It's what we do... YMMV!
In our area there are three grocery stores where we shop. Walmart, Aldi's and the local equivalent of Whole Foods. 90%+ of our food is bought at Aldi, since about 1989... 30 years.
We know we save money, but never put the numbers down to see how much. On our own, we have estimated how much we save, by comparing prices, on a general basis. We figure that we save about 20% over Walmart, and about 35% over the "Whole food" . Totally unscientific but we thought,a pretty good guess.
Our current approximate weekly food cost (Aldi)is about $90. That would put Walmart at about $110, and our (equivalent) Whole Foods at about $135. If that's close, it would mean that we've saved about $32,000 over WM prices and about $70,000 over WF prices in the past 30 years.
That was just our guess... maybe right, maybe wrong, but here's a study i just found from last October from Kiplinger.
https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/spending/T050-S001-supermarket-showdown-aldi-vs-whole-foods/index.html
If I read that correctly, is means a savings of almost 50%, rather than our estimate of 35%.
Probably not enough to shake the walls, but for us, a meaningful difference.
In our area there are three grocery stores where we shop. Walmart, Aldi's and the local equivalent of Whole Foods. 90%+ of our food is bought at Aldi, since about 1989... 30 years.
We know we save money, but never put the numbers down to see how much. On our own, we have estimated how much we save, by comparing prices, on a general basis. We figure that we save about 20% over Walmart, and about 35% over the "Whole food" . Totally unscientific but we thought,a pretty good guess.
Our current approximate weekly food cost (Aldi)is about $90. That would put Walmart at about $110, and our (equivalent) Whole Foods at about $135. If that's close, it would mean that we've saved about $32,000 over WM prices and about $70,000 over WF prices in the past 30 years.
That was just our guess... maybe right, maybe wrong, but here's a study i just found from last October from Kiplinger.
https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/spending/T050-S001-supermarket-showdown-aldi-vs-whole-foods/index.html
The total bill for the 50 items on our shopping list added up to $136.98 at Aldi; it was $205.66 at Whole Foods – a difference of nearly $69. In some cases the difference was pennies per item, but in others it was dollars. It adds up. Flickinger, the retail consultant, says his research shows that a family of five can save perhaps between $3,500 and $5,500 a year by shopping for groceries at Aldi over Whole Foods.
If I read that correctly, is means a savings of almost 50%, rather than our estimate of 35%.
Probably not enough to shake the walls, but for us, a meaningful difference.