@@gingersnap22 I audited Walmart for several major brands for several years so I have learned to tune everything else out and now shopping at the store can be relaxing when I zone out
Why do you see it with your own eyes and doubt what you're seeing. It's a simple concept. Some people like some brands better than others, so we have something for everyone.
Target and Walmart are not supermarkets. They are big box general merchandise retailers that also happen to sell food. Costco is quite different, because it is a membership big box warehouse store.
I went to Aldi today. I spent $13 on items that would have cost about $20 at a regular grocery store. Something he didn't mention, which I like, is that people who are finished with their cart will offer it to you as you walk through the parking lot. I always offer them a quarter, but often they decline it. Then I'll try to pass the cart along for free to someone else. It's a small thing, but it's a gesture of friendliness from or toward someone you would otherwise ignore.
I live in Connecticut and almost exclusively shop at Aldi. My grocery bill went down drastically when I switched. It's crazy. The store brands are way cheaper and taste just as good and sometimes even better than the big brands. They have everything I want 99% of the time. I think the people who don't like it are the ones who shop the middle aisles of grocery stores and eat more processed food and/or want specific brand name snacks and drinks and things. If you eat mostly what's in the outer aisles you're good. I have only ever had to put a quarter in to get a cart a couple of times because most people just hand off the carts when we leave to whoever is coming in and keep it going. I also love that they don't pester you every time you check out to donate to a million charities and open a store card, etc. They are quite efficient!
@@aks4204 They have some name brand items, like, say Oreos, that you won't save much if any on. But, if you buy one their other brands, you'll pay about half that price. The amount you save will depend on what you buy, but overall, you'll save enough to appreciate the difference.
I'm an equal distance between two Aldis so that's good for me and I order sometimes online from there. My money really goes farther there. I can get more groceries
People do sometimes leave carts behind in the parking lots, but there are cart-return areas within the parking lots that make things easier. Plus it’s usually someone’s job to return carts to the storefront itself.
I live in the south so if you forget you rarely need the quarter at Aldi as someone who just finished shipping will always offer you their cart. I do it as well.
In Arizona you could be parked 5 feet or less from the cart return and yet you will always have that one person who refuses to go out of their way and put it where it belongs and a LOT of times they'll even put it up on a curb and/or sidewalk making it almost impossible for those like me who are wheelchair bound to get around them.
grocery store survival: 1. always start with the produce go to the meat then cycle towards the dairy 2. never shop for groceries while hungry - if you have to shop hungry get a rotisserie chicken when you hit the meat area - it will sufficiently distract you until you get out the door and can eat it on your truck's tailgate like a barbarian. 3. shop for snacks/junk and essentials on different trips.
alternatively eat it while youre there and sate your hunger as you shop and then pay for the rest and make a nice soup with the rest for dinner that night
My wife went to Aldi's and praised it so much. I was use to paying 250 bucks for groceries at another "supermarket" She was sick and gave me a list of about 30 things to buy and 50 dollars in cash. Eggs, milk, bread, meat, cheese, fruit and vegies. I was thinking no way are we gonna make this budget so I was expecting to put the difference on my debit card. I even added stuff that wasnt on the list like beef jerky and mustard pretzels etc. I got a bag of microwaveable beef bean and cheese burritos and a frozen pizza or two and passed the icecream. I love ice cream but I passed it up so I wouldnt go too much over budget. lol I got to the cashier and our total was 38 bucks. I told my son to run down and quickly and grab some ice cream. He brought back two half-gallons, and we still were 4 dollars under budget. lololol
Trader Joe's is NOT just the American version of Aldi Nord. Trader Joe's existed for more than a decade before Aldi Nord bought them in 1979, and they have kept the store's market position and target customer the same, not trying to turn it into Aldi.
PPl leave them in the lots, even though they borrowed them with a coin? Why? Is that just insane ingrained behavior? A quarter just isn't worth a little walk? My experience with Aldi in America was different, people offered me their cart, with coin inside. Wow. Pay it forward, I will.
Florida is one of two states that has the most Aldi stores. And Aldi has saved me a lot of money over the last 8 years. Been feeling the pinch since Covid and it was the only store I could fill my cart up and spend less than $200. Fill my pantry and fridge, until next week after my kids eat me out of house and home for the summer 😂
I like aldi. He's right you can get a lot for a little money. I will go usually to Aldi to get everything they have, and then I might stop at a bigger store to get something that Aldi didn't have. It does have a reputation for being "cheap" in a low class sort of way just because Americans are not used to walking into a store and seeing everything still in the box it came in on the shelf. It's sort of has an unfinished look for us. However, this reputation is completely unearned and I'm constantly trying to convince people to go there. Dairy products in particular are like half price.
On the top shelf of peanut butter is your natural peanut butter Smuckers and Laura Scudder’s. Natural will be peanuts and salt. This appears to be a Walmart. You can see about a 12 foot wide section it could be 16 foot wide. That is not an over exaggeration the amount of product
As a coloradan, we don't have Aldi but we do have Trader Joe's, and I have to say everything in this is spot on. Period, end of story. My grandma taught me about how they scam you in grocery stores a long time ago, and she taught me a very important lesson when she said "keep to the edges of the store, that's where the essentials are. The rest is there to make you spend more money." I miss that incredible woman every single day.
yup browsing is for the exterior, the aisles are for targeted precision strikes... zoom down the aisle until target lock on item is acquired, snatch, pop flares and leave.
Reacting to the peanut butter aisle - if you think that's outrageous, you should see the cereal aisle! No wonder if takes us so long to grocery shop - our stores are huge!! (Ohio)
I kid you not, the last 5 or 6 times going to Aldi I have not had to use a quarter. Someone has always just finished loading their car and given me the cart. I in turn will give it to someone when I'm finished. Luv paying it forward. ❤😊
YES. That is exactly what I experienced at my first American Aldi in St Louis. In Germany that does not happen, because using a coin to borrow a cart is normal behavior. Why would you give your Euro to someone else?
@@LythaWausWHuh, at my local stores (Penny, Aldi, Lidl, Rewe) handing off your cart to another person happens pretty regularly. Did you shop in west or east germany?
@@aryahavinfun5682 I was making a joke. I know the difference but dollar general has more groceries. I love Aldi, I like Dollar Tree for arts and crafts and I avoid Dollar General more than I avoid Walmart. When Aldi first opened here it was as bad as Dollar General but now they've made a ton of improvements in the quality of their products and they are one of my favorite stores.
Aldi is the slowest grocery store in my city. It takes forever to check out because they never have enough registers open. I also foil some of the things he mentioned. I pay $1.99 for someone else to do my shopping and bring it out to my car by using the store’s online shopping option. If I don’t see something, I can’t buy it! I don’t EVER go to Walmart for groceries or anything else unless my mother needs something when I’m visiting her. I do not shop at Target either-especially for groceries because they are freaking expensive!
I've been to about a dozen Aldi's around germany and they were all pretty much the same. Meanwhile I've been to one Walmart in my life and that was at least three times too many. 😂
That's what I love about America, we have both. Also, 19!!! I personally like having the best of both worlds. It's wonderful to do half of you shopping at Aldi's and the other 1/2 at a store that has tons of choice. Use Aldi for all of your staples that you always keep (as long as they have that particular item) and then use another store of your choice that has more selection for those needs.
I’ve been shopping at Aldi for 40+ years. It has changed over the years. Quality and types of many products have changed also. Some for the better some not so much. It use to be only food and paper products, now they sell a variety of other items like toys, cleaning supplies, candles, toiletries, etc. You can save a lot of money if you are not loyal to brand names. I’d rather keep my money than give it away to big corporations.
I love my aldis. They have the best produce and the cheapest price. I Still go to a regular grocery store as will for stuff don't have what i want and for my meat.
Walmart delivers to my home in my town. Anything on the shelves in my local store can be delivered. I haven't stepped foot in Walmart in over a year. People in my experience forgot about the quarter after they just spent $150 on groceries. A quarter is insignificant.
I live in Delaware and all of our Aldi's have a majority of self check out. There might be one or two cashiers for people who don't like to self check. And they are usually stocking the shelves.
Walmart is considered low class & most Americans don't actually like to shop there but most of the time don't have a choice where to shop for cheap bulk....thats a normal amount of peanut butter in most stores....I manage to go when I'm hungry....no its not standard practice to have to get a cart with a quarter at stores here....19 yes definitely check out Chick-fil-A
I used to work in a factory that made ice cream treats. One of the treats we manufactured was an ice cream cone topped with chocolate and chopped peanuts. We made the major brand name version as well as several store brand knockoffs. The ONLY differences between the popular major brand and the Aldi store label of this particular type of treat are the packaging and the price. Same cones, same ice cream, same chocolate, same peanuts. Same production line in the same building being operated by the same people, with only a short pause to switch wrappers and boxes. For all the other store labels we made we used different (cheaper) ice cream and/or cones.
This was one of the best reaction videos of yours I’ve seen. I really enjoyed it. I do occasionally shop at Aldi, but only if I don’t care about the lack of variety for that shopping trip. Otherwise, I go elsewhere. I don’t know about Portugal, but here in the States a few years back they used to guarantee to have the lowest prices on groceries and would match prices with other stores if you found it cheaper elsewhere. One thing he didn’t talk about was the center aisle of Aldi, affectionately known as the Aldi Aisle of Shame. They have special buys on all kinds of things from clothing, cookware, other home goods, and I’ve even heard of people finding an outdoor fireplace there. Those are special items for one month only. I do enjoy browsing that aisle, and yes, it’s clogged with other shoppers browsing items, too. [I’d say 19 except I’m not a fan of Chick-Fil-A, but I did watch to the end of the video.]
Some places in the USA have Aldi, Trader Joe's and Lidl. For me, I like all 3 of them! Only Aldi requires the quarter to unlock the grocery cart. The Aldi and Lidl where I shop both have a substantial number of self check outs. Trader Joe's doesn't have self check out by me. Lidl differentiates itself because they have a small fresh bakery where Aldi doesn't.
I remember back in the late 80's early 90's, Aldi employees had to memorize all the prices. Barcodes weren't a thing yet so instead of them hunting for individual price stickers on the products, they had them memorized. I love Aldi. We just don't have one very close to us. It's a good 30 to 45 minutes away depending on traffic. I like Lidle too.
Yes. Please react to his Chick-fil-A video. All store's, restaurants and commercials here they use psychology and specific colors for specific things to evoke specific feelings or provoke hunger to get you to by more. Which is why having a shopping made before you go and eating even if it's a small snack before you go, can make you more likely to stick to only what is on your list
I shop Aldi's every Saturday morning. They open at 8:30 and I am at the front door waiting. I am back in my car with a weeks' worth of groceries by 8:38. HEAVEN. I also spend less than $40 per week. Sometimes they are out of something and that sucks, but it really is a "no nonsense" store and perfect for me.
I needed groceries this week and pulled up to my Aldi and it was closed - 8 pm closing time. WTH Germany. I was hungry. My other local store was also closed at 8. You have to be really together to shop properly in Germany.
I just did our weekly shopping there today. It is a lot cheaper than everyone else. Did I have to go to another store, yes, I went to Kroger to get 2 four gallon water bottles and Fresh Pet for our dog Alice. I've never had a problem with the produce or meat, but good luck finding bananas that are anywhere close to ripe (they're usually greener than the grass)
Wisconsinite here. I love Aldi for groceries. I generally avoid WalMart if I can, which has been pretty successful for the last 3 years. Also, 19. React to everything from TFE.
Aldi is always my first choice. If there's a sale on something specific at another store, I'll plan a meal using it and do a second stop there after Aldi. Some days I can hit 3 grocery stores AND gas up at Costco and still be home in 1.5 hours - and it's a 10 minute drive to the first stop - which is Aldi.
Yes. There are that many and then some brands of peanut butter in the stores here. There are a lot of brands that are not available everywhere because they are small company brands. But it is still overwhelming for me to walk down some aisles and see the many different brands of the same product. And I have lived in Texas all my life. The carts in the majority of stores are free. No coin needed. And yes people do leave them in the parking lot. There are designated spots in the parking lot. That are called “cart corals” and an employee comes out and collects the carts and brings them back in the store.
Your reaction was priceless! I love Aldi and Trader Joe's. I live in southern Indiana and have been going to Aldi for nearing 4 decades. What I do not like is that guy doing the vid. He obviously has a huge problem with Hy-Vee (the place he used to work). What he did not mention is that Aldi has the best return policy of any major store. Probably a big reason they do not need a customer service. I don't know if I could handle this guy talking about Chick-Fil-A, but I do love their chicken sandwich. I rarely go to Walmart and never go to Target. If you add Aldi and Trader Joe's (Aldi North) together, then yes they would have the most stores that sell groceries in the world, but if you keep them seperate it is surprising to a lot of people that the most is 7-Eleven.
I used to live in a place where the closest grocery store was an Aldi, I had never heard of it before, but it was easily the best grocery store I've ever been to, cheap, easy, fast, simple. Loved it. Now the nearest Aldi is a 30 minute drive away, which Aldi is great, but not 30 minute each way better than the local place. But any time I'm near an Aldi and need groceries, it's my go-to place.
The Aldi here in Wetumpka, Alabama is a great Aldi, I have been to 2 Aldis, one in Wetumpka, Alabama, and one in Ann Arbor, Michigan, they both are similar, but the one in Ann Arbor is reversed inside, what I mean is the layout. Both that I've been to are good though.
The variety of peanut butters ( Jif, Skippy, Peter Pan etc. ) is an absolute must. If shoppers didn't have this variety they would riot ! You must understand that American shoppers are used to having many, many options in their stores, and if the store doesn't have a wide variety of products they will lose their customers.
I buy roasted peanuts, thrown them in my Vitamix with a pinch of sea salt and have peanut butter in 5 minutes. The only thing close to it is Costcos organic peanut butter.
Almost every brand of peanut butter has two main kinds. Crunchy (with chunks of peanuts) and smooth. Then you can add in others that have flavored peanut butter, or Peanut Butter with Jelly already in the jar. I have even seen some that have peanut butter and chocolate. I am too old for that, and these days I just gravitate toward the healthier kind with no sugar and just two ingredients, peanuts and salt.
1) Costco/Samsclub/any other whole sale club - Used for buying in bulk...not all towns have one. Not comparable at all to Aldi. 2) Target - has groceries but mostly used for other shopping needs...Unless you got lots of money. 3) Walmart - used for everything due to lowest prices.... 4) Aldi - Very small scale store here in the US. Lots of people shop here for specific low cost needs. Such as low cost produce, and pantry staples 5) Every day grocery stores (Food Lion, Ingles, BI-Lo, Publix, Harris Teeter, etc) - All have vastly different costs from each other, and you usually see certain stores in areas based on the overall demographic. I don't know about Portugal, but living in the US is a pain due in some ways. We have all these options but we have to put grocery lists together between places in order to save money...or just find the one place that fits our needs and live with the total cost. And on top of this everything is spread out so you basically spend all the "savings" in gas money getting around.
I do shop at ALDI once in a while. I also shop at Trader Joe's. In Texas we have a grocery store chain called HEB. It's only in Texas. I split my shopping between Walmart and HEB.
Aldi showed up about 25 years ago in the DC suburbs. Their store brands taste just like the regular items. And the prices are great. They used to be much cheaper, but lately, with inflation, it's moving up.
My state has around 154 Aldi’s and there’s like 12 within driving distance of me (one that I could walk to of it wasn’t for a major highway). I LOVE Aldi! Also, on another note, I saw some comments about Wal-Mart. It is true that a lot of Americans don’t like to shop at Wal-Mart due to how they’ve dismantled a lot of downtowns, etc (there are documentaries on this). However, most poor people and working poor people do use Wal-Mart in tandem with Aldi (and Dollar Tree). My Wal-Mart is like an international store- I hear more Spanish than English inside, we have a large Somali population and a lot of Somalis in traditional garb shopping plus us lower-income white people lol. (Though I’d be considered more middle class now than when I first moved here) Also, we do have to return the carts at ALDI to get the quarter back. I love love LOVE Aldi. I can go there and spend way less than any other grocery store.
Living in the D.C. area we have Aldi's everywhere. We also have Lidl another German store everywhere. We never go to Wal-Mart just to buy groceries but use regular grocery chains like Safeway, Giant, Weis, Harris Teeters, Wegmans, etc. We also have Trader Joes, but only in the more upscale neighborhoods.
The good thing is, there is something for everybody. If you want to go to a store measured in acres with a mind-blowing selection, you can do that. If you're a "seek and destroy" shopper who doesn't care what brand something is and just wants to be in and out in minimal time at minimal cost, then that's available too. Warehouse stores. Local grocery mini-marts where your cousin is the cashier. Farmers markets. Ordering everything you need online and having it delivered to your door (me). However you like to shop, there's an option for that and that's a good thing. Different people have different priorities, budgets, and preferences. There was a time when I almost always shopped at Aldi. But since it became difficult for me to carry groceries up to my second floor apartment, grocery delivery has been a lifesaver.
Aldi is my favorite. What I can't get at Aldi, I get at other grocery stores. My favorite was watching a Thomas DeLauer video where he's never been to Aldi and starts with a lectute about how quality food is worth price then he walks in, picks up something this says this looks healthy but let's check the ingredients to see the bad stuff. He was shocked it was good. By the end of the video Aldi has become his favorite store.
ALDIs is definitely limited. Their generic snacks are good but I’m not a fan of the meats or generic frozen items as much. I found out last week that they didn’t answer their phones. 😂 I’d placed a delivery order for an item that was out of stock so I wasn’t keen on that. But as a courtesy they gave me an extra $10 to use on a future order.
When I go grocery shopping I always go to Aldi first and get what I can from there. I usually get 70-80% of my groceries from there, then the rest from either Wal-Mart or Krogers if they have some good sales going on. We used to have a Marsh grocery store where I would always get my meat but they closed down. Now I go to a place called Harvest Market. One thing that's funny is it never fails that someone is in the parking lot of Aldi asking if you have a spare quarter for them to use. lol
19! I'm in Florida so I prefer Publix over Aldi, but many Americans don't like to shop at Walmart - It is mega popular because convenience - and prefer to go to regular grocery stores to buy groceries. Also yes, the peanut butter photo is real and very normal here.
I went to the Aldi this past Saturday, and then go right across the street to the Kroger grocery store (also my pharmacy) to finish my list with the items Aldi does not carry/did not have in stock. Since Aldi opened in my neighborhood, I can shop at both Aldi and at Kroger and spend less time and money than I used to spend just in the Kroger alone. I also shop with a list, so it's like a search and destroy mission, and sometimes we time ourselves in each store for fun. Also, 19. And pause as much as you want. We enjoy hearing your comments.
The peanut butter, 100% true. I'm one of the Americans that does not like to shop at Walmart, I used to work for them. My favorite grocery store is Aldi, I picked up a pizza there last week. Cheaper than Walmart and tastes better. I did have to purchase one thing from Walmart, only because Aldi doesn't carry it. Thankfully the Walmart Neighborhood Market (their version of grocery store) is next door to Aldi in my neighborhood.
A few things to note about American grocery stores: Walmart, Target, and Meijer are stores that have groceries as well as other departments selling non-food items like clothing, electronics, toys etc. Kroger, Publix, and Aldi generally only sell groceries and may have a pharmacy(not Aldi). Costco, Sam's Club, and BJ's Wholesale are wholesale stores that sell a limited variety of food, small appliances, and other stuff in bulk.
Today I learned Trader Joe’s is Aldi Nord🤷🏽♂️ I don’t have to pay to use a cart, but prices are high in San Diego so they make up the scratch. Thank goodness aisle design isn’t as he explained. I have a Walmart Super Centre, a regular Walmart, Target, Sprouts, two Von’s, and a Costco all within less than 3.5 miles of me…along with a Lowe’s and Home Depot. I walk to the stores closer to me as I cut through the lake path to go to some of the closer stores : ), ✌🏽💙🌎
OMG🤕 My mom says there is an Aldi 15 miles away from me between me and Mexico… that’s crazy as I never saw an Aldi except northeast US🤯 I thought I knew my city🤦🏽
There is an Aldi's near me, and I have only been there once. I looked up their hours and they close at 8pm every evening, which is a little early by the time you drive through traffic.
The peanut butter choice is real. It's funny that the Aldi North is the logo you're familiar with. I think Aldi in the US is all Aldi South, and Aldi North is Trader Joe's here. Aldi is the only store in the US that I know of that requires a coin to get a cart. Even at Trader Joe's they don't do that. Aldi prices have sadly gone up recently so they now cost about the same as Walmart. 19
some of the peanut butter in that picture and why there is so many different types is because. Some are chunky, smooth, reduced fat, no sugar added, sugar free,......etc also the different brands
19. Needing to use a coin to get a cart was a new concept for us when Aldi came to the country. Now we also have Lidl and I think they do the coin thing too. Most of our grocery stores have cart corrals in the parking lots and you can either return the cart to the store or to one of those specified areas in the parking lot. Even still, people leave the carts all over the place. People who don't drive actually take them home with them and dump them on the street miles away. That peanut butter picture is representative of our peanut butter selections. Then you have the almond butters, the cookie butters, and other assorted nut butters. It is a bit ridiculous. Sometimes Less is More. I had no idea that Trader Joe's was affiliated with Aldi.
That picture of the peanut butters doesn't even show all of the choices lol. There's still the store brands and then the other smaller brands that are probably next to what you see in that picture. Basically you saw half of our options of peanut butter in a regular store like Kroger or Walmart
Aldi is my favorite grocery store! I will pick up one or 2 other things our local Job Lot store. I get Polish food and Gluten free food from Schär at $2 instead of $5.75 . I buy all Aldi brand things. Being smaller and have fewer items is helpful. Yes there are that many different kinds of Peanut butter. After daddy retired he went to the grocery store with mom, until fshe forbade him to go. He wanted everything. She had to put her foot down, lol
I first started shopping at Aldi in Germany in the early 1990's. I was so happy when they opened in the US. Now I live in Nevada, and there is no Aldi here in the Reno, Nevada. So depressing.😔
I love Aldi for most things. Their basics are really cheap and their prices are much lower in general for other things as well. (Green grapes for $1.99 a pound? Yes, please!) They also have a surprisingly good cheese section for a US grocery store with multiple imported options. And they do a German week at least once a year with lots of imported items. They also have a service for a small fee where you can order your groceries online, choose a time, and come pick them up. You just pull up to a marked parking spot, use the app to let them know you’re there, and they bring them right out to your car and load them up! Great for busy people or parents with small kids.
I am American and we have Aldi but we have the American version also named "Save-A-Lot (Food Stores)". So if I want some specific German products I go to Aldi. If I need a jug of milk and some eggs, Save-A-Lot is three times closer to my house, Aldi is 10 minutes away. But if it is shopping day Walmart is the go to. I can get what I need in one stop, have my car serviced while I shop.
That simple step of asking for a quarter to get a buggy is SO much less expensive than what some alternative groceries do. They attach some machine to one of the front wheels, and it will only go a certain number of feet/meters from the store before it freezes up. That's what keeps them from being stolen. But they do get stolen a lot - at least I see them not anywhere near a grocery store quite often.
CHICK FIL A IS AMAZING 19 19 19 19. I'm from the south and when i moved I was so devastated there was only one lone store in the entire city in the MALL 25 yrs ago.I'm so happy people everywhere love this place now.
If you ever forget to bring a coin for your shopping cart, the big end of a standard house key will unlock it. The key doesn’t get locked in the slot either.
3:55. totally normal.13:20, carts are always free in USA...except at ALDI. btw, many (including me) where I live don't use cash anymore, so the quarter thing is a deterrent....but come to think of it, there aren't any ALDI stores where I live, but several Trader Joe's.
In my city, we have a Walmart, Meijer(just like Walmart but better imo), and an Aldi right next to eachother. We shop at Meijer for everyday food items, Walmart for more of the bulk items(and I love their 0 calorie sparkling water), and we shop at Aldi sometimes for produce, fresh foods and specific items. We may sometimes go to all 3 in one shopping trip and I love it.
My dad calls Walmart, Zombieland.
I do not enter that store! NEVER!
@@Diane-d3p Ditto! Lol
@@gingersnap22 I audited Walmart for several major brands for several years so I have learned to tune everything else out and now shopping at the store can be relaxing when I zone out
One thing you don't know is that many Americans don't like to shop at Walmart
I am in my 50s and have only been to Walmart a few times in my life. I really hate the store.
It's honestly tiring going to Walmart.
I hate the place, but still find myself there once a week.
Why do you see it with your own eyes and doubt what you're seeing. It's a simple concept. Some people like some brands better than others, so we have something for everyone.
I don't hate it, but it is a task. You have to walk to Timbuktu to get some batteries 😂
the peanut butter picture is real! hahaha
It’s like this with many different things besides peanut butter too 🤣
Target and Walmart are not supermarkets. They are big box general merchandise retailers that also happen to sell food. Costco is quite different, because it is a membership big box warehouse store.
sams club is a lesser costco as well but yeah
Yes, that's real about the peanut butter.
The tomato sauce and canned tomato aisle can be astounding.
Even the rice cakes and nutritional snack bars section is ridiculous.......rice cakes?
One of my reverse culture shocks about America was when I saw the peanut butter aisle. omg YES!!!!!!! SO MUCH PB!
That's probably Walmart's peanut butter aisle. 🤠
I went to Aldi today. I spent $13 on items that would have cost about $20 at a regular grocery store. Something he didn't mention, which I like, is that people who are finished with their cart will offer it to you as you walk through the parking lot. I always offer them a quarter, but often they decline it. Then I'll try to pass the cart along for free to someone else. It's a small thing, but it's a gesture of friendliness from or toward someone you would otherwise ignore.
Spent $13 today too lol
it is a mini pay it forward act ;-)
I always look for women with kids or an elderly person and give them my cart
What’s a regular grocery store? Lol
I live in Connecticut and almost exclusively shop at Aldi. My grocery bill went down drastically when I switched. It's crazy. The store brands are way cheaper and taste just as good and sometimes even better than the big brands. They have everything I want 99% of the time. I think the people who don't like it are the ones who shop the middle aisles of grocery stores and eat more processed food and/or want specific brand name snacks and drinks and things. If you eat mostly what's in the outer aisles you're good. I have only ever had to put a quarter in to get a cart a couple of times because most people just hand off the carts when we leave to whoever is coming in and keep it going. I also love that they don't pester you every time you check out to donate to a million charities and open a store card, etc. They are quite efficient!
Hi, I’m from CT too!! I have an Aldi’s 5 min. away from my house & I’ve never been.
Is it really that cheap?
always get the red bag chicken when im there
@@aks4204 They have some name brand items, like, say Oreos, that you won't save much if any on. But, if you buy one their other brands, you'll pay about half that price. The amount you save will depend on what you buy, but overall, you'll save enough to appreciate the difference.
I'm an equal distance between two Aldis so that's good for me and I order sometimes online from there. My money really goes farther there. I can get more groceries
Aldi is consistently more expensive than Walmart. I keep a price diary, and you can compare yourself with through their apps.
People do sometimes leave carts behind in the parking lots, but there are cart-return areas within the parking lots that make things easier. Plus it’s usually someone’s job to return carts to the storefront itself.
Most towns don’t have cart thieves
I live in the south so if you forget you rarely need the quarter at Aldi as someone who just finished shipping will always offer you their cart. I do it as well.
In Arizona you could be parked 5 feet or less from the cart return and yet you will always have that one person who refuses to go out of their way and put it where it belongs and a LOT of times they'll even put it up on a curb and/or sidewalk making it almost impossible for those like me who are wheelchair bound to get around them.
Lot of carts have those anti-theft wheels. Mostly homeless people trying to steal carts.
grocery store survival:
1. always start with the produce go to the meat then cycle towards the dairy
2. never shop for groceries while hungry - if you have to shop hungry get a rotisserie chicken when you hit the meat area - it will sufficiently distract you until you get out the door and can eat it on your truck's tailgate like a barbarian.
3. shop for snacks/junk and essentials on different trips.
alternatively eat it while youre there and sate your hunger as you shop and then pay for the rest and make a nice soup with the rest for dinner that night
@@kylelee1911 but tailgate chicken…
@@Murky_Lurks why have tailgate chicken when you can literally eat it while you shop? thats like an hour before
@@kylelee1911 the anticipation, then the reward... also, greasy fingies.
@@Murky_Lurks fair
My wife went to Aldi's and praised it so much. I was use to paying 250 bucks for groceries at another "supermarket" She was sick and gave me a list of about 30 things to buy and 50 dollars in cash. Eggs, milk, bread, meat, cheese, fruit and vegies. I was thinking no way are we gonna make this budget so I was expecting to put the difference on my debit card. I even added stuff that wasnt on the list like beef jerky and mustard pretzels etc. I got a bag of microwaveable beef bean and cheese burritos and a frozen pizza or two and passed the icecream. I love ice cream but I passed it up so I wouldnt go too much over budget. lol I got to the cashier and our total was 38 bucks. I told my son to run down and quickly and grab some ice cream. He brought back two half-gallons, and we still were 4 dollars under budget. lololol
4:11 this picture is very normal in the States, especially in larger grocery stores, like Walmart, Kroger, their subsidiaries, and more.
Several Aldi stores here in Minnesota. I love Aldi. Yes, to get a cart you put in a quarter. If you want your quarter back, gotta put the cart back.
Trader Joe's is NOT just the American version of Aldi Nord. Trader Joe's existed for more than a decade before Aldi Nord bought them in 1979, and they have kept the store's market position and target customer the same, not trying to turn it into Aldi.
I'm pretty sure it's Aldi Nord that owns Trader Joe's. Aldi Sud are who own the Aldi's that operate in North America, southern Germany, etc.
@@debbsc5176 Correct. I got them reversed
Yes you dont have to pay to use a shopping cart at most US stores, and yes alot of people leave them in the parking lots
Not any except Aldi where I live.
PPl leave them in the lots, even though they borrowed them with a coin? Why? Is that just insane ingrained behavior? A quarter just isn't worth a little walk? My experience with Aldi in America was different, people offered me their cart, with coin inside. Wow. Pay it forward, I will.
Florida is one of two states that has the most Aldi stores. And Aldi has saved me a lot of money over the last 8 years. Been feeling the pinch since Covid and it was the only store I could fill my cart up and spend less than $200. Fill my pantry and fridge, until next week after my kids eat me out of house and home for the summer 😂
Aldi is my #1, and I go elsewhere only when I need a specific product I can’t find at Aldi. 🙏🏻
I like aldi. He's right you can get a lot for a little money. I will go usually to Aldi to get everything they have, and then I might stop at a bigger store to get something that Aldi didn't have. It does have a reputation for being "cheap" in a low class sort of way just because Americans are not used to walking into a store and seeing everything still in the box it came in on the shelf. It's sort of has an unfinished look for us. However, this reputation is completely unearned and I'm constantly trying to convince people to go there. Dairy products in particular are like half price.
On the top shelf of peanut butter is your natural peanut butter Smuckers and Laura Scudder’s. Natural will be peanuts and salt. This appears to be a Walmart. You can see about a 12 foot wide section it could be 16 foot wide. That is not an over exaggeration the amount of product
As a coloradan, we don't have Aldi but we do have Trader Joe's, and I have to say everything in this is spot on. Period, end of story. My grandma taught me about how they scam you in grocery stores a long time ago, and she taught me a very important lesson when she said "keep to the edges of the store, that's where the essentials are. The rest is there to make you spend more money." I miss that incredible woman every single day.
She's so right about eating healthy. Unless you need a can of tomatoes, or a pack of cayenne pepper, or toilet paper, keep to the edges of the store.
yup browsing is for the exterior, the aisles are for targeted precision strikes... zoom down the aisle until target lock on item is acquired, snatch, pop flares and leave.
Reacting to the peanut butter aisle - if you think that's outrageous, you should see the cereal aisle! No wonder if takes us so long to grocery shop - our stores are huge!! (Ohio)
That's why I started using instacart. Yes it technically costs more but I end up saving money by not buying things I don't need
I kid you not, the last 5 or 6 times going to Aldi I have not had to use a quarter. Someone has always just finished loading their car and given me the cart. I in turn will give it to someone when I'm finished. Luv paying it forward. ❤😊
YES. That is exactly what I experienced at my first American Aldi in St Louis. In Germany that does not happen, because using a coin to borrow a cart is normal behavior. Why would you give your Euro to someone else?
@@LythaWausWEuropeans are mean
@@LythaWausWHuh, at my local stores (Penny, Aldi, Lidl, Rewe) handing off your cart to another person happens pretty regularly. Did you shop in west or east germany?
Aldi is the craziest store ever. It’s like the dollar tree of grocery stores.
That's dollar general lol
@@selfcarewithstephanie3519 No mistake here: Dollar Tree and Dollar General are different chains operating in different places.
I think you mean the Dollar Twenty-five Tree.
@@aryahavinfun5682 I was making a joke. I know the difference but dollar general has more groceries. I love Aldi, I like Dollar Tree for arts and crafts and I avoid Dollar General more than I avoid Walmart. When Aldi first opened here it was as bad as Dollar General but now they've made a ton of improvements in the quality of their products and they are one of my favorite stores.
Wegman’s (and possibly other grocers) have a quick case in the front with milk and other frequent purchases. So convenient.
Aldi is the slowest grocery store in my city. It takes forever to check out because they never have enough registers open. I also foil some of the things he mentioned. I pay $1.99 for someone else to do my shopping and bring it out to my car by using the store’s online shopping option. If I don’t see something, I can’t buy it!
I don’t EVER go to Walmart for groceries or anything else unless my mother needs something when I’m visiting her. I do not shop at Target either-especially for groceries because they are freaking expensive!
My Aldi’s has five or six self checkouts now. Maybe yours will install them?
I've been to about a dozen Aldi's around germany and they were all pretty much the same. Meanwhile I've been to one Walmart in my life and that was at least three times too many. 😂
That's what I love about America, we have both. Also, 19!!!
I personally like having the best of both worlds. It's wonderful to do half of you shopping at Aldi's and the other 1/2 at a store that has tons of choice. Use Aldi for all of your staples that you always keep (as long as they have that particular item) and then use another store of your choice that has more selection for those needs.
I’ve been shopping at Aldi for 40+ years. It has changed over the years. Quality and types of many products have changed also. Some for the better some not so much. It use to be only food and paper products, now they sell a variety of other items like toys, cleaning supplies, candles, toiletries, etc. You can save a lot of money if you are not loyal to brand names. I’d rather keep my money than give it away to big corporations.
19! Chick-Fil-A is based in my home state of Georgia. It’s one of the only “fast food” restaurants I will go to.
I love my aldis. They have the best produce and the cheapest price. I Still go to a regular grocery store as will for stuff don't have what i want and for my meat.
Walmart delivers to my home in my town. Anything on the shelves in my local store can be delivered. I haven't stepped foot in Walmart in over a year.
People in my experience forgot about the quarter after they just spent $150 on groceries. A quarter is insignificant.
Was at Aldi today!
I live in Delaware and all of our Aldi's have a majority of self check out. There might be one or two cashiers for people who don't like to self check. And they are usually stocking the shelves.
This Middletown guy agrees. 😂
Yes, I shop at Aldi all the time.
I love Aldi. It’s where I shop. It’s the best. I’m in southeastern Pennsylvania. I have several Aldi in my area.
Walmart is considered low class & most Americans don't actually like to shop there but most of the time don't have a choice where to shop for cheap bulk....thats a normal amount of peanut butter in most stores....I manage to go when I'm hungry....no its not standard practice to have to get a cart with a quarter at stores here....19 yes definitely check out Chick-fil-A
19!!! The Chick-fil-A video is worth watching!
You actually find quite a few brands of peanut butter in any large store.
Love Aldi. So does everyone I know.
I went to Aldi's last week and It is much cheaper than Walmart and Definitely much cheaper than Target!!!
I used to work in a factory that made ice cream treats. One of the treats we manufactured was an ice cream cone topped with chocolate and chopped peanuts. We made the major brand name version as well as several store brand knockoffs. The ONLY differences between the popular major brand and the Aldi store label of this particular type of treat are the packaging and the price. Same cones, same ice cream, same chocolate, same peanuts. Same production line in the same building being operated by the same people, with only a short pause to switch wrappers and boxes. For all the other store labels we made we used different (cheaper) ice cream and/or cones.
This was one of the best reaction videos of yours I’ve seen. I really enjoyed it. I do occasionally shop at Aldi, but only if I don’t care about the lack of variety for that shopping trip. Otherwise, I go elsewhere. I don’t know about Portugal, but here in the States a few years back they used to guarantee to have the lowest prices on groceries and would match prices with other stores if you found it cheaper elsewhere. One thing he didn’t talk about was the center aisle of Aldi, affectionately known as the Aldi Aisle of Shame. They have special buys on all kinds of things from clothing, cookware, other home goods, and I’ve even heard of people finding an outdoor fireplace there. Those are special items for one month only. I do enjoy browsing that aisle, and yes, it’s clogged with other shoppers browsing items, too.
[I’d say 19 except I’m not a fan of Chick-Fil-A, but I did watch to the end of the video.]
Some places in the USA have Aldi, Trader Joe's and Lidl. For me, I like all 3 of them! Only Aldi requires the quarter to unlock the grocery cart. The Aldi and Lidl where I shop both have a substantial number of self check outs. Trader Joe's doesn't have self check out by me. Lidl differentiates itself because they have a small fresh bakery where Aldi doesn't.
7:20 All supermarkets do this with the milk. It's always on the opposite side of the store from the entrance.
I remember back in the late 80's early 90's, Aldi employees had to memorize all the prices. Barcodes weren't a thing yet so instead of them hunting for individual price stickers on the products, they had them memorized. I love Aldi. We just don't have one very close to us. It's a good 30 to 45 minutes away depending on traffic. I like Lidle too.
Yes. Please react to his Chick-fil-A video.
All store's, restaurants and commercials here they use psychology and specific colors for specific things to evoke specific feelings or provoke hunger to get you to by more. Which is why having a shopping made before you go and eating even if it's a small snack before you go, can make you more likely to stick to only what is on your list
19. One of my favorite restaurants.
I shop Aldi's every Saturday morning. They open at 8:30 and I am at the front door waiting. I am back in my car with a weeks' worth of groceries by 8:38. HEAVEN. I also spend less than $40 per week. Sometimes they are out of something and that sucks, but it really is a "no nonsense" store and perfect for me.
I needed groceries this week and pulled up to my Aldi and it was closed - 8 pm closing time. WTH Germany. I was hungry. My other local store was also closed at 8. You have to be really together to shop properly in Germany.
I just did our weekly shopping there today. It is a lot cheaper than everyone else. Did I have to go to another store, yes, I went to Kroger to get 2 four gallon water bottles and Fresh Pet for our dog Alice. I've never had a problem with the produce or meat, but good luck finding bananas that are anywhere close to ripe (they're usually greener than the grass)
Wisconsinite here. I love Aldi for groceries. I generally avoid WalMart if I can, which has been pretty successful for the last 3 years.
Also, 19. React to everything from TFE.
Aldi is always my first choice. If there's a sale on something specific at another store, I'll plan a meal using it and do a second stop there after Aldi. Some days I can hit 3 grocery stores AND gas up at Costco and still be home in 1.5 hours - and it's a 10 minute drive to the first stop - which is Aldi.
Yes. There are that many and then some brands of peanut butter in the stores here. There are a lot of brands that are not available everywhere because they are small company brands. But it is still overwhelming for me to walk down some aisles and see the many different brands of the same product. And I have lived in Texas all my life. The carts in the majority of stores are free. No coin needed. And yes people do leave them in the parking lot. There are designated spots in the parking lot. That are called “cart corals” and an employee comes out and collects the carts and brings them back in the store.
Your reaction was priceless! I love Aldi and Trader Joe's. I live in southern Indiana and have been going to Aldi for nearing 4 decades. What I do not like is that guy doing the vid. He obviously has a huge problem with Hy-Vee (the place he used to work). What he did not mention is that Aldi has the best return policy of any major store. Probably a big reason they do not need a customer service. I don't know if I could handle this guy talking about Chick-Fil-A, but I do love their chicken sandwich. I rarely go to Walmart and never go to Target. If you add Aldi and Trader Joe's (Aldi North) together, then yes they would have the most stores that sell groceries in the world, but if you keep them seperate it is surprising to a lot of people that the most is 7-Eleven.
We have cart corrals in the parking lots so everyone returns them there. They don’t have to take them back
I used to live in a place where the closest grocery store was an Aldi, I had never heard of it before, but it was easily the best grocery store I've ever been to, cheap, easy, fast, simple. Loved it. Now the nearest Aldi is a 30 minute drive away, which Aldi is great, but not 30 minute each way better than the local place. But any time I'm near an Aldi and need groceries, it's my go-to place.
I LOVE ALDI'S! Great prices. Great quality. Fast in and out. I travel over an hour to shop there. 1000% ALDI
That is ridiculous. How are you saving time or money when you are traveling so far? That takes gas and time.
@@alisonflaxman1566 I pay $2.00 on public transportation. It's still cheaper than the local store.
The Aldi here in Wetumpka, Alabama is a great Aldi, I have been to 2 Aldis, one in Wetumpka, Alabama, and one in Ann Arbor, Michigan, they both are similar, but the one in Ann Arbor is reversed inside, what I mean is the layout. Both that I've been to are good though.
The variety of peanut butters ( Jif, Skippy, Peter Pan etc. ) is an absolute must. If shoppers didn't have this variety they would riot ! You must understand that American shoppers are used to having many, many options in their stores, and if the store doesn't have a wide variety of products they will lose their customers.
I buy roasted peanuts, thrown them in my Vitamix with a pinch of sea salt and have peanut butter in 5 minutes. The only thing close to it is Costcos organic peanut butter.
Almost every brand of peanut butter has two main kinds. Crunchy (with chunks of peanuts) and smooth. Then you can add in others that have flavored peanut butter, or Peanut Butter with Jelly already in the jar. I have even seen some that have peanut butter and chocolate. I am too old for that, and these days I just gravitate toward the healthier kind with no sugar and just two ingredients, peanuts and salt.
1) Costco/Samsclub/any other whole sale club - Used for buying in bulk...not all towns have one. Not comparable at all to Aldi.
2) Target - has groceries but mostly used for other shopping needs...Unless you got lots of money.
3) Walmart - used for everything due to lowest prices....
4) Aldi - Very small scale store here in the US. Lots of people shop here for specific low cost needs. Such as low cost produce, and pantry staples
5) Every day grocery stores (Food Lion, Ingles, BI-Lo, Publix, Harris Teeter, etc) - All have vastly different costs from each other, and you usually see certain stores in areas based on the overall demographic.
I don't know about Portugal, but living in the US is a pain due in some ways. We have all these options but we have to put grocery lists together between places in order to save money...or just find the one place that fits our needs and live with the total cost. And on top of this everything is spread out so you basically spend all the "savings" in gas money getting around.
I love Aldi.
Apparently there are multiple Aldis near me here in Southern California. I haven’t been
I do shop at ALDI once in a while. I also shop at Trader Joe's. In Texas we have a grocery store chain called HEB. It's only in Texas. I split my shopping between Walmart and HEB.
From Alabama we get almost all of our groceries from Aldi, the amount you save over Walmart for the same things is astonishing. Oh and #19
Aldi showed up about 25 years ago in the DC suburbs. Their store brands taste just like the regular items. And the prices are great. They used to be much cheaper, but lately, with inflation, it's moving up.
HEB, in Texas, is hands down THE BEST grocer in the US. It is woven into the very fabric that makes up Texas, in more ways than you can count!
Aldi's is a good store and it is less expensive. Trader Joe's is owned by Aldi and I like it also.
My state has around 154 Aldi’s and there’s like 12 within driving distance of me (one that I could walk to of it wasn’t for a major highway). I LOVE Aldi!
Also, on another note, I saw some comments about Wal-Mart. It is true that a lot of Americans don’t like to shop at Wal-Mart due to how they’ve dismantled a lot of downtowns, etc (there are documentaries on this). However, most poor people and working poor people do use Wal-Mart in tandem with Aldi (and Dollar Tree). My Wal-Mart is like an international store- I hear more Spanish than English inside, we have a large Somali population and a lot of Somalis in traditional garb shopping plus us lower-income white people lol. (Though I’d be considered more middle class now than when I first moved here)
Also, we do have to return the carts at ALDI to get the quarter back. I love love LOVE Aldi. I can go there and spend way less than any other grocery store.
Living in the D.C. area we have Aldi's everywhere. We also have Lidl another German store everywhere. We never go to Wal-Mart just to buy groceries but use regular grocery chains like Safeway, Giant, Weis, Harris Teeters, Wegmans, etc. We also have Trader Joes, but only in the more upscale neighborhoods.
The good thing is, there is something for everybody. If you want to go to a store measured in acres with a mind-blowing selection, you can do that. If you're a "seek and destroy" shopper who doesn't care what brand something is and just wants to be in and out in minimal time at minimal cost, then that's available too. Warehouse stores. Local grocery mini-marts where your cousin is the cashier. Farmers markets. Ordering everything you need online and having it delivered to your door (me). However you like to shop, there's an option for that and that's a good thing. Different people have different priorities, budgets, and preferences.
There was a time when I almost always shopped at Aldi. But since it became difficult for me to carry groceries up to my second floor apartment, grocery delivery has been a lifesaver.
I go to Aldi every week. Plenty of them here in Delaware. Great European foods. 😊
Aldi is my favorite. What I can't get at Aldi, I get at other grocery stores. My favorite was watching a Thomas DeLauer video where he's never been to Aldi and starts with a lectute about how quality food is worth price then he walks in, picks up something this says this looks healthy but let's check the ingredients to see the bad stuff. He was shocked it was good. By the end of the video Aldi has become his favorite store.
ALDIs is definitely limited. Their generic snacks are good but I’m not a fan of the meats or generic frozen items as much. I found out last week that they didn’t answer their phones. 😂 I’d placed a delivery order for an item that was out of stock so I wasn’t keen on that. But as a courtesy they gave me an extra $10 to use on a future order.
When I go grocery shopping I always go to Aldi first and get what I can from there. I usually get 70-80% of my groceries from there, then the rest from either Wal-Mart or Krogers if they have some good sales going on. We used to have a Marsh grocery store where I would always get my meat but they closed down. Now I go to a place called Harvest Market. One thing that's funny is it never fails that someone is in the parking lot of Aldi asking if you have a spare quarter for them to use. lol
That's exactly what I do too ❤
19! I'm in Florida so I prefer Publix over Aldi, but many Americans don't like to shop at Walmart - It is mega popular because convenience - and prefer to go to regular grocery stores to buy groceries. Also yes, the peanut butter photo is real and very normal here.
That peanut butter aisle is about average for a bigger store.
I went to the Aldi this past Saturday, and then go right across the street to the Kroger grocery store (also my pharmacy) to finish my list with the items Aldi does not carry/did not have in stock. Since Aldi opened in my neighborhood, I can shop at both Aldi and at Kroger and spend less time and money than I used to spend just in the Kroger alone. I also shop with a list, so it's like a search and destroy mission, and sometimes we time ourselves in each store for fun. Also, 19. And pause as much as you want. We enjoy hearing your comments.
The peanut butter, 100% true. I'm one of the Americans that does not like to shop at Walmart, I used to work for them. My favorite grocery store is Aldi, I picked up a pizza there last week. Cheaper than Walmart and tastes better. I did have to purchase one thing from Walmart, only because Aldi doesn't carry it. Thankfully the Walmart Neighborhood Market (their version of grocery store) is next door to Aldi in my neighborhood.
A few things to note about American grocery stores:
Walmart, Target, and Meijer are stores that have groceries as well as other departments selling non-food items like clothing, electronics, toys etc.
Kroger, Publix, and Aldi generally only sell groceries and may have a pharmacy(not Aldi).
Costco, Sam's Club, and BJ's Wholesale are wholesale stores that sell a limited variety of food, small appliances, and other stuff in bulk.
Today I learned Trader Joe’s is Aldi Nord🤷🏽♂️ I don’t have to pay to use a cart, but prices are high in San Diego so they make up the scratch. Thank goodness aisle design isn’t as he explained. I have a Walmart Super Centre, a regular Walmart, Target, Sprouts, two Von’s, and a Costco all within less than 3.5 miles of me…along with a Lowe’s and Home Depot. I walk to the stores closer to me as I cut through the lake path to go to some of the closer stores : ), ✌🏽💙🌎
OMG🤕 My mom says there is an Aldi 15 miles away from me between me and Mexico… that’s crazy as I never saw an Aldi except northeast US🤯 I thought I knew my city🤦🏽
There you have to pay for a shopping cart mom says!?! Genuinely mind blown!
There is an Aldi's near me, and I have only been there once. I looked up their hours and they close at 8pm every evening, which is a little early by the time you drive through traffic.
Just be sure to get there by 7:45 - You'll have plenty of time! 😁
The peanut butter choice is real. It's funny that the Aldi North is the logo you're familiar with. I think Aldi in the US is all Aldi South, and Aldi North is Trader Joe's here. Aldi is the only store in the US that I know of that requires a coin to get a cart. Even at Trader Joe's they don't do that. Aldi prices have sadly gone up recently so they now cost about the same as Walmart. 19
Yes! We have ALDI very near our little town in North Carolina! ♥️
some of the peanut butter in that picture and why there is so many different types is because. Some are chunky, smooth, reduced fat, no sugar added, sugar free,......etc also the different brands
19. Needing to use a coin to get a cart was a new concept for us when Aldi came to the country. Now we also have Lidl and I think they do the coin thing too. Most of our grocery stores have cart corrals in the parking lots and you can either return the cart to the store or to one of those specified areas in the parking lot. Even still, people leave the carts all over the place. People who don't drive actually take them home with them and dump them on the street miles away. That peanut butter picture is representative of our peanut butter selections. Then you have the almond butters, the cookie butters, and other assorted nut butters. It is a bit ridiculous. Sometimes Less is More. I had no idea that Trader Joe's was affiliated with Aldi.
I love shopping at Aldi! Most stores you don’t have to pay for a cart in the U.S.
That picture of the peanut butters doesn't even show all of the choices lol. There's still the store brands and then the other smaller brands that are probably next to what you see in that picture. Basically you saw half of our options of peanut butter in a regular store like Kroger or Walmart
Aldi is my favorite grocery store! I will pick up one or 2 other things our local Job Lot store. I get Polish food and Gluten free food from Schär at $2 instead of $5.75 . I buy all Aldi brand things. Being smaller and have fewer items is helpful. Yes there are that many different kinds of Peanut butter. After daddy retired he went to the grocery store with mom, until fshe forbade him to go. He wanted everything. She had to put her foot down, lol
I first started shopping at Aldi in Germany in the early 1990's. I was so happy when they opened in the US. Now I live in Nevada, and there is no Aldi here in the Reno, Nevada. So depressing.😔
I love Aldi for most things. Their basics are really cheap and their prices are much lower in general for other things as well. (Green grapes for $1.99 a pound? Yes, please!) They also have a surprisingly good cheese section for a US grocery store with multiple imported options. And they do a German week at least once a year with lots of imported items. They also have a service for a small fee where you can order your groceries online, choose a time, and come pick them up. You just pull up to a marked parking spot, use the app to let them know you’re there, and they bring them right out to your car and load them up! Great for busy people or parents with small kids.
I am American and we have Aldi but we have the American version also named "Save-A-Lot (Food Stores)". So if I want some specific German products I go to Aldi. If I need a jug of milk and some eggs, Save-A-Lot is three times closer to my house, Aldi is 10 minutes away. But if it is shopping day Walmart is the go to. I can get what I need in one stop, have my car serviced while I shop.
These are called Trader Joe's in Oregon, and yes, they're really good. Some of the best groceries, second only to local cooperative/farmer's markets!!
I've been to Aldi a couple of times 🤷♀️ I found good and bad items, same with Trader Joes... Love from Georgia 😂
That simple step of asking for a quarter to get a buggy is SO much less expensive than what some alternative groceries do. They attach some machine to one of the front wheels, and it will only go a certain number of feet/meters from the store before it freezes up. That's what keeps them from being stolen. But they do get stolen a lot - at least I see them not anywhere near a grocery store quite often.
Yes we have alot of brands of every product.
I shop almost exclusively at Aldi & Trader Joe’s
CHICK FIL A IS AMAZING 19 19 19 19.
I'm from the south and when i moved I was so devastated there was only one lone store in the entire city in the MALL 25 yrs ago.I'm so happy people everywhere love this place now.
If you ever forget to bring a coin for your shopping cart, the big end of a standard house key will unlock it. The key doesn’t get locked in the slot either.
3:55. totally normal.13:20, carts are always free in USA...except at ALDI. btw, many (including me) where I live don't use cash anymore, so the quarter thing is a deterrent....but come to think of it, there aren't any ALDI stores where I live, but several Trader Joe's.
I've never been to an Aldi's, but I do go to Trader Joe's almost every week.
In my city, we have a Walmart, Meijer(just like Walmart but better imo), and an Aldi right next to eachother. We shop at Meijer for everyday food items, Walmart for more of the bulk items(and I love their 0 calorie sparkling water), and we shop at Aldi sometimes for produce, fresh foods and specific items. We may sometimes go to all 3 in one shopping trip and I love it.
Also in Iowa and for me, Aldi IS the best.