Posted on 01/16/2017 5:17:34 AM PST by Iron Munro
That’s it—Aldi’s stock is not standardized and I am vain of my cooking and have to have certain brands of butter, Lucks brand great northern beans. Etc. I am NOT a snob. Shopping low-rent used to be a passion of mine...consignment, etc. Aldis has an amazing wine selection because it is always changing. Aldi—I like the clientele of Aldis — better class of people than Walmart’s.
Aldi is much better than Save-A-Lot.
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Aldi’s really good if you know what to get, and there are websites dedicated to that. However there’s one not too far from me, it’s in a fairly good area, but the inside of the store is super ghetto.
There’s a Trader Joe’s a couple of blocks away from that Aldi’s and it’s much nicer. The difference is the clientele.
Absolutely—these are the very foods that cause obesity—and I always loved hamburger helper in early marriage days—but I burned off the calories, too. These processed prepared dinners are high in sugars. But everyone is too lazy to cook.
I have a Trader Joe’s close by, and that place gives me hives, full of the local liberals clogging the aisles with no concern for those trying to get past them. I guess it’s about location.
Some things no, some things yes.
Some times no, some times yes.
Aldi is a very good store but no store always has the best price on comparable items all the time.
Sometimes with the Publix Buy-One-Get One they offer the best value.
We try to take advantage of the best opportunities to stock up no matter which store it may be at.
SAV-A-LOT is NOT cheaper than Aldi.
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... and SAV-A-LOT store brands aren’t equal to the national brands , I’d say they’re the same poor quality as Winn Dixies store brands ,, Aldi is my first stop for price and quality.
WOW!!!
That's outrageous!
What is the cause for such a high tax on food?
Are your property taxes or other taxes lower to compensate?
We shop Aldi weekly. There’s a new competitor called Lidl that’s just starting. ......................... I’m waiting for Nieto and REAL to appear. (Wishful thinking)If only they would have the same beer, perogie, and bakery choices they have in Europe.
Fr'instance....I like a particular name brand of black beans. They taste better, and are lower in sodium than other brands. I've found the store brands, in some cases, to be inedible. So....I spend 30c (or so) more, and I get something that I know will be good, and not just thrown away.
Ditto for other foods, and consumables like toiletries, Paper Towels, and so on. I know what works. Certainly willing to try other things, occasionally and in small quantities, but don't want to replace them all entirely.
If the store doesn't consistently stock items, I'm not going to risk a week's grocery budget on a dice roll. Nothing snobby about it.....
And, I've found that WM is good for prepared food (cereal, chips, soda, etc etc etc. Stuff that I shouldn't eat). Wouldn't buy meat and produce there if they paid me, though. Good prices, but it's mostly all Mexican or from Central America. Contrast that with my usual grocery store, where things - except in the deep off-season like right now - are generally grown in the USA. :-)
I’m betting the black beans you like are Bush—they’re my favorite. But now you can buy them in quantity at Sam’s for a nice discount. I don’t like Bush pintos—once again, it’s Lucks.
To suggest that Publix does not know the grocery business is ridiculous. They have had to address several challenges (Target, WalMart, Costco, etc.) and they continue to grow. Next challenge they will face may be from Amazon. If Sav-a-lot is a threat they will figure out how to handle that too.
I suspect that some neighborhoods are not profitable enough, and when you consider the risk to life and limb in some parts of town it makes a lot of sense for Publix to stay out.
Also, Publix needs to have a certain minimum size for a store to work with their model. So when you add in parking and access to the highway there are some locations that don’t make sense.
I don’t shop in Winn Dixie, except for beer ;-) ... but there are still a lot of WD stores out there.
I can understand working couples resorting to quick easy-to-prepare meals from time to time but I don’t understand the unemployed welfare class doing this. They have all the time in the world to cook from scratch and yet not many of them choose to do so. What do they do with all their time? Rhetorical question as the ugly truth is they sit on their asses watching television all day and couldn’t be bothered preparing a proper meal.
Who suggested that?
If Sav-a-lot is a threat they will figure out how to handle that too.
Neither Sav-A-Lot, Aldi or Walmart seem to be a serious threat to Publix so far.
Publix has carved out it's own niche and has built tremendous customer loyalty from what I have seen.
Many if not most store brands are packaged right along side the same production lines as the National Brands. Often times the only difference is the label.
I spent many years calling on food manufacturers and there are lots of private labels going out of National Brand manufacturing facilities and vice-versa.
Sometimes, but not always, they can change some parts of the recipe.
Goya Black Beans all the way.
We recently got Publix here. Remember them from Miami and wanted them here, Raleigh.
We shop there some. Their meat is terrific. Catch the ribeye steaks on sale, esp. their Angus Greenwise. As good as any you get at Ruth's Chris or similar.
That’s right. Goya cans good little red “cranberry” beans, too.
Many if not most store brands are packaged right along side the same production lines as the National Brands. Often times the only difference is the label.
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True , I drove a truck for a few years and picked up store brands at national brand packers. Save-a-Lot and Winn Dixie have inferior store brands ,, Aldi, Publix and Albertsons/Safeway prioritize the quality when choosing vendors. You can often determine who packs what by the plant identifier section of the barcode (first 6 digits).
The local Sav-a-Lots got bought out and replaced by Grocery Outlet which is even cheaper. I go there for coffee and eggs. Both are cheaper and the eggs are all local or near local produce and much fresher. I bought jumbos there for .68 a dozen while larges were priced at almost 3 dollars elsewhere. And did I say FRESH?
Wife used to refuse to enter the Sav-a-lot(and later the Grocery Outlet) because its where poor people go. Well the Publix was closed and WalMart too far so she went there finally and noticed that she got through the lines faster and it was less cluttered and cheaper. She decided she likes it.
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