/ck/ - Food & Cooking

because I’m not dirt poor

>>18827905
why go there when I can go to ingles

>>18827912
>dirt poor
put a fucking m&s down the road and ill happily shop
i dont think theres anything worse than people who think money is some sort of personal value, youre a dickhead.

>>18827928
cope and seethe, povertyfag

it's completely mogged by trader joe's in the US anyway

HEB is the best grocery store
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>>18827933
>poverty fag
i fucking wish, i preferred borrowing money not having to lend it out.

>>18827935
wrong, but you’re forgiven

>>18827905
the negress and illegal immigrant cashiers keep hitting on me. It makes me feel guilty cheating on my white proestant gf wife

I respect the boundaries they push when it comes to infringing copyright
Some of the own-brand stuff they have is absolutely shameless

>>18827941
>feeling guilty for cheating on a protestant whore
Only Catholic marriages are valid under Christ, go forth and spread your wild oats you stud you

>>18827962
I don't know what those are knocking off

>>18827905
I dont like poors.

>>18827905
other grocery stores in the USA should start using this for their carts

>>18827962
>anti establishment ipa

You just know they unironically voted for Bernie, Hillary, and Biden

Why are all ipa's so unbearably cringe

>>18827998
forgot the pic

>>18827998
>>18828003
>begging for a quarter outside the Aldi

>>18828009
>retard doesn't have a quarter

>>18827905
For whatever reason I can't find everything I need at them. Which is weird because I buy basic stuff.
>>18827962
Huh..
>>18827998
>>18828003
The save a lots in my area tried it,then pulled the idea back. Had no idea just needing a quarter for a cart would screw their sales up that hard.

>>18828003
Once the coof hit carts were required to enter around here so they just left them unlocked.
They still haven't locked them again so it doesn't seem to matter

>>18828003
I only use digital currency because it is more sustainable

>>18827905
it was great until they started going after the wine moms. fucking gnomes and shit everywhere now

>>18828085
>fucking gnomes and shit everywhere now
Leave the gnomes alone

>>18827905
The one by my house is REALLY small and doesn't have much that I'm interested in buying. It's also directly across the street from a Food Lion, which is just much more pleasant to be in and is bigger. Both of those are down the street from a Publix and a Harris Teeter if I'm willing to spend a little bit more on a much better shopping experience. Basically if I want to spend less I go to Food Lion, not Aldi.

>>18828003
It isn't 2005 anymore, nobody keeps quarters on them. Do this and watch your business dry up because nobody wants to scrounge around for change just to use a fucking shopping cart.

Maybe I'm just used to fancy expensive milk but the last time I got Aldi milk it tasted funny.
Had that about to go bad taste.

>>18827905
I do love Aldi, the most superior grocery chain. I love its efficiency, its wide ever-rotating selection, and the opportunity to feel good by giving up a quarter to give a free cart to an elderly person. Whenever they have German week I fill my freezer with schnitzels and strudels. I wish there was a local grocery chain that was half as good, but they have all been bought up and ruined by out-of-state investors.

rec me something there outside of obvious grocery staples

>>18827905
HEB is cheaper and more variety. ALDI occasionally has cheap stuff, but there's only 1 near me and it's kind of out of the way. And they only have 1 cashier at any given time

>>18827905
They don't hold their suppliers to the same standards as whole foods does

>>18827940
I know the deli and the sandwiches are good at Publix, but do they offer anything else?
>>18828626
I seriously recommend the chips they sell. Clancy's is stupidly creative with their flavors. The aldi near me had bratwurst and beer flavored chips. Didn't get to beer but bratwurst was great.

>>18827905
I like Aldi. Mama Cozzi's pizzas and the chicken salad are great. Also the only place I've consistently gotten sweet peaches/nectarines and strawberries. I like the selection of Christmas sweets, too.

>>18827905
It's too expensive for me.

>>18827905
love them

fun fact the aldi trust owns trader joes too and they use some stuff/suppliers/ bulk orders/recipes together where possible yet they are quite separate businesswise

>>18827905
I like the cheeses they have on hand through out the year but its pretty much just a generate market on the whole.

>>18827962

Their budget wines are almost 1:1s of the Barefoot logo only with a surfboard instead of a foot.

>>18827905
Aldi's nutsda8mh8

>>18827905
Because I live near a lidl

I live a 5 minute walk from an Aldi, pretty posh neighbourhood too, there were protests from the locals when they were building it. Best supermarket ever. So fast, cheap, convenient. You can get fucking everything you need from it. Middle aisles always draw me in.

>>18828626
They sell really good specialty jams sometimes. They also sea salt caramels dipped in chocolate that are hype as shit.
Their alcohol is dirt cheap and good too

>>18827905
I like them, but mine has shit price and they are always missing something, so I end up shopping at Aldi first and then another grocery store.

>>18827905
I used to shop exclusively at Aldi. Back in 2019 in Upstate NY, I could do an entire week of grocery shopping for $20.

Now I rarely shop there. It's often around $100-$120 per trip. Some other notes:
>The produce is low quality
>They usually don't have the produce I want.
>The specialty bread loaf (the one you put in the oven) is great, but it's moldy about 1-in-3 times .
>The Aldi parmesan is usually moldy

>>18827905
Because I only trust the veggies and meat from therez everything else is of such a low quality

>>18827905
I feel intimidated by the cashiers because they're so fast.

>>18827905
Nearest one is six miles away and I don’t feel like driving that far when a Publix is less than one mile down the road

>>18828106
>he doesn’t exclusively use cash for in-person purchases
You are part of the problem

They have chocolate

>>18827985
looks like aldi is selling both the new brewdog design and also the design that brewdog's founder made a mockup of to poke fun.

>>18829632
Exactly, I live near a Lidl and would have to cross the river to get to the closest Aldi.

>>18829569
I thought winking owl was their brand

>>18830233
I only use cash so I get some form of human contact, however fleeting

>>18827962
More often than not those knock off brands are manufactured for them by the company they are knocking off.

>>18827905
I have Safeway, Family Fair, and Walmart. No Trader Joes Aldi Whole Foods or anything. Only been to one Aldi but it seemed like a worse Safeway

The use of child slave labor by a company, such as Aldi, would have significant negative implications. It would be a violation of human rights and would likely lead to public outrage and boycotts of the company's products. It would also damage the company's reputation and could lead to legal consequences. Additionally, it would perpetuate the cycle of poverty and exploitation for the children and their families. It is important for companies to conduct thorough investigations and audits to ensure that their supply chain is free from forced labor and other forms of exploitation.

I am not aware of any recent child slave labor allegations against Aldi that were made by Publix. It is important to note that these are serious allegations and should be supported by credible evidence. Without proper information and context, it would be inappropriate for me to comment on specific claims. In general, it is important for companies to have strict policies in place to ensure that their supply chains are free from forced labor and exploitation, and to conduct thorough investigations and audits to verify compliance with these policies. If a company is found to be using child slave labor, it would have significant negative implications for the company and for the individuals affected by the exploitation.

Customers fighting at the cash register
In an Aldi store in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A scene that should never come to pass
But alas, it happens all too often, alas

The aisles are cluttered, the carts are full
Tempers flare, voices rise, the tension is dull
Over a box of cereal, a gallon of milk
The altercation starts, it's like watching a silk

Words are exchanged, insults are thrown
Shoppers look on, in shock and alone
The cashier tries to intervene
But the situation is far from serene

It's a sight that's all too familiar
A reflection of the society we mirror
Where material things hold more sway
Than common decency, or simple manners to convey

Let us strive for a better way
To shop and to live, day by day
Let us treat each other with respect
And remember that kindness, is the ultimate check.

Aldi!

>>18828648
good selection of uncommon products and will stock anything you ask them to, sometimes i have them stock things i never intend to buy
also atmosphere is nice and its clean

>>18829425
huh?
i went to save-a-lot and pretty much everything was more expensive then winn dixie and walmart

>>18827905
Supply chain fucked up since covid-1/2 the shelves empty

>>18827905
I like their german products.

>>18828002
If Bernie was establishment it wouldn’t have taken every other candidate dropping out and endorsing Biden to beat him.

>>18827912
>> I don’t shop at Aldi’s because it’s for poor people.
Lucky you! Go to Trader Joe’s.

They didn't hire me. Then i go and its one laqueesha working there slowly with a huge now hiring sign. I'm not even white so I won't blame affimative actions.

>>18830233
I just went to Ikea this weekend. Shame on me for not bringing $400 cash.

>>18829997
>The produce is low quality
I've never had that problem, but I'm a midwest fag. I fell in love with aldi when I entered.
>cheap meats of similar quality to much more expensive places (I'm looking at you krogers)
>cheap produce
>fair selection of cheeses, only place I can find goat cheese in a 50 mile radius
>best take and bake bread by a mile
>off-brand stuff is usually pretty good
>small store that has all the basics, don't have to spend 30 minutes walking through isles, can usually make a trip on the outer ring and go
I frequently just get a baguette, some hummus and some cheese for dinner.

>>18832821
>only place I can find goat cheese in a 50 mile radius
i find it so weird hearing people say this, i lived in one of the smallest backwoods towns in NC and could still get decent imported cheeses

>>18827905
at the one near me the produce is always a day or two from melting into a funky green sludge. last time I tried to find a cabbage but they all had a huge fucking gash on the bottom and halfway up the side. they do have this one brand of frozen pizza that has figs as a topping that I can't find anywhere else though.

>>18832837
It's impossible to get real cheese where I live in sc

Great shill post now I want to go visit Aldi’s, I haven’t been to one in two years

>>18832837
I can get decent imported cheese at the krogers near me, but I swear they have some restriction on goat cheese. It's just never there. I get the feeling they don't sell well because normies immediately recoil at the thought that goats have tits and produce milk that you can consume.

>>18832886
wait til they hear about goat meat, which I haven't been able to get anywhere outside of nyc. goddamn I miss curry goat.

>>18828002
You just know they unironically posted this on a website that is only not left wing because of irony they took to be sincere.

>>18832853
do you not have Ingles? they always have a great cheese section. Even every Walmart i ever been to had some imported cheese and a fair amount of variety

>>18832886
not even feta?
even raw milk cheese it legal in America if aged like 30 days

>>18827962
Why do americans drink gallon of mountain dews yet they make small beer cans for children kek

Anyway aldi in my country has normal prices and is similar to other diskont type stores. They also sell trader joes products when theres no trader joe store in my country

I love them, but their quality control is dog shit and their selection is limited.
I'd go there more often if I wasn't worried about having to go to another supermarket to pick up whatever I couldn't find there.

>>18832464
>Aldi’s
Aldi's what?

>>18832728
same but I wonder if Aldi is even a decent grocery wagie job

>>18827905
Because their knock offs taste like fucking shit

>>18833439
D's on it?

>>18832784
>bought $400 "worth" of plywood and cardboard
yikes

superior one, fuck off aldi

>>18827905
Selection is bad. If you just want generic stuff like eggs, butter, and potatoes then it's fine.
But if you want anything processed then it's a coin toss whether they'll have it.

I hate how old people always run up to me and try to trade me a quarter for my cart even when I'm like already at the cart corral. Just get your own cart, fossil. I don't want to touch a quarter you touched with your old people hands

>>18834445
Too bad your parents procreated.

>>18834447
Let me guess it's the highlight of your day to trade a quarter for a cart because it lets you force your way into talking to women that would otherwise never entertain you
If I'm already at the cart corral returning my cart it's just fucking dumb get your own. Next time I'm just going to sneer and ignore

>>18834445
whew the autism is strong in you

>>18827905
cos im a LIDL CHAD

lidl is so much better

>>18827905
aldi is a downgraded lidl these days. the management is too old-fashioned to keep up with lidl which is why they always have to play catch up but they still don't really get it.

they also had to split aldi into aldi south and aldi north in germany because the brothers couldn't agree on shit which made it even more complicated to develop a proper business plan seeing how the kids of the albrecht brothers are complete retards that don't know what they're doing

>>18834445
I've never had that happen. I have had people just give me their carts a couple of times before I got to the carts to get my own, which was very nice of them.

>>18834445
The quarter economy is the best part of Aldi. I fucking love giving people quarter carts. If a kid is walking in when I'm leaving I'll pull the quarter out and give it to them. It makes me imagine for a brief moment that I'm part of a society where people trust each other.

>>18827912
>>18832464
Cheaper to go to Costco and buy in bulk once a week. If you can get a cwrd with them you save even more.

>>18834445
they're hoping you will do the "oh that's okay just keep it" thing and they get a free quarter because they're greedy cunts

>>18835385
Costco here is more expensive aside from a few things, even in bulk sizes here the savings are minimal unless it's certain specific items

>>18827912
>I like paying more for the same product, that makes me good!
Good goyim, consume and overpay, I'm sure someone finds it impressive

>>18827905
Here Aldi is an uppity shop for stuck up richfolk, even Tesco and Spar is lower on the poverty scale. The poorfag chain is Lidl while the nationalfag chain is real low poverty level.

>>18827905
I don't care. It doesn't operate here.

>>18827905
>Aldi süd
Because we're not Catholics.

id rather buy generic, unassuming storebrand aldi stuff than be faced with all heaps of cheap-looking branded stuff in other stores.

>>18828009
Use your house key....kwikset fits.
>>18827912
Aldi is expensive. Have to buy a dozen lemons for $3.50 instead of 2 @ $.50 at Walmart. All the little extras really add up & just one of em is enough to spoil the meager savings.
>>18834280
Lidl master race. That bread slicer is amazing. Veggies are expensive though. $2.49 for bagged celery last week.

fl here, produce is great and main thing for me - only place I know of for cheap fresh organics. Guess different regions have different quality.
milk is always overpriced which sucks because it's the one essential that I have to go elsewhere for or overpay.
fresh meat is shit. lunchmeat can be good but they cycle brands a lot. getting more expensive but so is everything. tasty German foods too. infinitely better than weimart

>>18830209
but you're gonna end up paying double or triple at publix. prices are fucked in the one near me especially for any organics. they have a nice deli/bakery and exceptional service for a grocery but not worth it

I'm so used to going to Walmart is why. I also think it's stupid they don't provide bags. If they provided bags, I would probably shop there instead of mundane Walmart

>>18833035
>Anyway aldi in my country has normal prices and is similar to other diskont type stores. They also sell trader joes products when theres no trader joe store in my country

Why polish people have to always talk about their country?

I don't like that they don't have handbaskets. I usually pick up only a few things at Aldi before going to the next place that has a better selection, and I don't really need to be pushing around a whole full-ass sized shopping cart for them, especially in such a small store that already feels cramped as it is.

>>18838012
not a pole or >>18833035 but dont americans do the exact same? and fuck off poles are based

>>18832097
why is german confectionary so good bros?

>>18837357
>milk is always overpriced
FL 321anon here ALDI has the cheapest milk in town $3.50/gal where its $6 everywhere else
it's got me considering making cheese

>>18838006
its odd in my old town you just grabbed empty boxes/flats and the cashier would do a amazing job of stacking you shit in it which was far better then bags because when you got home you only have a few boxes to carry in and all the cold shit was together so it stayed cold and you could put it away first when you got home (+95f temps so this was important) but i moved and both aldi suck and there are no empty boxes to grab and while the cashiers are still fast non of them can figure out why i don't want raw ground beef on top of my produce

>>18829632
I live near a Lidl AND an Aldi, still choose Lidl any day of the week.

>>18828106
We have plastic tokens in Europe, just for this stuff. Works too, because you want your token back to be able to use the next cart.

>>18838700
850, milk is the one thing I religiously buy organic and its always around $4 for a half gallon. either they stopped stocking full gallon organic or been out forever
you can make delicious homemade yogurt too. pretty easy

>>18839136
>d
aldi does go out of stock forever, they didn't have coconut oil for a year and a half

>>18827905
When I was growing up, Aldi was for the ultra poor
>no debit/credit cards/checks
>cash and food stamps only

>actual generic food
>grease pens at the front door
>90% canned food with no labels, write the price on the can yourself
>no fresh produce, no refrigerators

In the late 80s they started doing frozen food and putting fake brand names on the food.
It was still the absolute shittiest stuff you could find though.

I know they got bought out, and overnight started selling booze and pretending to sell better products, but its all still generic, and its all actually more than Walmart prices (if you are being miserly)
In fact, their raw meat prices are abhorrent

There really isnt anything special about aldi, its not even cheap now. But it doesnt stop the dredges of society from shopping there.

>>18839927

They have really good fruit jams for dirt cheap.

>>18827905
Aldi buys food from China.

>>18835385
>Cheaper to go to Costco and buy in bulk once a week
Is it cheaper when you account for having to own a car to carry all the bulk crap you bought, or to have a membership that you use only for weekly groceries? Also
>>18835616
This. Aldi is cheaper on a lot more, and buying in smaller quantities, in addition to ease of transportation and storage (presumably somewhat of an issue if low-cost shopping is at all a concern and not just a hobby) means much less potential spoilage

>>18839927
>its not even cheap now.
They undercut every other grocery on almost every product, with similar or even better quality on generic brands. On name brands that they occasionally stock, it's hit or miss whether Aldi can undercut another grocery when the latter has a sale. Aldi's limited time products can also be pretty special in terms of price and availability. Currently in the U.S. they have jarred sour cherries at a price that's at least 5x better per pound than anywhere else, if anywhere else even carries them (most places only carry sour cherries frozen or fresh when in season, and for jarred they only appear as specialty cocktail cherries at a huge markup, hence 5x).

At the moment however it seems in my area that Trader Joes (same company) has Aldi beat in egg prices, probably because Aldi has yet to figure out its supply chains for the cage-free eggs legally mandated in several states.

>>18827905
Their produce always goes bad after like 2 days and for that reason I don't buy their meats either.

>>18829569
Barefoot is trash.

>>18840825
If you didn't know it was inexpensive and popular you would love it.

>>18840322
they import from everywhere, i buy English cheddar, Danish ham, German sauerkraut

>>18840786
you get what you pay for
their produce is dirt cheap because the buy the leftover
their meat is decent and costs accordingly
picrel is great for cheese steaks or french dips

>>18840960
There comes a point when you have to refuse cheap food from countries with horrible food safety standards. What you list is what those countries are known for and their standards are fairly high.

>>18840992
I also love their shaved steak. I use it for pho since other American supermarket simply refuse to offer thinly sliced beef.

>>18827912
Aldi has people who make over 120k and under 30k as main shoppers.

I did a paper about that in college, it's weird we have one and it's nothing but cars you wonder how they are on the road from the 80s and new S classes.

Oddly, Aldi here in my area has the best German food section, even mett! As a German fag in america, that's cool. Aldi TJ and Lidl all same. I mostly go to the Joes tho.

>>18827905
The inside of my Aldi's looks like a fucking Home Depot, how am I supposed to enjoy that shit

>>18831985
That's occasionally the case but most of the time is the second or third competitor to the brand being knocked off that makes it.

>>18842217
They all look like that.

Funnily enough, all the Aldi near me are in very weird spots.
One is right next to a Bass Pro and a Lowes, with no other grocery stores in sight
Another is next to a dollar store and a movie theater, no other grocery stores in site.
The last one is in an Ace hardware store parking lot, next to a Walmart.

All the other competing grocery stores have little bubbles around the city where I can go into Shnucks, and Hyvee, and Diefbergs, and Town and Country etc etc right across from each other. They group up, just like gas stations build competition right across the street.

Aldi segregates themselves in poorer crappier parts of town where there is no competition. That alone speaks volumes

>>18827905
M e h Kaufland is way better

>>18827905
People love Aldi and Lidl here in Switzerland
They subsidize it with their regular shopping

>>18842217
>how am I supposed to enjoy that shit
It's a grocery store, not an amusement park.

>>18843456
But isn't everyone rich in the mountains ?

>>18834445
>>18834445
You guys are so new. Every person in germany owns a little chip like thinky to open up a cart. No quarter needed.

>>18827934
Not sure if I agree, but Trader Joe's does have a nice beer selection with great prices. Love the Simpler Times lager. Aldi for the longest time had shit liquor, and while I think that might no longer be true, it already scared me away. Buy all me beer at the Polish deli now. If you're gonna drink, you may as well drink like a Polack.

>>18828003
If I ever saw shit like that, I would just turn around and go to a different store.

>>18845650
What's fucking annoying is that in my state(NY) Aldi doesn't sell beer. Wine can only be bought in liquor stores here so I understand why they don't have the wine, but beer is sold in every other grocery store but for some reason Aldi doesn't sell it here. Fucking annoying

>>18828003
>>18827998
Aldi can get away with it because 1) they've been doing it forever, everywhere around the world; 2) their prices on all goods are so much lower than anyone else's; and importantly:

3) if it's your first time at Aldi and you were caught off-guard by the cart thing, that doesn't actually stop you from browsing and shopping if you want to. Compare Sam's or Costco, where they check membership at the door -- you cannot even browse if you are not a member, so the casual person who looks at a giant store where people are coming out with lots of groceries and thinks, "hey, let me check out the prices," would surely be offended more at the fact he *cannot* check out the prices. Yet somehow Costco not only survives but thrives. Being "in the know" about Aldi's different culture can actually be enticing to some people, without being exclusionary -- though maybe it would help their sales even more if they made it exclusionary.

>>18845673
Great. I don't have to be around people like you while I shop.

>>18845675
Same in my state (MA), even though it allows groceries to sell alcohol in general, but with some limitations, namely that the alcohol must be sold in a separate section with its own cashier. It's probable that Aldi nationally wants to streamline the state-by-state logistics as much as possible, so it may have only two models; Aldi stocked with liquor and Aldi without. Hiring another staff member for a liquor section in MA, or doing separate logistics for beer but not wine in NY, might just have been not worth it on the books to them (especially given the mountain of other laws they'd have to deal with).

It's funny how a state like MA which has such a puritanical tradition of liquor laws also has so many liquor laws designed to protect the local liquor store culture against the big box and grocery chains. Yes, the local liquor store culture of winos coming in daily for the liter of E&J and pissing and passing out in the shopping or residential area across the street, or of repeated underage sales violations, or whatnot (I love local liquor stores for them holding rare finds and some great deals compared to, say, TW&M, which can't even ship between stores within the same state for some reason, but I'm just pointing out the bizarre sensibilities of these legislators.)

>>18827912
I'm not poor I just like saving as much money as possible.

>>18827905
One of the cashiers there broke my heart and that it is all my fault is destryoing me.

>>18827905
In Australia they treat you like a fucking thief, always checking your bags etc. I'm as white as it gets and they have a problem with me every time. Never happened at Woolies or Coles. Fuck Aldi, cocksuckers.

>>18827934
Do you know that trader Joe's is owned by Aldi

>>18839927
>and its all actually more than Walmart prices
That is untrue where I live. Most of my staples are 25-50% cheaper at Aldi than at Walmart.

Because I'm not poor and all the poor people who are there just for the bargains consistently ruin the experience.

See: Primark

>>18845673
Imagine seething at this, it gives you back the money anon...

>>18829463
Aldi is part of Aldi Sud
Trader Joes is part of Aldi Nord
True patricians shop at Lidl

>>18845481
i use my house key but it got stuck and i had to break the key part off so my shit wasn't there for the world to copy then i had to break into my house when i got home

>>18845675
in Kentucky you can buy whiskey and fireworks at gas stations

>>18827905
They are fucked from supply chain issues

>>18845767
>can't browse if you're not a member
I know at least at Sam's you can buy alcohol without being a member, thus giving you your chance to look around

The real question is why did my thread asking which store you get most of your food was deleted.

>>18847867
>I know at least at Sam's you can buy alcohol without being a member
This is only the case in certain states, due to various wacky liquor laws.
https://thekrazycouponlady.com/tips/money/6-things-you-can-do-at-costco-without-a-membership
Their gin and vodka are their only decent branded spirits (the gin I'd say is of a similar profile to Gordon's, and the price is about the same, so you should probably just buy Gordon's), unless you like subpar whiskey and tequila. They probably have the best deals on 1.75L name-brand spirits, but personally I prefer looking for massive deals on 750 bottles that you occasionally find at local liquor stores.

I'm going to Aldi today. Do you guys need anything?

>>18847948
Red bag chicken filets

>>18828003
Pathmark (A&P) used to do this near me

>>18829997
> could do an entire week of grocery shopping for $20.
>around $100-$120 per trip.
Sounds like a you problem

>>18832728
I've had such experiences. I've chalked it down to the fact that we may appear too smart and won't stick around for long enough or be a servile wagecuck for them.

>>18828003
Can’t beat getting a cart for a dollars

>>18845650
simpler times lager is too good to be the cheapest beer I've ever seen in a supermarket

>>18827905
In paris it is the choice of shitskins and old hags on welfare.

>>18848023
it is literally that, you're unironically too qualified for a wagecuck job like that

>>18828567
>giving up a quarter to give a free cart to an elderly person.
elderly people are the ones who have all the money you fucking cuck.

>>18844309
I mean, better than the average?
People usually go there for specific items their regular store doesn't really have, or if something is equally good but cheaper

>>18848406
>there are no poor old people

>>18848496
if you're still poor when you're old you're a fucking loser and deserve to be poor.

>>18829997
Agree with this. I just went tonight for the first time in a year or so. Got sticker shock. Even the crappy Aldi brand garbage was expensive. I got a bunch of cheese and stuff and it was 70 bucks. Same amount of items would've been 40 bucks a year ago. I get that everywhere is more expensive now, but the prices at Aldi were honestly almost exactly the same as any other grocery store. I don't see a benefit in going there.

>>18827912

farmers market is even cheaper with better ingredients than any grocer

but what does your grocery store preference matter when the shelves go empty again

>>18827905
My mom would always stop there when I was a kid and we needed to go to the city for appointments and it always took at least an hour

>>18827905
The parking sucks at the one close to me. Easier to go to Lidl instead.

>>18827905
I love Aldi. They have good prices, all the essentials, and they get some interesting stuff in too. Thanks Aldi!

>>18827998
>>18828066
>The save a lots in my area tried it,then pulled the idea back
I'm not sure what Save-A-Lot is like near you, but the ones near me are trashy stores for trashy people. Aldi is the nice discount grocer.

I refuse to shop there solely due to the quarter to unlock a cart gimmick.

I won't dare use the V word in /ck/ but I'll just say Aldi's smoked tofu is top tier

>>18849224
That's because you're such a weak person you need to stand up to tiny insignificant things to maintain some sense of power.

>>18849251
What a kiked take.

>>18827905
I go to Aldi at least 2-3 times a month.
The store is right next door to a shithole Walmart but it never has any bums, meth heads, or trash people hanging around inside or outside of the store.
Think it's the quarter locked shopping carts that keep them away, that and the lack of flat screen TVs and make up to steal.

>>18849224
based

>>18827905
I used to work there so I hate the notion of going back into an ALDI for purely subjective reasons. That said, ALDI is based. I stocked up on the German shit every Christmas and had cheeses for days. The pane tuscano bread is the best. But I've heard their prices are rising of late?

>>18849224
That "gimmick" reduces their staffing overhead at stores by at least a half a head all day. As their business model is cutting labor and supply costs to keep prices low and volume high, a great deal of this saving does indeed go to the consumer. (From my quick estimate on an "average" store it would work out to a few dollars saved per regular customer per year. Not much, but it makes a difference on the margins when people decide where to shop, especially in concert with Aldi's general slim staffing.)

>>18827940
Publix is way too fucking expensive for mostly the same slop that Wal-Shart has. However, their deli is indeed bomb.

>>18849410
That's not a particularly alluring amount of savings for some inconvienience when there are so many other options for most shoppers.

>>18849717
Ok, go to the grocery store that doesn't make you return your own carts, that has unlimited checkout counters with bored employees waiting for you to come fulfill their hour, with employees who will hold an umbrella over your head as you go to your car if it's raining (there are groceries that do this now), and all that bells and whistles. None of it makes your food taste any better, but if that's essential to your enjoyment of the "shopping experience", then go to those stores -- nobody is stopping you.

>>18827913
Ingles is getting spendy.

>>18827905
The closest one is a 40 minute drive away and I don't desire driving so far to save a little money on food.
>>18828002
>funny name
>direction brain gets triggered and starts shitting his pants in public

>>18849736
Not only is your shilling for a company impressive, but the fact that you brought up a number of points utterly unrelated to what you were replying to is truly astounding. Nobody gives a shit about whatever the fuck a "shopping experience" is, people just don't want to carry around change. Keep coping though.

You are actually retarded, but please keep telling me what a good and loyal shabbos goy consumer you are.

>>18827905
I don't dislike aldi, but they should really add self checkouts.

>>18848634
You must be 18 to post here.

>>18827905
Well their freeway soda brand has hands down the foulest cola style soft drink I've even had (not counting dr poopers 23 flavors of ass).

Also they are shutting down every single store here after 40+ years

Generally though we have Lidl which is Aldi that doesn't look and smell like the worst of the 80's

>>18827905

Went in there a couple of times. Each time I browsed the selection was horrible and the prices were more expensive than other stores in my area. I don't get the appeal.

Is making a skeleton crew run a store considered good for a grocery store?

>>18853542
>Is paying less for staff better?

>>18827912
/thread

/t. not a sandnigger or single mother on food stamps

God this board is full of americans

>>18854478
Thank god for that

>>18849836
I like the fact they pay their cashiers well.
But those same cashiers are stocking shelves and running back and forth all day long, they are run like fucking mules.

I think self checks would really help out in that regard.
Too bad its a store meant for poorfaggots, so it would just cause a ton of theft.

>>18827998
>>18828003
I will never shop at a store that does this shit. I never need a cart anyway but the principle of being treated like a nigger who can't be trusted to put away their shopping cart away without a $0.25 deposit is extremely insulting.

>>18854625
The whole point of aldis is to cut costs everywhere to bring price of the food down.
Paying 15 buck an hour to a kid who stands around the parking lot vaping and playing on his phone for 20 minutes before bringing the carts in is worth an increase in your grocery prices?

>>18854641
I will not sell my dignity for a quarter. Especially not for my own quarter.

>>18827912
I wouldnt mind Aldi at all except I live in Diversity Hell and I want shopping to be somewhat pleasant. Central Americans havent overrun it but the weirder mystery 3rd worlders seem to love Aldi. Have to stick with Safeway or Whole Foods

>>18854625
I work in a lot of working class neighborhoods and the amount of shopping carts in the woods, tipped over on the sidewalk and in people's backyards demonstrates that their policy is needed

>>18827905
I used to. I still shop there some but all the ones around me "modernized" last year and went with a dumb open floor plan to look like a "real supermarket" or something.
I used to be able to FEEL the SAVINGS working my way down the crowded aisles, making sure not to miss anything on my list lest I have to turn around and disrupt the flow of customers through the entire store; it was almost like a warehouse job. The cashiers also didn't have chairs back then, so you knew the company was wageslaving to get you DEALS.

>>18829997
Inflation is not Aldi's fault it's from money printing and they're caught in the same cycle as every store. Something I bought for 99 cents at safeway last year now costs $2.50 (their store brand buns). It doesnt seem like anyone cares about this sort of thing

>>18854668
Just get a plastic token you faggot

>>18854772
I already said I'm not going to pawn my dignity to the Aldi cart machine for my own quarter. Why would I spend $1.50 on a piece of plastic to do the same thing that the quarter could do?

Makes sense that you are stupid and/or ghetto enough that you need a policy like cart deposits. How much money do you piss away on menthol cigarettes and fortified wine every week?

>>18854668
The quarter never even leaves your possession.

>>18827905
rude staff, terrible produce, your promotions are fake - terrible products, still overpriced, terribly configured. best example: computers of course.

>>18854772
The cart is swapped at checkout. Keeping a quarter in your car isn't hard to do.

>>18841004
>>18840992
Whats your best recipe for this?
I just bought some, may make some cheese steaks or somethign

>>18827905
I prefer to shop at Food and Stuff, it's where I get all of my food and most of my stuff.

>>18828003
why are mutts so triggered by this. i know one store chain that doesn't need a coin for their carts and they're the exception, not the rule

>>18832069
a kilo of sugar is €1,20 now

>>18855963
I find its location, equidistant from my home and work, especially convenient.

>>18827967
The only thing that makes you a valid Catholic is raping 12 year old boys.

>>18827905
because wiscochads have better places to get groceries

>>18854668
I too will not sell my dignity by exchanging additional effort on my part for services or convenience to be provided by others. Therefore I do all my shopping at the community free food pantry (and no I don't pay taxes either).

Dignity: preserved.

>>18854718
>all the ones around me "modernized" last year and went with a dumb open floor plan
Several years ago there were several grocery chains in my city narrowed their aisles and encouraged unidirectional flow (obv to get more shelf space, since they're city grocers and usually can't expand outward). But I'm wondering if the open plan was coincidental with the pandemic since a lot of groceries went *strictly* unidirectional but *also* widened their aisles for the duration. If one state had a pandemic regulation which Aldi's layout violated, they might have chosen that moment to experiment with new layouts everywhere, but I dunno -- can't pin down dating info in a cursory search online.

>>18854680
have you tried not being racist?

>>18857020

kys

We don't have them here.

>ALLDIE

>>18827905
I prefer costco especially when I live in a pretty big family.

>>18827928
This isn't Reddit.

>>18828670
A smorgasboard of bullshit. Much like the customers that Aldi attracts.

>>18840457
> similar, or even better

Lurk moar

>>18857949
> live in
ESL

lol is that american hofer?

>>18835914
They really aren't. Sure they have a lot of novelty items that might attract a middle class audience initially but not one that'll stick around. Tesco I'd argue is more expensive than Lidl and Spar unquestionably is.

>>18827905
Its not bad, but you can tell some ingredients are cheaply sauced and cooked meat and cheese is particularly lame - fun for those who want to experiment with German salami but otherwise its the wurst. Outside that cheap products for cheap people, nothing wrong with it really unless you like paying a bit more for quality.

>>18858053
Does Hofer cater to homeless, and borderline homeless people?