“...a new Lidl store opened near us...”
Is that in the same vein as an ALDI? Our ALDI stores in Wisconsin ROCK and just keep getting better and better! :)
I fed my ‘tribe’ of three adults and three teen boys and stayed within my grocery budget for many a year thanks to them.
The boys knew to NEVER touch ‘Mom’s ALDI Quarter’ that she kept in the car ashtray, LOL! (You need one to rent a shopping cart.)
We will never get an Aldi, but they are making the Kroger much bigger. I love Aldi. I love your quarter hideout!
Aldi’s ‘was’ my primary grocery store but in the last few months, their prices have increased substantially (30-50%) on many products. Now, the Walmart grocery is actually cheaper on some items.
Aldi is more like a small-scale Costco - a sort of ‘warehouse’. Lidl is different - it’s like a neighborhood grocery, and not so big that it’s difficult to navigate for us older folks. In our experience, you can also find the same things routinely at Lidl. Our experience with Aldi is like Costco - sometimes they have something, sometimes they don’t.
We like Aldi, especially at Christmas time - they have lots of nice European holiday treats - and we got one of our best Thanksgiving turkeys there, for a very good price. But in our area, the store is so crowded on weekends and parking is horrible. The nearby Lidl is very convenient, and very friendly, and the stock is organized like a regular small grocery.
My husband is constantly tidying every area, including the cup holders in my vehicle. My Aldi quarter is never there. It’s a small sacrifice for a neat freak husband:).
We got an Aldi here a few years ago, and now another one is being built on the other side of town, which is closer to me. Also less traffic over there. I use their dairy a lot because I cook for someone who needs lots of calories and fat. So instead of milk I use whipping cream, etc. It helps with the grocery bill :-)