I’ve only shopped two different Aldi’s and it’s mostly crap food, lots of highly processed, additive filled, make you sick quicker. Also not much selection other than their brands.
Stater Bros aka Kroegers near our home has been great for over 40 yrs. Complete butcher, bakery and well stocked produce. My husband had a good relationship with the butcher dept. he loved making pastrami, corned beef and sausages and could count on them to procure whatever he needed.
The Kroger affiliate here is Fred Meyer. Terrific two-story store with food downstairs and Upstairs, some very nice clothes and shoes for men, women and children. They have a an outdoor flower shop with some nice enough outdoor chairs .
Their fresh and frozen fish is all from China, which no one in their right mind would eat.
One was built near me several years ago. It was a fight-and-a-half to get it built because neighbors threw down every legal means possible to stop it. I thought I would frequent it a lot but I’ve only been in there maybe 3 times in its existence.
I try to shop as early in the day as possible and they do not open until 9 plus having to drag your own bags in for shopping and making sure I have a quarter for the cart access just collectively has ensured it’s a business seldom ventured for me.
Look at the same items in bigger FAR MORE EXSPENSIVE markets and you will see the same crap chemically enhancement to the product. There is no other chain that keeps track of their pennies so that their dollars will take care of themself. If your an efficient shopper you can show up/shop/leave within a half hour without walking and dodging 10’s of intersections and ratchet types along with higher prices because of unneeded bloated staff and “LOSS PREVENTION” because of ratchet / teen /white trash mouthbreathers. The afore mentioned is the wally world generalization I no longer deal with.
Are you sure you’re talking about Aldi?
Then shop smarter, be more discerning in choices.
Yes, like any store there’s a lot of crap with chips and cakes, but if you stick to meat, bread, cheese, fish, vegetables, fresh and or frozen, it’s an excellent store with excellent prices compared to other big box stores.
Like anything out there, people are gonna love them. People are gonna hate them, but in our household, we love Aldi.
Aldi brand foods do not have any artificial coloring or MSG, which has about 60 different names to hide it.
“I’ve only shopped two different Aldi’s and it’s mostly crap food, lots of highly processed, additive filled, make you sick quicker. Also not much selection other than their brands.”
That has been my observation as well. I had an experience where their vacuum packed meat actually stunk when I opened up the vacuum seal. The fresh fruits and vegetables are usually pretty good though.
Depends on what you get. Packaged baked goods are great (cereal, cookies, chips, etc), store brand canned beans are not (although I’ve seen Bush’s baked beans there). The local one has Duke’s mayo. Fresh fruits and vegetables are competitive with Walmart with a higher turnover rate, so generally fresher.