HamsterHuey said:

psychodelicide said:

[b]Actually, in Germany you always have to pay for a shopping cart, at Aldi or any other shop. You also have to pay for grocery bags. I guess because Aldi is a German chain they just imported the idea over there not researching their marketing demographic very well.

Sorry to hear your experience was bad. It sounds like they really haven't done their marketing research for the stores they're building in America. While ALDI is known as the discount market here in Germany, the quality of our shops is exceedingly better. For example, my typical items from Aldi are New Zealand lamb, Norwegian smoked salmon, orchids, exta vrgin olive oil, sundried tomatoes, biscotti, tiramisu, ect., ect. Our Aldi also has travel agency services with trips to Greece, Italy, Istanbuhl, Sweden, Shanghai, ect. Sounds like they need to do some serious restructuring over there if they want to succeedin the American market...


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Serious said:

I drink their low fat fresh milk and their 1% plain jogurt. Their buttermilk is good too. The Aldi brand cola horrible though

Ottensen said:

I love it better than Coke

I really need to check out an Aldi some day.

Ottensen said:

I totally agree .
I am drinking their buttermilk right now .

shanti0608 said:

You should !

ZombieKitten said:

most of their products are inferior

Serious said:

I did not know that ppl actually drank that stuff. I have used it to cook/bake with but I could never drink it.

Though right now I am eating strange things so maybe I will crave buttermilk too but I doubt it.
Right now I am eating pickled beet root, carrot sticks dipped in blue cheese dressing, crackers, swiss cheese and some yummy fruit salad that I made yesterday.

^ butter milk is nice

Dewrede said:

Dewrede said:

No they aren't . When their are tests about the quality of products they usually get good results.

Serious said:

I will take your word for it. I do not like milk so the thought of lumpy soured milk just does not appeal to me. I can't get past the smell.

It does make baked goods moist and tasty though.

shanti0608 said:

Well some people hate it though. You might be one of them

Serious said:

I think I am. Just like my hatred for Marmite.

shanti0608 said:

Serious said:

the "real brands" want you to think that they need the money to pay for their advertising and shelf space priorities

I grew up in Detroit, and our supermarkets had cages around the doors so you literally couldn't take the carts to your car.

Depositing a quarter -- that you get back -- seems fine. They not only don't have to pay someone to do it, but it also keeps the damage down to cars.

I haven't been to an Aldi for a long time, have to check it out to see how bad it is now. I don't mind store brands for certain things, but for a lot of things I like my favorite brands.

Serious said:

I disagree, something are fine from Aldi, dry goods, bake goods, spices and such, but other things suck. It's trial and error. Clancy chips, aren't doritos or fritos. plain and simple.

They probably charge you to rent the carts so as to insure that they get them back. Carts are not cheap. Brand new ones cost a store $500 apiece.

Revolution said:

all the trolleys at our mall have got the money thing now Aldi started something

AND Aldi tokens fit into coles trolleys, but get stuck inside them

ZombieKitten said:

That's why they should all start using that electronic yellow-paint-thing-a-ma-jig. No money...no stealing...and maybe they can lower prices.

noimageatall said:

I'm kind of excited by that I wonder if it has side effects we don't know about yet

lazycrockett said:

amen to that- but their multi grain chips are just as good as trader joes. they have basmati, brown and jasmine rice.

KatSkrizzle said:

I always get fresh spinach and butter greens salad
tomatos on the vine
grapes
pineapples
bananas
gala apples
oranges- in orange season only

and then you can get the walnuts and balsamic dressings to make a delicious sald

all types of cheeses:
provolone
munsteur
dessert cheese balls

Evvy said:

They have this really good Havarti with dill that I buy and their crackers are really quality!

ZombieKitten said:

whiplash.

shanti0608 said:

Yummy!!!

Marks & Spencer's pickled beetroot is the best; all the other brands use some level of artificial sweeteners, whereas the M&S brand uses all sugar.

GirlBrother said:

Thanks I will get some of those! That is one thing I am still getting used to, seems like they put artificial sweeteners in everything here.