ivinsfan
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I went to Aldi for the first time recently. It is fairly new in my area. I bought a dozen eggs, hummus, nuts, and a Thai veggie burger product (interesting but not so good). I had intended to buy more, but don’t like pre-packaged produce and most of what they offered was. Their meats didn’t look that good either. Most of the packaged goods were brands I’ve never heard of. The store location isn’t very convenient for me either. It was an interesting experience but I will keep blowing my dough at Costco, Trader Joe’s and Vons.
If you want name brands Aldi's isn't the store for you. The few name brand items they carry are priced at full retail. Now IMO the private labels brands are good quality and you don't need to think about waiting for a "sale" price.
Most mainline stores have a lot of prepacked produce too. If you want to buy singles oranges, apples, onions in a mainline store you pay a premium.
The meats we've eaten have been good, steaks included.
They aren't perfect our store is pretty small and if their truck is delayed you might not find milk, eggs or bread in stock. I shop for two seniors and appreciate not having to drag all around a huge store, past isles of stuff I never buy to do my weekly shopping, We eat a lot of eggs, cheese and produce, so Aldi's has been a great thing for us. I can get in and out of that store in 20 minutes.....and I know exactly where everything is.