Aldi

Sarah Gray said:

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Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:59:11 -0800, Gregory Morrow
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>> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:

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>> [SNIPEROONIE "partially hydrogenated" nonsense]

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>>> ALDI is a store for poor
>>> people.
>> Nonsense, it's a store for smart people who want to save some money....
> Gotta disagree with you there. Maybe for those of you who think
> you're smart but are lacking in shopping skills. In your case just
> lacking a car and grateful they got rid of that Dominick's. [censored], a
> White Hen would be better than a Dominick's. I went to the Aldi's
> site which you posted a link to, and found nothing special to make me
> go to a place with such a limited selection. I also read the replies
> from another forum that you posted. The first one had someone who
> switched to the Ultra in Forest Park.
Well, they don't have that store everywhere.

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> Doesn't that tell you that Aldi
> isn't all that? Ultra is far from my favorite store but I've shopped
> there many times. Aldi's site says cream cheese has been reduced to
> $.89. Big deal. Same as Ultra. Or you can go to any Centrella store
> and get the name brand (Philadelphia) for $.99. Aldi has reduced
> butter to $1.89. Ultra has it for $1.50. By my limited math skills
> you people that think you're smart, are overpaying. Various pork
> chops range from $2.89 to $3.69 at Aldi. I recently paid $1.29 for
> Aldi's $3.69 version and they weren't cryovaced in [censored]. We were out
> in the burbs and found a great place with a real meat counter. I
> could go on and on about how silly your comment was but I don't want
> to embarrass you.

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Most of the meat at Aldi is not priced competitively enough to beat loss
leader prices. (There is also the quality issue; I assume most people
prefer their beef unadulterated) The low prices on the hundreds of other
pantry staples they have make up for it, imo. I think it is ridiculous
to make a claim that to save money one should shop at only one store. My
personal shopping plan type thing is to shop loss leaders at the chains,
and fill in the gaps with Aldi stuff.

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I've notice that Aldi's meat is not appreciably cheaper than what I canget
at my two local independent stupormarkets (Treasure Island and the Market
Place in Chicawgo). I'm not going to Aldi to save ten cents on pork chops
or chix breasts that I can get closer to home (I have to take a bus to Aldi
as I don't drive)...I *might* go there to get some of their German - type
stuff, e.g. Black Forest Ham, sausages, etc. or a spiral - sliced ham, which
can be appreciably cheaper at Aldi.

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Same with their produce items, Aldi will often have pound bags of min -
carrots or three pound bags of onions for 79 cents, these things are
routinely on sale for 99 cents at my regular stores. And a whiles backI
noticed that per pound cabbage was actually a bit *more* expensive at Aldi
("large head for 99 cents"😉 than at Market Place which had four lbs fora
buck...and Treasure Island at 19 cents/lb....

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I pays to do yer homework...

Heh. I have a notebook where I have the best "regular" prices on pretty
much anything I might care to purchase, grocery-wise. 75% of it is Aldi.

I keep those figures in my head. It's funny, grocery store prices
have been a hobby for years, especially what I've always considered
staple items, beef, eggs, dairy, and formerly, beer.

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If you know how much the best regular price is, you know when a sale is
really a deal, and when you can pass it up.

--

Sarah Gray

--Bryan, on day 3 of Atkins induction

"Gregory Morrow" <[email hidden]> wrote

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One local chain here (Jewel) regulary advertises items at "!0 for 10
dollars". Thing is, you can always beat that price down the street or
wherever where you can get "10 for 40/60/75 cents per item" or
whatever...I
guess we suckers are supposed to go "WOW!" to get ten small oranges for
ten
dollars (yep, that's a BUCK per orange) when I can go elsewhere and get a
five pound bag of oranges for $1.59 or whatever...

You have that right. You had better know your prices before assuming
10 for $10 is a good price. Often it really is. Sometimes not so much.
Sometimes it's a downright rip off.

nancy

"Gregory Morrow" <[email hidden]> wrote

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One local chain here (Jewel) regulary advertises items at "!0 for 10
dollars". Thing is, you can always beat that price down the street or
wherever where you can get "10 for 40/60/75 cents per item" or
whatever...I
guess we suckers are supposed to go "WOW!" to get ten small oranges for
ten
dollars (yep, that's a BUCK per orange) when I can go elsewhere and get a
five pound bag of oranges for $1.59 or whatever...

You have that right. You had better know your prices before assuming
10 for $10 is a good price. Often it really is. Sometimes not so much.
Sometimes it's a downright rip off.

nancy

"maxine in ri" <[email hidden]> wrote

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On Nov 8, 3:15 pm, "Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Ugh, I've only seen those once, it was at Costco quite a few years
ago. It didn't last. What a hassle getting the carts to separate.
People would chase you down in the parking lot, waving a quarter
begging to 'buy' your cart if you're done with it?

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Pricerite does that as well. I don't find it a hassle, and plenty of
people leave their cart in the middle of the parking lot so I get a
free cart and when I return it, a quarter for the tsedakah box. Also
a little extra exercise, which never hurts!

Maybe it was the type they used, it was so hard to get the
cart out. People would gather around and help each other
get the chains off. It was stupid. At that time there was another
store, a supermarket, that tried that, and it didn't last there, either.

I don't think a quarter is much of an incentive for many people to
clown around with the cart machine. Seems like paradise for a
kid, or maxine! (laugh) When I was a kid you'd find bottles and
cans to return for money. Cleaning up the supermarket parking
lot at a quarter a shot, that's a great idea!

nancy

"maxine in ri" <[email hidden]> wrote

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On Nov 8, 3:15 pm, "Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Ugh, I've only seen those once, it was at Costco quite a few years
ago. It didn't last. What a hassle getting the carts to separate.
People would chase you down in the parking lot, waving a quarter
begging to 'buy' your cart if you're done with it?

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Pricerite does that as well. I don't find it a hassle, and plenty of
people leave their cart in the middle of the parking lot so I get a
free cart and when I return it, a quarter for the tsedakah box. Also
a little extra exercise, which never hurts!

Maybe it was the type they used, it was so hard to get the
cart out. People would gather around and help each other
get the chains off. It was stupid. At that time there was another
store, a supermarket, that tried that, and it didn't last there, either.

I don't think a quarter is much of an incentive for many people to
clown around with the cart machine. Seems like paradise for a
kid, or maxine! (laugh) When I was a kid you'd find bottles and
cans to return for money. Cleaning up the supermarket parking
lot at a quarter a shot, that's a great idea!

nancy

"ravenlynne" <[email hidden]> wrote

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person gave me a quarter and went and did their shopping. Then
presumably they returned the cart to get their quarter back or made
a similar deal with some other person.

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It's a racket at the commissary here IMO...Usually I have to go to the ATM
to get cash so that I can go and buy euro so that I can go rent a cart
that they don't let me take out of the store anyway...which practically
forces us to have a bagger take our things out to our cars..then we have
to tip the bagger a bunch because they work only for tips.

Wow, how annoying is that? So, you have to pay for a cart, you
don't get that money back? And you can't even steal it which is
why some stores tried that chain routine? Yikes, then you have to
pay someone to help you take your bags to the car.

You're right, that is a racket.

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All for food that costs more than in town. Or the states. It's ludicrous
that I have to pay $3 for a head of iceberg lettuce or $4.50 for a
smallish bunch of grapes. It's grape freaking season here in Italy for
cripes sake.

An expensive commisary, geez. Doesn't seem right.

nancy

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Nancy Young wrote:

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person gave me a quarter and went and did their shopping. Then
presumably they returned the cart to get their quarter back or made
a similar deal with some other person.

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It's a racket at the commissary here IMO...Usually I have to go to the ATM
to get cash so that I can go and buy euro so that I can go rent a cart
that they don't let me take out of the store anyway...which practically
forces us to have a bagger take our things out to our cars..then we have
to tip the bagger a bunch because they work only for tips.

Wow, how annoying is that? So, you have to pay for a cart, you
don't get that money back? And you can't even steal it which is
why some stores tried that chain routine? Yikes, then you have to
pay someone to help you take your bags to the car.

You're right, that is a racket.

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All for food that costs more than in town. Or the states. It's ludicrous
that I have to pay $3 for a head of iceberg lettuce or $4.50 for a
smallish bunch of grapes. It's grape freaking season here in Italy for
cripes sake.

An expensive commisary, geez. Doesn't seem right.

nancy

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Cheaper than our carts at one euro a pop.

In the UK you have to insert a £1 sterling coin to unlock the cart,
but you get one back when you return the empty cart; so the value of the
coin used hardly matters.

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Carts here are free. We'll see how long that lasts. I complained about
no carts at a local store. The manager says they just disappear. I see
a lot of abandoned carts in my neighborhood. People have no cars, so
they just take the cart home and leave it on the sidewalk. It doesn't
take much of that and there aren't any carts left at the store.

Yes, that's the reason supermarkets here don't give them out for free
any more.

Janet.

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Cheaper than our carts at one euro a pop.

In the UK you have to insert a £1 sterling coin to unlock the cart,
but you get one back when you return the empty cart; so the value of the
coin used hardly matters.

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Carts here are free. We'll see how long that lasts. I complained about
no carts at a local store. The manager says they just disappear. I see
a lot of abandoned carts in my neighborhood. People have no cars, so
they just take the cart home and leave it on the sidewalk. It doesn't
take much of that and there aren't any carts left at the store.

Yes, that's the reason supermarkets here don't give them out for free
any more.

Janet.

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if you get your money back, who is going to pay for the cost of securing
the carts?

The carts are all locked together, handle to handle to handle joined
by short chains. Coins are the "key" to release the lock.

The only way to get a cart from the long line of locked-together
empty ones, , is by inserting a coin into the lock of the end cart. The
only way to get your coin back, is by re-locking the cart to another
cart in front of it (which is locked to another, etc) .

Janet.

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if you get your money back, who is going to pay for the cost of securing
the carts?

The carts are all locked together, handle to handle to handle joined
by short chains. Coins are the "key" to release the lock.

The only way to get a cart from the long line of locked-together
empty ones, , is by inserting a coin into the lock of the end cart. The
only way to get your coin back, is by re-locking the cart to another
cart in front of it (which is locked to another, etc) .

Janet.

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And we have an ASDA/Walmart near us where the wheels lock when you take
the cart out of the parking lot.

I haven't tried that at our nearest ASDA. (Hope you didn't find out
the hard way :-)

Janet

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And we have an ASDA/Walmart near us where the wheels lock when you take
the cart out of the parking lot.

I haven't tried that at our nearest ASDA. (Hope you didn't find out
the hard way :-)

Janet

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Asda is going upmarket around here also, very organic too.

Same here; and they make a big point of selling really excellent fresh
local (fully accredited) produce at a very good price.

Janet.

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Asda is going upmarket around here also, very organic too.

Same here; and they make a big point of selling really excellent fresh
local (fully accredited) produce at a very good price.

Janet.

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:09:39 -0000, maxine in ri <[email hidden]>

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Nancy Young said:

"l, not -l" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Indeed, you do get the quarter back when you return the cart; that is the
point - return the cart yourself, so Aldi doesn't have to pay someone to
round up and return carts.

Ugh, I've only seen those once, it was at Costco quite a few years
ago. It didn't last. What a hassle getting the carts to separate.
People would chase you down in the parking lot, waving a quarter
begging to 'buy' your cart if you're done with it?

nancy

Pricerite does that as well. I don't find it a hassle, and plenty of
people leave their cart in the middle of the parking lot so I get a
free cart and when I return it, a quarter for the tsedakah box. Also
a little extra exercise, which never hurts!

maxine in ri

maxine, what does 'tsedakah" mean?

your goyisher pal,
blake

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:09:39 -0000, maxine in ri <[email hidden]>

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Nancy Young said:

"l, not -l" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Indeed, you do get the quarter back when you return the cart; that is the
point - return the cart yourself, so Aldi doesn't have to pay someone to
round up and return carts.

Ugh, I've only seen those once, it was at Costco quite a few years
ago. It didn't last. What a hassle getting the carts to separate.
People would chase you down in the parking lot, waving a quarter
begging to 'buy' your cart if you're done with it?

nancy

Pricerite does that as well. I don't find it a hassle, and plenty of
people leave their cart in the middle of the parking lot so I get a
free cart and when I return it, a quarter for the tsedakah box. Also
a little extra exercise, which never hurts!

maxine in ri

maxine, what does 'tsedakah" mean?

your goyisher pal,
blake

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:30:16 GMT, Sarah Gray <[email hidden]>

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Lou Decruss said:

Gregory Morrow said:

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:

[SNIPEROONIE "partially hydrogenated" nonsense]

> ALDI is a store for poor
> people.

Nonsense, it's a store for smart people who want to save some money...

Gotta disagree with you there. Maybe for those of you who think
you're smart but are lacking in shopping skills. In your case just
lacking a car and grateful they got rid of that Dominick's. [censored], a
White Hen would be better than a Dominick's. I went to the Aldi's
site which you posted a link to, and found nothing special to make me
go to a place with such a limited selection. I also read the replies
from another forum that you posted. The first one had someone who
switched to the Ultra in Forest Park.

Well, they don't have that store everywhere.

Hopefully there's something similar in most large cities. I do
understand some people here have limited choices, but that doesn't
mean I'll accept them saying Aldi is wonderful. This is a food group
and a few of us may be a bit snobby. If Aldi's was my best local
discount choice I'd be making a road trip to the closest big city.

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Most of the meat at Aldi is not priced competitively enough to beat loss
leader prices. (There is also the quality issue; I assume most people
prefer their beef unadulterated)

Yes, quality is an issue. After a quick look at their website I'd say
it's not all loss leaders. Louise came home yesterday with some
beautiful pork chops that were NOT on sale for $1.78 a pound.

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The low prices on the hundreds of other
pantry staples they have make up for it, imo. I think it is ridiculous
to make a claim that to save money one should shop at only one store.

Sorry if I gave the impression I (we) only shop at one store. During
a year it's probably more like 25. We've shopped at 4 this week
alone.

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My
personal shopping plan type thing is to shop loss leaders at the chains,
and fill in the gaps with Aldi stuff.

That's a good plan. Glad it works for you.

Lou

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But you'll also find plenty of savvy middle class white folks
shopping there too.

Using food stamps?

In the 3 years I have been shopping at Aldi, I have seen all of one
person pay with food stamps.

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People need to get smart about grocery shopping,

Including you.

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there is no particular stigma about shopping at Aldi.

LOLOL. TJ's is the yuppie 7-11, and Aldi's is the food stamp heaven.
It's going to take a long time to change that stigma if it ever
happens.

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They opened a new store near me that is sparkling clean and with courteous help.
I'd take 'em over Whole Foods any day..

Comparing WF to Aldi's is lubricious.

I will agree with you on that. Myself, I'd go for one of the local
upscale places over WF anyhow. (I'm biased, I used to work there :>😉

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:30:16 GMT, Sarah Gray <[email hidden]>

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Lou Decruss said:

Gregory Morrow said:

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:

[SNIPEROONIE "partially hydrogenated" nonsense]

> ALDI is a store for poor
> people.

Nonsense, it's a store for smart people who want to save some money...

Gotta disagree with you there. Maybe for those of you who think
you're smart but are lacking in shopping skills. In your case just
lacking a car and grateful they got rid of that Dominick's. [censored], a
White Hen would be better than a Dominick's. I went to the Aldi's
site which you posted a link to, and found nothing special to make me
go to a place with such a limited selection. I also read the replies
from another forum that you posted. The first one had someone who
switched to the Ultra in Forest Park.

Well, they don't have that store everywhere.

Hopefully there's something similar in most large cities. I do
understand some people here have limited choices, but that doesn't
mean I'll accept them saying Aldi is wonderful. This is a food group
and a few of us may be a bit snobby. If Aldi's was my best local
discount choice I'd be making a road trip to the closest big city.

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Most of the meat at Aldi is not priced competitively enough to beat loss
leader prices. (There is also the quality issue; I assume most people
prefer their beef unadulterated)

Yes, quality is an issue. After a quick look at their website I'd say
it's not all loss leaders. Louise came home yesterday with some
beautiful pork chops that were NOT on sale for $1.78 a pound.

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The low prices on the hundreds of other
pantry staples they have make up for it, imo. I think it is ridiculous
to make a claim that to save money one should shop at only one store.

Sorry if I gave the impression I (we) only shop at one store. During
a year it's probably more like 25. We've shopped at 4 this week
alone.

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My
personal shopping plan type thing is to shop loss leaders at the chains,
and fill in the gaps with Aldi stuff.

That's a good plan. Glad it works for you.

Lou

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But you'll also find plenty of savvy middle class white folks
shopping there too.

Using food stamps?

In the 3 years I have been shopping at Aldi, I have seen all of one
person pay with food stamps.

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People need to get smart about grocery shopping,

Including you.

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there is no particular stigma about shopping at Aldi.

LOLOL. TJ's is the yuppie 7-11, and Aldi's is the food stamp heaven.
It's going to take a long time to change that stigma if it ever
happens.

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They opened a new store near me that is sparkling clean and with courteous help.
I'd take 'em over Whole Foods any day..

Comparing WF to Aldi's is lubricious.

I will agree with you on that. Myself, I'd go for one of the local
upscale places over WF anyhow. (I'm biased, I used to work there :>😉

Sarah Gray said:

Heh. I have a notebook where I have the best "regular" prices on pretty
much anything I might care to purchase, grocery-wise. 75% of it is Aldi.

Your menu must be quite limited then.

Lou