarters of Aldi. I've hosted professional tennis tournaments.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 4, 2020 3:40 PM |
I’m the aldi peanut butter cups that are far superior to the trash being sold as reese’s.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 4, 2020 3:46 PM |
Good to know, r12. Reese's PBCs used to be so good.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 4, 2020 3:47 PM |
I'm the incredible find in the section of specials and one-offs. I won't be around in a week and you'll be frustrated you can't find me.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 4, 2020 3:52 PM |
sounds like Trader Joe's r14!
Discontinues all your favorite goodies.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 4, 2020 3:53 PM |
Essen is also the birthplace of Krupp steel works.
There is also reportedly another German-based grocery chain that has not arrived on these shores, but Is more highly recommended. But I don’t know the name.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 4, 2020 3:55 PM |
Im the chocolate coconut cookies which are the same as Samoas but much cheaper.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 4, 2020 3:55 PM |
r16 Do you mean Lidl? They're here, but only in the east.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 4, 2020 3:58 PM |
Aldi has the absolute best Girl Scout cookie clones, R17. It's true. Not just Samoas, but thin mints and those peanut butter chocolate ones.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 4, 2020 3:58 PM |
I'm lemons. If you don't refrigerate me, in two days I will be covered in mold, which is already growing inside me. Aldi bought me from the cheapest, sketchiest producers in Spain and Italy.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 4, 2020 4:02 PM |
I am something truly bizarre, such as made in Germany cotton and Black Forest pine bark pillow, or little jars of appetizers from Serbia. I'm worth a look because you won't find me anywhere else. On the other hand, meet my friend, crapola gadget Made in China. She is priced for the working class and yet is no bargain since she is a piece of pure probably toxic shit.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | June 4, 2020 4:06 PM |
I'm a bag of frozen vegetables of some kind of ethnic selection and seasoning. All my sauces have a sameness, however, and my vegetables have just a slight flavor note of being a fraction rancid when frozen. Best to avoid me and buy plain frozen green beans.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | June 4, 2020 4:09 PM |
I’m the recall notice for r21 cheap made in China air fryer/slow cooker/circular saw/ playpen posted by the front door
by Anonymous | reply 23 | June 4, 2020 4:14 PM |
I'm the cheap and actually pretty good coffee - I cost $2-4 less than the larger grocery store equivalent.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | June 4, 2020 4:20 PM |
I'm the skill of knowing how to shop Aldi. If you master me, Aldi is generally a great store.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | June 4, 2020 4:22 PM |
I'm the three- or five-pound bags onions and potatoes come in. If you don't want to buy three or five pounds of onions or potatoes at one time, tough shit.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | June 4, 2020 4:23 PM |
I'm the Cashier sitting on my perch scanning items at lightening speed because Aldi requires their manufacturers to print barcodes on all sides of the package for speedy checkout.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | June 4, 2020 4:25 PM |
I'm me. I NEVER go in.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | June 4, 2020 4:27 PM |
r20 is so right about the fruit at Aldi (and Walmart too), it goes from unripe to rotten in a flash. There is absolutely no time in between. I don't buy fruit at Aldi or Walmart anymore for this reason.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | June 4, 2020 4:29 PM |
R16 - LIDL?
by Anonymous | reply 30 | June 4, 2020 4:35 PM |
I've never had a problem with fruit or other produce at ALDI. Guess it depends on the store.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | June 4, 2020 4:38 PM |
I'm the customers that fill Aldi.
I'm still trash, but a more elegant and classy level of trash. My short shorts still show my fat rolls, but they DO cover my ass, because *I* am a LADY!
by Anonymous | reply 32 | June 4, 2020 4:40 PM |
I'm a new Aldi shopper. Nothing could be as disgusting as the one-inch-in-every-direction gray-brown growth I found when I split open up a freshly-baked Whole Foods yellow organic potato last night.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | June 4, 2020 4:48 PM |
I’m the increasing prices as I slowly abandon my principles and become a traditional rip off grocery store.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | June 4, 2020 4:50 PM |
I'm lack of need for a quarter to get a cart during Covid because carts are being sanitized and distributed by the worker stationed outside by the carts.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | June 4, 2020 4:51 PM |
I am the bag the Clancy chips come in that can't be opened just at the top. I rip completely down the side and throw my contents onto the floor.....no matter how carefully my customer tries to open me.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | June 4, 2020 4:52 PM |
LMAO, R36 - that's so on point. Better have a container ready to store those chips.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | June 4, 2020 4:53 PM |
I am the chocolate covered almonds that you can't get anywhere else. I may or may not be German.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | June 4, 2020 4:54 PM |
Aldi and Trader Joe's are owned by the same company.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | June 4, 2020 5:31 PM |
r30 see r18.
r39 Not really. The Aldis in the US are owned by Aldi SUD; Trader Joe's is owned by Aldi NORD. They are separate companies, but there is talk of them merging in the future. It used to be one company founded by the Albrecht brothers (Aldi=Albrecht Diskont) but they split and divided up their territories.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | June 4, 2020 6:07 PM |
I'm the back story on who owns what and I've been told eleventyzillion times already on DL.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | June 4, 2020 6:16 PM |
r41 But apparently never read or understood by R39.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | June 4, 2020 8:16 PM |
I'm the deceptively long lines at the register; deceptive because usually the cashiers whip people through very quickly.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | June 4, 2020 8:20 PM |
I'm the one of only three employees on this shift, we are tasked with manning the entire store. We all do stocking, cashiering, customer service, cleaning and dock unloading.
The store employs a total of 6-8 people tops.
Ever wonder why Aldi Job Fairs are held so frequently?
by Anonymous | reply 44 | June 4, 2020 11:48 PM |
I'm the protesters that were outside my local Aldi before it opened. They were carrying pictures of horses and meat grinders.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | June 5, 2020 1:47 AM |
Aldi is the poor man's Trader Joe's.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | June 5, 2020 1:49 AM |
I only sell beer and wine in my store!
by Anonymous | reply 47 | June 5, 2020 1:54 AM |
I'm Marc Heußinger, Aldi's mysterious CEO. You can't find a single pic of me online.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | June 5, 2020 2:02 AM |
r44 And that's why their prices are so low.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | June 5, 2020 3:04 AM |
I'm the Aldi in Bennington, VT. You can buy wine from me. New Yorkers cross the border daily to buy cheap wine from me for cooking.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | June 5, 2020 3:11 AM |
R50 - a lot of Aldi's have wine. In the past few years, they've had some really great wines at good prices. It's not all swill or just for cooking.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | June 5, 2020 5:11 PM |
I'm the Winking Owl brand of wines. For less than $3.00 per bottle, I'm pretty fucking good.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | June 5, 2020 6:05 PM |
Fuck you, Winking Owl!
by Anonymous | reply 53 | June 5, 2020 7:00 PM |
I'm the heavyset frau excited that Aldi is now selling swimwear!
by Anonymous | reply 54 | June 5, 2020 7:04 PM |
I'm not odd assortment of non-food products and non-cleaning supplies and paper products.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | June 5, 2020 7:21 PM |
I’m the two cans of Aldi organic tomato soup purchased, the first so watery, acidic and bland way back in 2017 when the brand new Aldi showed so much promise and hope,
and the other tossed when I moved and my foodie husband insisted upon “brand names only!”
by Anonymous | reply 56 | June 5, 2020 8:47 PM |
They have a great chicken salad with cranberries.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | June 5, 2020 9:17 PM |
The Aldi brand whiskey got some high marks, but it's not available at my local store.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | June 5, 2020 9:22 PM |
I am the sad, poor, church mouse adjacent eldergays who shop at Aldi with so little enthusiasm they can't be bothered to create I am statements for this thread.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | June 5, 2020 11:00 PM |
I am the comparatively early closing times.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | June 5, 2020 11:04 PM |
I'm the paper and plastic bags for sale for people who don't reuse shopping bags or always for get to bring them.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | June 6, 2020 4:59 PM |
Im the bag of onions that are all secretly rotten on the inside.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | June 6, 2020 5:10 PM |
I think produce is their worst thing. You certainly can get some good produce, but it's where Aldi most often fails, IMO.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | June 6, 2020 5:15 PM |
I'm the rare brand-name item that's so popular that I must be carried.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | June 6, 2020 11:34 PM |