First Time At Aldi's | We Were Shocked...

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  • Our first trip to Aldi’s was so much fun! We couldn’t believe all the things we found and the prices they had!! Check out this video to see all the great finds we found 👀

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  • @YukiMoonlight
    @YukiMoonlight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    1:20 Not sure if you misspoke or not But it's the other way around. Aldi bought Trader Joe's. There are actually 2 Aldi companies, Aldi Süd (South) and Aldi Nord (north). Aldi Nord bought Trader Joe's and the Aldi you got in the US is Aldi Süd.
    The split into 2 companies resulted from a fight between the brothers who were the owners of Aldi. They then decided as to not compete with each other too much they'll just split Germany (where Aldi started) in half. That's how the 'South' and 'North' part in their company comes from. Both companies stores are basically identical in how they work but in Germany where both stores are available the products do differ. Most countries just get one or the other store with America being a small exception that both companies are in the market but one just took over an already existing store (Trader Joe's of course) and doesn't operate like their Aldi stores do.

    • @1969JohnnyM
      @1969JohnnyM ปีที่แล้ว +15

      One brother Karl Albrecht thought that selling cigarettes would attract shoplifters whilst the younger brother Theo thought it wouldn't so rather than cause friction in the family, they amicably split the business their mother started into 2 fair halves that either could run as they saw fit. The brothers lived close to one another and although very private, the quarreling siblings appears more the product of gossip magazines rather than hard news.

    • @publicminx
      @publicminx ปีที่แล้ว +7

      but Traders Joe has a different concept (even having the same core business model). the two ALDIs do not compete with each other but share the world by spliting ...

  • @HH-hd7nd
    @HH-hd7nd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    1:24 Trader Joe's was bought by Aldi Nord in 1979. The original Aldi company split into Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd when the founders disagreed on wether to sell cigarettes or not. Aldi Nord operates in the US under the Trader Joe's label since they bought the company, while Aldi Süd operates under the Aldi name in the US (note that it is Aldi, not Aldi's. There is no s at the end).
    Aldi Nord is not part of Trader Joe's - Trader Joe's is part of Aldi Nord.
    Aldi Süd, including all the Aldi markets in the USA, is unaffiliated to Trader Joe's.

  • @michacarolus6571
    @michacarolus6571 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Aldi in germany has 2 different owners,there is Aldi north and Aldi south. And actually Aldi north owns Trader Joe, not like you said Trader Joes is a part of the company. The Aldi stores in the US are owned by Aldi South.

  • @shaq2774
    @shaq2774 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Am I today years old to find out that they have Aldi in the States. Honestly the best supermarket ever. Much love from the UK 🇬🇧

    • @TheAcostasLife
      @TheAcostasLife  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      AYEEE so happy to hear you have one too!!

    • @charlesfranklinhall
      @charlesfranklinhall ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh, yeah they’ve had it since the 90s! My mom and Dad would drive over and hour to go to one

    • @Patrick-on2ty
      @Patrick-on2ty ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Grüsse aus 🇩🇪

  • @Kazuya720
    @Kazuya720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    What most fascinates me about the US Aldi is, that they really have the exact same floor tiles as our Aldi in Germany :D Do they import them??

    • @TheAcostasLife
      @TheAcostasLife  2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That’s so cool we didn’t know that! We have no idea lol 😅

    • @Kazuya720
      @Kazuya720 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheAcostasLife Check this vid of strangers in a German Aldi, check the floor ;) th-cam.com/video/CjpH3hstFPg/w-d-xo.html

    • @musguelha14
      @musguelha14 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      They probably do, or they try a supplier that can make very similar ones. It also looks the same as my local one in Portugal.
      I work for a big automotive group that sells Porsche, and one of our Porsche dealer locations just got renovated and everything inside was imported from Germany including the tiles.

    • @wendyw.2778
      @wendyw.2778 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They are called Rüttelfliesen, a special kind of heavy duty tiles, "rattled " into the grout, so they are not breaking if you use shelfs or equipment with high weight.

  • @Yoshimitsu863
    @Yoshimitsu863 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    1:25 Wrong, Trader Joes is part of Aldi and only from Aldi North, not Aldi South! Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd are two different companies set up by fractious brothers, both offering roughly the same thing but are separate companies, at least for now! (Both companies want to slowly get closer again after the death of both brothers!) And for the American market, Trader Joe's is Aldi North and Aldi is Aldi South. (Trader joe's was bought by Aldi in 1979, by the way.) But I'm sure one or the other German has already written that here 😂

  • @samuel_m84
    @samuel_m84 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    You should have taken the Knoppers. That is a german sweet (dark chocolate, waffel, milk,cream) which is one of my favourite.

  • @AnnetteLudke-je5ll
    @AnnetteLudke-je5ll หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Buy Knoppers the next time, Germany'd most famous wafer.

  • @deingrunerdaumen4259
    @deingrunerdaumen4259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    1:25 Just a small correction. In 1979 the original Trader Joe's Company became part of the Aldi North Group. So Trader Joe's is a Part of Aldi North. The US-american Aldi's are part of the Aldi South Group. So in The USA the two ALDI Brothers were direct competetors but decided to "wear" different names while in Europe they split Germany and the continent in two parts by contract with the target that the one brother don't take away the customers of the other and that both of their family's can have still an uncomplicated connection with each other.

    • @arnomrnym6329
      @arnomrnym6329 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eigentlich ist es nur so, dass ALDI Süd sich zuerst die Namensrechte in den USA gesichert hat. 😉

  • @sarahobah
    @sarahobah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Always eat before shopping at ALDI. Great video.

  • @Ktjte44
    @Ktjte44 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Omg SUCH good vibes! I need to shop with you guys! 😂

  • @Celesteheavenlyangel
    @Celesteheavenlyangel ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Omg i teared up at how happy he was n how much he shows you love wow 😮❤new here,1 st video ive seen n loved it ❤the pita chips r amazing n banana nut bread OMG 👌😋

  • @safronsahara9000
    @safronsahara9000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Your enthusiasm is enjoyable to watch. I was just as amazed my first visit.

  • @kathi_LG
    @kathi_LG 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    No! TJ is Part of the Aldi Group … Not the oposite!

  • @sali6522
    @sali6522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Aldi's is the best guys, that's where I do all my shopping. I love their posts as well. Their pots are dupes for The Always pans.

  • @clethraz.6467
    @clethraz.6467 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    It's Aldi - without an S in the end

  • @Velerios
    @Velerios 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Talking about International food while holding Knoppers: try them, they are so delicious.

  • @andreasklabis7706
    @andreasklabis7706 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    👍🇩🇪🇪🇺 The "Knopper"s are good. In Germany we have ALDI North and ALDI South. 😁

  • @BaSsFrEaK04
    @BaSsFrEaK04 หลายเดือนก่อน

    5:50 one of concepts of ALDI is that they buy „big name products“ in masses, so they buy it cheaper from the producers and then set low prices. Because the producer don‘t want to be accociated with „cheap“ products (lower revenue), they rename their products. Technically the „no name product“ you can buy at ALDI is the same product as the „big name product“ - just with another name and cheaper. You can see that if you take a look at the barcodes. 🤙🏼

  • @xwormwood
    @xwormwood 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Trader Joes and Aldi are both Aldi. In Germany there were two brothers inheriting Aldi. One founded Aldi North, one Aldi South. And both went into the US market. As Aldi and Trader Joes.

    • @pfink70
      @pfink70 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Not quite. Trader Joe's was founded independently in 1967 in California and the chain was bought by Theo Albrecht in 1979. It is still owned by his family but operates independently from Aldi.

  • @RustyDust101
    @RustyDust101 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Aldi's company philosophy is buy in great bulk a small selection of good to high quality products. Stack them in small, no frills stores, train your employees to do virtually any job in the store. The employees thus can be used to restock shelves in low customer capacity times, and they have one cashier line open. When a cashier notices that the line is getting too long, the next jumper employee gets called in from somewhere in the store. As it is so small they are usually quick to arrive and open another cashier line, speeding up the process. Once the long lines have been shortened again, the jumper employee may return to their previous job. This allows Aldi to employ fewer employees but pay them acceptable to good wages.
    The quarter in the cart incentivizes customers to return their cart to the storage space. Which saves another employee from being required to collect all the carts from all over the parking lot.
    Again, savings for Aldi.
    What makes Aldi different is that while they do make profit, their profit margin is razor thin. They actually try to reduce their prices in any way possible while still retaining the quality. Low price plus good quality is the major distinguishing feature.
    For that the stores are small, bare-bones, no frills, which reduces required shelving, AC, and all utilities costs as well.
    Yes, I know Americans love the service of baggers, and I even kinda understand it. However, that's another required employee for a little bit more convenience. And have you ever had a bagger place cans atop the fragile eggs, or glass jars on top of a fluffy sponge cake? Yeah?
    Well, guess what? The baggers don't know what's still on the conveyor belt so they have to start bagging once the first items arrive at their station.
    You as the customer however have a pretty good overview what you bought, and what should be put where in the bags. Yeah, it's less convenient, no doubt, but it will save you some squished or broken groceries over the course of a year, ie reduce your cost as well.

  • @mikebegonia6134
    @mikebegonia6134 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You guys are so sweet!

  • @mistyd0116
    @mistyd0116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Aldi is the best ever - I loved getting to see your reactions.

  • @nvmmshow
    @nvmmshow หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So funny with the cart 🛒 ahahah for us in Europe this is so normal ❤

  • @steffenweidlich8698
    @steffenweidlich8698 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Last time I saw such excitement in an Aldi was on the first weekend after November 9th 1989 😀

  • @1969JohnnyM
    @1969JohnnyM ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In North America Aldi Nord bought Trader Joe's in 1979 whilst Aldi Sud operate as just Aldi. The products in both Aldi Sud and Aldi Nord are often quite similar, good quality offerings with the savings from things like needless packaging or no longer employing staff to collect dumped carts being passed onto customers.

  • @blancapaloma90
    @blancapaloma90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Seeing you noth so excited at Aldi made me want to get in the car and go shopping lol 😆 glad you guys found an Aldi in your area. The quality is so good and affordable! Also they have tons of vegan options which I appreciate!

    • @TheAcostasLife
      @TheAcostasLife  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yess Aldi’s is the bomb.com lol

  • @SansAziza
    @SansAziza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Y'all barely survived that opening snack aisle. Heh

  • @mariagomez3297
    @mariagomez3297 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I felt that way when first came to Lidl (similar to Aldi) so much to save guys

  • @chaseisonthecase2122
    @chaseisonthecase2122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "just bless the next person... With this quarter.." 😂

  • @kimberlyfeliz3539
    @kimberlyfeliz3539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Finally!! 👏👏 You already know I've been raving for a minute. The one in Boca is AMAZING 😊. Glad you finally got to check it out. You do have to make a list cause it's easy to go crazy & want to buy everything. 😂😂 I can't get over Gabriel's reaction..like a kid in a candy store. ❤️❤️ #hiddengoldmine

    • @TheAcostasLife
      @TheAcostasLife  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yesss you put us on after talking about them for so long!! We went with a list next time for sureee lol

  • @winterlinde5395
    @winterlinde5395 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So I hope in the meantime you have had some of the international stuff you were standing in front of when you were talking about it. Werther’s original, Haribo, you held the Knoppers in your hands, even!😊

  • @savantfool7123
    @savantfool7123 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    OMG knoppers is german YOU NEED TO TRY if you havent yet!

    • @RustyDust101
      @RustyDust101 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      For a little pro tip: cool them in the fridge to 7-8°C, or roughly 40-42°F. They are so much better that way.

  • @alexachenbach821
    @alexachenbach821 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The salsa is very good.

  • @alexachenbach821
    @alexachenbach821 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I Love you doing the haul.😊

  • @almi6666
    @almi6666 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    that's cool, you are talking about international stuff and have THE most german wafer candy bar in your hand 😂 - KNOPPERS (you have to pronounce the letter K) from the company STORCK (it was founded in 1903)

  • @Mysterios1989
    @Mysterios1989 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    5:59 : That is by the way international stuff. Knoppers is a well loved brand in Germany. A bit before, there were also "Werther's Original", which is a German brand of caramel hard candy.

  • @thatomoribe
    @thatomoribe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    😂😂🔥 please, I enjoyed this vlog.

  • @kathylaplaca
    @kathylaplaca 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    We've had Aldi for years! I believe Aldi bought Trader Joe's

  • @mpat100
    @mpat100 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    locked trolleys is a European norm; much better forces people to return the trolley to get their dollar or fob back

  • @susanne022
    @susanne022 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It is funny, you are looking for cookies and sweets 🎉😂

  • @marie_84
    @marie_84 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The reason ALDI locks their shopping carts, bc here in Germany, "some people" tend to take the carts to their homes, they walk with them home. Can u believe this??? Love it, they do it in US, too. HAHA....hilarious......😂😂😂

  • @nordwestbeiwest1899
    @nordwestbeiwest1899 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It's called ALDI and not Aldi's !!!!!

  • @alexachenbach821
    @alexachenbach821 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You Both are so cute together. ❤😊

  • @cookingchroniclesunplugged
    @cookingchroniclesunplugged หลายเดือนก่อน

    Informative video…thank you…small TH-camr here…just subscribed!

  • @AnnetteLudke-je5ll
    @AnnetteLudke-je5ll หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Trader Joe and Aldi belong together as far as I know.

  • @peterjahn123
    @peterjahn123 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Sorry Aldi did buy Traders Joe. Compared to Aldi Traders Joe s a very small company

  • @gamefreak8924
    @gamefreak8924 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nice Video❤ But 1 thing is wrong Aldi bought Traders Joe not Traders Joe Aldi... So Traders Joe belongs to Aldi now not Aldi to Traders Joe😅

  • @simonmcglary
    @simonmcglary หลายเดือนก่อน

    Unless it’s a special, generally everything is own brand. Interestingly, here in the UK, in blind taste and quality tests ALDI and their closest competitor , LIDL, often come out at or near the top.
    There is also the classic joke! I went in to ALDI for milk and came out with a MIG welder and a pressure washer!

  • @thatomoribe
    @thatomoribe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love from South Africa 🇿🇦

  • @clethraz.6467
    @clethraz.6467 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love your exitment! 😄

  • @kgebhardt1187
    @kgebhardt1187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    💜

  • @lutzherbst3083
    @lutzherbst3083 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Aldi is the fastest growing grocery chain in the USA.

  • @doreenbennett2454
    @doreenbennett2454 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Uk here -To my knowledge, Trader Joe's has NOT bought out ALDI. ALDI is a massive German company with branches in most European countries.
    I love their croissants!

  • @The_faithful_princess
    @The_faithful_princess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I go to Aldi at least once a week haha

  • @TheMrPeteChannel
    @TheMrPeteChannel ปีที่แล้ว

    Soon Aldi North & Aldi South may finally reunite. Most of their house brands are made in the same places. Just with different packaging.

  • @alexachenbach821
    @alexachenbach821 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your husband looks so cute.he like a kid in a candy store.

  • @justmyopinion2745
    @justmyopinion2745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You act like you've never seen food before. LOL

    • @TheAcostasLife
      @TheAcostasLife  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We were so shocked Aldi’s was such a good store!

  • @uweinhamburg
    @uweinhamburg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just this year, Aldi bought 400 stores from the US chains Winn-Dixie and Harveys in the South-East of the USA, They don't intend to run them all with the Aldi model though as the store sizes are too big. Looks more like a long term investment...

  • @mubbles1066
    @mubbles1066 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Aldi and Trader Joe’s are not part of the same company, but they do share a historical connection. Both grocery chains were founded by members of the Albrecht family in Germany. The Albrecht brothers, Karl and Theo, split their business into two separate entities: Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd….so it’s actually one of the Aldi’s that bought Trader Joe’s not the other way round.
    Aldi Nord: This branch owns Trader Joe’s, which it acquired in 1979
    Aldi Süd: This branch operates the Aldi stores in the United States and many other countries
    Despite this connection, Aldi and Trader Joe’s operate independently and have different business models and product offerings.

  • @ttfamikel791
    @ttfamikel791 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesomeness

  • @BelieveVs
    @BelieveVs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aldi and trader Joe's were on company Europe starting in Germany but they split one is called aldi north and the other is aldi south so in america its two separate companies aldi north is trader Joe's aldi south is aldi in America

  • @marciusmarciukas5467
    @marciusmarciukas5467 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Isn't Trader something was bought by Aldi before any of us were born🤣🤣

  • @gedeuchnixan3830
    @gedeuchnixan3830 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ALDI North bought Trader Joe´s due to US trademark laws, name and logo are too similar so US customers could confuse them as the same company which is forbidden by US trademark laws and since ALDI South entered the market first with the ALDI name and logo ALDI North bought out Trader Joe´s, because it´s way easier and cheaper than creating a completly new brand nobody on earth knows yet. BTW: the splitted ALDI´s are partially joined again, at least over here in Europe parts of the product line as well as logistics were put toghter again to safe more costs. Interesting fact: you know why ALDI´s prices are so low? The big brands can´t max out their freaking expensive factories selling just their own brand so they sell of the free space to companies like ALDI with minor changes to the og recepy and in case of ALDI in the US, you propably are getting a better quality product because ALDI wants less unnesseccary crap (which here in Europe isn´t in there anyways) to make it cheaper to produce. Who would figure: less garbage= less ingrediance = cheaper to make, what a revilation 😂

  • @BRATWURST1
    @BRATWURST1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Don`t want to spoil the party but there is a video comparing US vs UK Aldi and the UK Aldi is twice as cheap as the US Aldi.

  • @summerssummers1986
    @summerssummers1986 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The European products are probably more healthy for you than the US brands, because they aren't allowed to put all of the additives into their food that the US are. If you read the ingredients you will see from the lists.

  • @Kate-v9d
    @Kate-v9d หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would miss the Middle Aisle products that we have here in Europe, it's my favourite part of both Lidl and Aldi, wonder why they don't have it in USA?

  • @NFLjunk79
    @NFLjunk79 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Exactly the other way around...Trader Joe's belongs to Aldi...

  • @mohammed.mustabi5817
    @mohammed.mustabi5817 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I went to Aldi‘s in the Bronx even the crackhead where buying we’re buying the food

  • @eli34536
    @eli34536 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Aldi nord bought trader joes and the aldi your in is from aldi süd

  • @Davis-carmencita
    @Davis-carmencita หลายเดือนก่อน

    New subscriber to your channel

  • @BlissLovePeace
    @BlissLovePeace หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You are so funny “Trader Joe’s bought Aldi”… Nonsense! ALDI bought Trader Joe’s in 1979 and owned it ever since. As a matter of fact they made it what it became since then.

  • @hg6996
    @hg6996 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Once you have learned to put a coin into the shopping carts of Aldi you are ready for going shopping in every other supermarket in Europe.
    This is not an Aldi specialty, it's common in the whole Europe.

  • @underbuxe7997
    @underbuxe7997 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    9:32 Dr. Nowzaraden is Calling! 🤫💞
    Wie Geil, Ich bin Schwanger, mein Kind braucht Zucker und Fett 😁

  • @WienerVL
    @WienerVL หลายเดือนก่อน

    1. Its ALDI without an s 2. Trader Joes is part of ALDI not otherways!

  • @Wendy-je6cz
    @Wendy-je6cz หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why are you acting like you just landed on this planet? Even if you've never been to an ALDI'S, have you never heard anything about it, such as the 25 cent carts that is returned to you? I'd swear you must be smoking something really good or you think we're really stupid.

  • @doreenbennett2454
    @doreenbennett2454 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does yhe US ALDI akso have the " Middle Isle" bargains?

  • @schattensand
    @schattensand ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was very American. You can play but you cannae be exited grocery shopping.

  • @Wampor
    @Wampor 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

  • @sherryturner974
    @sherryturner974 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Waste to much time keep it going !

  • @jakobbeuster7684
    @jakobbeuster7684 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ALDO is NOT Part of Trader joes

  • @stephen546
    @stephen546 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Aldi in the US has nothing to do with Trader Joe's

  • @alexachenbach821
    @alexachenbach821 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are you having a girl.😊❤

  • @SheldonRunkle
    @SheldonRunkle หลายเดือนก่อน

    I “used to”, shop ladies, until I found out it was ,German! I do,Meijers now,I don’t want my money going to,Germany ! !…I’am a REAL AMERICAN ! !…are YOU ? !

  • @arkinsecgel5927
    @arkinsecgel5927 หลายเดือนก่อน

    50% Sugar

  • @LordLaroyalty
    @LordLaroyalty ปีที่แล้ว

    Aldi is a Sweedish/German grocery store. Alot of their items are imported from Sweden and Germany. Everything they do is the Swedish or German way, even down to putting a quarter in the cart so they don't have to pay employees to get carts.

    • @winterlinde5395
      @winterlinde5395 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Really? I didn’t know about the Swedish part.

    • @werpu12
      @werpu12 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Not Swedeish, German... There is no Sweedish connection except for operating in Sweden as well!

  • @avitalsheva
    @avitalsheva ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Unfortunately this is the one of most American-os videos I seen. They are hyped, they believe anything they read on packaging. They are making a mistake to call anything " very cheap" as a 5 dollars for package of nuts that shoul cost a half . They are so unnatural and fake.

  • @EscapeVelo
    @EscapeVelo ปีที่แล้ว

    Wypipo's food.

  • @mvdh877
    @mvdh877 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    aldi's?? it's aldi without the s

  • @AndreasBockholt-q7d
    @AndreasBockholt-q7d 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ↓ Aldi it's the best