Aldi is "shockingly cheaper" than Walmart?

[Ruptga]

14 months later, Aldi is still superior to *

 

[RossMAN]

meh.. if I'm buying house brand, I'm buying Costco/kirkland

Oh snap, this may be the first time ever that I ... agree with you.

Kirkland > *

 

[DaveSimmons]

I haven't been in an Aldi in 15+ years. Back then they had weird and awful stuff like off-brand cheese puffs that used fake cheese, which they sold for about the same price as cheetos.

It was eerily similar to Repo Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9k09WPpNeo

It sounds like they've improved?

 

[Miramonti]

I don't mind generic as long as they're quality (e.g. CostCo Kirkland).

Many of their 'generics' are name brand products that they rebrand, just like Kirkland.

 

[Ryland]

I was told that the 2% charged for credit cards was going to be charged to the customer which I thought Visa/MC didnt allow. Maybe they did just jack their prices up.

 

[gorcorps]

Never even heard of Aldi. What makes Walmart appealing is not so much the prices, but the availability. Kinda the same idea with Tim Horton's, it's not super high end gourmet coffee or anything, but they're everywhere.

silly Canada

But yeah, pretty much. I will say I've been choosing other places over Walmart lately though just because they don't stay clean. The Targets in this area are a way nicer place to shop.

 

[Chiropteran]

I went to Aldi's once and was majorly turned off by all the fake-branded stuff. I'm fine with Kirkland stuff from Costco, and the Trader Joe's branded stuff, but the look of the stuff at Aldi's rubbed me the wrong way- like it was trying too hard to copy the real product, just immediately made me associate it with the similar off-brand crap you see in dollar stores.

And the prices, while low, didn't seem better than buying in bulk from Costco.

I'll stick with Wegmans, Trader Joes, Harris Teeter, and Costco.

 

[SunnyD]

I was told that the 2% charged for credit cards was going to be charged to the customer which I thought Visa/MC didnt allow. Maybe they did just jack their prices up.

Laws have changed in the last couple years regarding CC fee shifting. For the longest time I bitched about local DMV's and utilities charging surcharge fees to accept credit card payments because of merchant processor rules - having worked retail I knew about these sorts of things. They didn't give two shits. Up until about two years ago it was contractually prohibited but these entities didn't care. Now, it's completely legal to do so even if it is in contracts, not a damn thing you can do about it.

That said, we do our weekly grocery run to Aldi's for certain things. Cheese, bagels, some dry goods (pretzels, crackers, etc), a few specific canned goods, certain other things that are cheaper there than elsewhere or can't easily be found elsewhere. I absolutely won't touch their shitty produce though. We usually spend about $60-80/week there for a family of 7 versus the $180-$250 every 2 weeks at Costco. All of the other fill-in items we need in not-bulk we get from the other grocery stores as needed. But yes, Aldi's does save us probably 25% or more on typical non-bulk (ie: Costco-sized) groceries than traditional grocery stores without the pain of extreme couponing.

 

[Sonikku]

Aldi's is a great alternative for unfortunate souls such as myself that have no Trader Joe or Costco. 🙁

 

[Miramonti]

Aldi's is a great alternative for unfortunate souls such as myself that have no Trader Joe or Costco. 🙁

I consider Aldi's vs. Trader Joe the same as a poor man's version of needs vs. wants. Aldi doesn't have everything you need, Trader Joe doesn't have everything you want...but they both are worth visiting for some of what they do have (while I have no problem skipping TJ's altogether.)

 

[JEDI]

Oh snap, this may be the first time ever that I ... agree with you.

Kirkland > *

my cock is also bigger than yours

 

[JEDI]

Actually, the 2nd person there is to make sure you, or the cashier, don't steal stuff.
As in, the cashier has a friend come by, and they "forget" to scan items...

That is really common in Walmart.

ahhh... so it applies to any place w/a checkout
😱

 

[SunnyD]

my cock is also bigger than yours

And quite possibly the last time apparently.

 

[Cerb]

Yeah, no friendly service, no help bagging and "go grab a card-box box from the pile to carry your stuff"...sounds like ALDI to me 🙂

I can't complain. Any time I've needed anything from the non-cashiers, they've been courteous and helpful, much like Publix's employees.