TwoMisfits
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- Feb 21, 2002
Great thread- but you've lost me already. Im assuming Aldi's is a regional store because Ive never heard of it here in MA. But a gallon of milk is a dollar?? And eggs are 60 cents??
Yeah - they get you in the door with low prices on milk, dairy, breads, canned fruits/veg, and produce - other things are closer to regular prices (they have cheap their brand snacks, but I don't love those). They have no fish counter or deli and usually only 5-7 aisles. They also have you do most of the work, bagging your own groceries and putting your own carts back. They have been expanding rapidly across the US (we only got them 2 years ago). They are awesome to have around, even if you don't shop there, b/c they force other grocers to compete...so I can stop at 2 stores (b/c Aldi's is never enough as a one stop) and get produce loss leaders at both and have 10-12 items to choose from for the week...
Like this week, it's $2.29/2lb Honeycrisp apples, $1.29 pineapples, 99cents for 24 oz tomatoes on the vine, 99 cent avocados, 79 cent pomegranites, and $1.29 3 pack caramel apples at Aldi's.
HMart's are also awesome for fresh produce prices, but you have to be ready to be creative...I'm heading tomorrow for the $1.29 strawberries, but I'm also gonna get $.69/lb Jonah gold apples, $.79/avocados (see, competition is awesome), some Wawa Choy or Yu Choy (nope, not exactly sure what this is, but gonna grab it to use like bok choy - pretty sure they are the same family) at $.59/lb and $.79/lb, Enoki Mushrooms at $1.50/pack, and Tofu for 99 cents/lb...(and fresh peanuts for $1.29/lb if I'm really in the mood to go nuts with an Asian dish)...
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