Aldi

Nancy2 said:

cybercat said:

Going tomorrow for the first time to take a look at the hams and turkeys. (I
am doing Thanksgiving dinner this year.) They have butterballs for $1.29 a
pound, and Smithfield hams, too. Shanks (1.19 a lb) and butts (1.29 a lb).
No idea what the difference is.

I see they carry what they call "private" brands. Any items particularly
good in these Aldi brands?

I know I have to take my own bags and a quarter for the cart rental.
Anything else?

I went into our Aldi's once, and that was enough. I didn't recognize
a single brand and the whole place smelled like sour milk. No thanks.

N.

um, duh. they don't sell the brands you see in other stores, for the
most part. that's why they are so inexpensive. Every Aldi I've been in
has been really really clean, so I am surprised that you had such a bad
experience.

--

Sarah Gray

Lou Decruss said:

Gregory Morrow said:

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:

[SNIPEROONIE "partially hydrogenated" nonsense]

Quoted message said:

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.

Quoted message said:

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.

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.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

People need to get smart about grocery shopping,

Including you.

Quoted message said:

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.

Quoted message said:

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

Lou Decruss said:

Gregory Morrow said:

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:

[SNIPEROONIE "partially hydrogenated" nonsense]

Quoted message said:

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.

Quoted message said:

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.

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.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

People need to get smart about grocery shopping,

Including you.

Quoted message said:

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.

Quoted message said:

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

jmcquown said:

Sarah Gray said:

Bobo Bonobo® said:

ALDI is a store for poor people.

It's a store for people who don;t feel like paying twice as much for
the same stuff they would find on an average supermarket shelf. Poor
people shop at the corner store because they have no car.

Sorry to piggy-back on your post, Sarah. Since when is it a crime to be
poor? Lots of people are poor.

There is nothing wrong with being poor, but there are many people who
live frugally who are not "poor".

Quoted message said:

I've never been to an Aldi's. Apparently there is one where I live. Might
have to check it out.

Jill

--

Sarah Gray

jmcquown said:

Sarah Gray said:

Bobo Bonobo® said:

ALDI is a store for poor people.

It's a store for people who don;t feel like paying twice as much for
the same stuff they would find on an average supermarket shelf. Poor
people shop at the corner store because they have no car.

Sorry to piggy-back on your post, Sarah. Since when is it a crime to be
poor? Lots of people are poor.

There is nothing wrong with being poor, but there are many people who
live frugally who are not "poor".

Quoted message said:

I've never been to an Aldi's. Apparently there is one where I live. Might
have to check it out.

Jill

--

Sarah Gray

cybercat said:

I was not very adventurous with regard to the unknown brand things. I
picked up ketchup and mustard, some chunky salsa and a can of peas.

I like their mustard and ketchup just as well as any; their salad dressings
are also good, I used to buy Ken's and Wishbone, but most use Aldi's now.
At my local Aldi, they carry 3 price ranges of salad dressings, from
pedestrian to gourmet and I buy from the low-price line except for the
up-tier Tuscan Garden Vidalia Onion dressing.

I like their salsa, which comes in two price lines; most often I buy the
low-end and it is comparable to major brands IMO; I occasionally switch off
to their up-tier salsas for variety.

I buy a lot of canned tomatoes and used to buy use a lot of RedGold diced
tomatoes with jalapeno peppers; I switched to Aldi brand and found them to
be good, but "hotter". They are good and I continue too use them, it's just
the first time I used them, I was surprised to find the extra "heat".

At my local Aldi (fairly affluent neighborhood), almost all items are
available in two or three tiers. Grandessa and Tuscan Garden are usually
up-tier products; pricier than similar item next to it and either a bit
higher quality or "frou-frou" (less common shapes of pasta, for example).

Most of their produce is packaged locally (STL); almost every produce
package say packed by xxxx St. Louis MO, or yyyy Chicago IL.

--
Change Cujo to Juno in email address.

cybercat said:

I was not very adventurous with regard to the unknown brand things. I
picked up ketchup and mustard, some chunky salsa and a can of peas.

I like their mustard and ketchup just as well as any; their salad dressings
are also good, I used to buy Ken's and Wishbone, but most use Aldi's now.
At my local Aldi, they carry 3 price ranges of salad dressings, from
pedestrian to gourmet and I buy from the low-price line except for the
up-tier Tuscan Garden Vidalia Onion dressing.

I like their salsa, which comes in two price lines; most often I buy the
low-end and it is comparable to major brands IMO; I occasionally switch off
to their up-tier salsas for variety.

I buy a lot of canned tomatoes and used to buy use a lot of RedGold diced
tomatoes with jalapeno peppers; I switched to Aldi brand and found them to
be good, but "hotter". They are good and I continue too use them, it's just
the first time I used them, I was surprised to find the extra "heat".

At my local Aldi (fairly affluent neighborhood), almost all items are
available in two or three tiers. Grandessa and Tuscan Garden are usually
up-tier products; pricier than similar item next to it and either a bit
higher quality or "frou-frou" (less common shapes of pasta, for example).

Most of their produce is packaged locally (STL); almost every produce
package say packed by xxxx St. Louis MO, or yyyy Chicago IL.

--
Change Cujo to Juno in email address.

not -l said:

Nancy2 said:

I went into our Aldi's once, and that was enough. I didn't recognize
a single brand and the whole place smelled like sour milk. No thanks.

N.

We have a store here that smelled like rotten meat for 30 years

Why did you ever return?

Lou

not -l said:

Nancy2 said:

I went into our Aldi's once, and that was enough. I didn't recognize
a single brand and the whole place smelled like sour milk. No thanks.

N.

We have a store here that smelled like rotten meat for 30 years

Why did you ever return?

Lou

l said:

cybercat said:

I was not very adventurous with regard to the unknown brand things. I
picked up ketchup and mustard, some chunky salsa and a can of peas.

I like their mustard and ketchup just as well as any; their salad dressings
are also good, I used to buy Ken's and Wishbone, but most use Aldi's now.
At my local Aldi, they carry 3 price ranges of salad dressings, from
pedestrian to gourmet and I buy from the low-price line except for the
up-tier Tuscan Garden Vidalia Onion dressing.

I love that stuff! It tastes like this dressing I used to buy at Sam's
Club, but it's half the price.

Quoted message said:

I like their salsa, which comes in two price lines; most often I buy the
low-end and it is comparable to major brands IMO; I occasionally switch off
to their up-tier salsas for variety.

I buy a lot of canned tomatoes and used to buy use a lot of RedGold diced
tomatoes with jalapeno peppers; I switched to Aldi brand and found them to
be good, but "hotter". They are good and I continue too use them, it's just
the first time I used them, I was surprised to find the extra "heat".

At my local Aldi (fairly affluent neighborhood), almost all items are
available in two or three tiers. Grandessa and Tuscan Garden are usually
up-tier products; pricier than similar item next to it and either a bit
higher quality or "frou-frou" (less common shapes of pasta, for example).

Most of their produce is packaged locally (STL); almost every produce
package say packed by xxxx St. Louis MO, or yyyy Chicago IL.

I have never been disappointed with any of the "specialty" stuff- the
grandessa line, the deutche kuchen stuff, the Asian stuff. Though for
Asian stuff, I can go to one of the bazillion ethnic grocers around
here. (One of the few things I like about Detroit!)

--

Sarah Gray

l said:

cybercat said:

I was not very adventurous with regard to the unknown brand things. I
picked up ketchup and mustard, some chunky salsa and a can of peas.

I like their mustard and ketchup just as well as any; their salad dressings
are also good, I used to buy Ken's and Wishbone, but most use Aldi's now.
At my local Aldi, they carry 3 price ranges of salad dressings, from
pedestrian to gourmet and I buy from the low-price line except for the
up-tier Tuscan Garden Vidalia Onion dressing.

I love that stuff! It tastes like this dressing I used to buy at Sam's
Club, but it's half the price.

Quoted message said:

I like their salsa, which comes in two price lines; most often I buy the
low-end and it is comparable to major brands IMO; I occasionally switch off
to their up-tier salsas for variety.

I buy a lot of canned tomatoes and used to buy use a lot of RedGold diced
tomatoes with jalapeno peppers; I switched to Aldi brand and found them to
be good, but "hotter". They are good and I continue too use them, it's just
the first time I used them, I was surprised to find the extra "heat".

At my local Aldi (fairly affluent neighborhood), almost all items are
available in two or three tiers. Grandessa and Tuscan Garden are usually
up-tier products; pricier than similar item next to it and either a bit
higher quality or "frou-frou" (less common shapes of pasta, for example).

Most of their produce is packaged locally (STL); almost every produce
package say packed by xxxx St. Louis MO, or yyyy Chicago IL.

I have never been disappointed with any of the "specialty" stuff- the
grandessa line, the deutche kuchen stuff, the Asian stuff. Though for
Asian stuff, I can go to one of the bazillion ethnic grocers around
here. (One of the few things I like about Detroit!)

--

Sarah Gray

"Lou Decruss" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

not -l said:

Nancy2 said:

I went into our Aldi's once, and that was enough. I didn't recognize
a single brand and the whole place smelled like sour milk. No thanks.

N.

We have a store here that smelled like rotten meat for 30 years

Why did you ever return?

Attributions.

"Lou Decruss" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

not -l said:

Nancy2 said:

I went into our Aldi's once, and that was enough. I didn't recognize
a single brand and the whole place smelled like sour milk. No thanks.

N.

We have a store here that smelled like rotten meat for 30 years

Why did you ever return?

Attributions.

Gregory Morrow said:

Sarah Gray said:

Lou Decruss said:

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:59:11 -0800, Gregory Morrow
<[email hidden]> wrote:

> 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.

Quoted message said:

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.

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.

I've notice that Aldi's meat is not appreciably cheaper than what I can get
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.

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 back I
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 for a
buck...and Treasure Island at 19 cents/lb....

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.

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

Gregory Morrow said:

Sarah Gray said:

Lou Decruss said:

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:59:11 -0800, Gregory Morrow
<[email hidden]> wrote:

> 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.

Quoted message said:

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.

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.

I've notice that Aldi's meat is not appreciably cheaper than what I can get
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.

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 back I
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 for a
buck...and Treasure Island at 19 cents/lb....

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.

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

Sarah Gray said:

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.

Quoted message said:

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.

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.

I've notice that Aldi's meat is not appreciably cheaper than what I can get
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.

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 back I
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 for a
buck...and Treasure Island at 19 cents/lb....

I pays to do yer homework...

--
Best
Greg

Sarah Gray said:

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.

Quoted message said:

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.

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.

I've notice that Aldi's meat is not appreciably cheaper than what I can get
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.

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 back I
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 for a
buck...and Treasure Island at 19 cents/lb....

I pays to do yer homework...

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Best
Greg

Nancy Young said:

"Dan Abel" <[email hidden]> wrote

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"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Quoted message said:

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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Reminds me of buying a newspaper a few years back. A woman approached
me, saying that it didn't make sense for both of us to pay. Once you
put the money in the machine, you can take as many as you want. I
refused. She was really peeved.

It's stealing. The guy who owns the machine pays for the papers that
are taken.

Of course it's stealing.

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Eventually, when the cost of the stealing gets too high, they have to
take action. No more newspaper machines. Buy from a person who gets
paid money, and drive there to boot. No more free shopping carts. Even
if you get your money back, who is going to pay for the cost of securing
the carts? The store is going to jack up prices to pay for it.

I'm not sure I follow you. No one was stealing anything, just rather
than me returning my cart and getting my quarter back, the next
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.

nancy

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. 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.

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-Gina in Italy

http://www.myspace.com/ravenlynne1975
I'm a blogger: http://ravenwolflodge.blogspot.com

Nancy Young said:

"Dan Abel" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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?

Quoted message said:

Reminds me of buying a newspaper a few years back. A woman approached
me, saying that it didn't make sense for both of us to pay. Once you
put the money in the machine, you can take as many as you want. I
refused. She was really peeved.

It's stealing. The guy who owns the machine pays for the papers that
are taken.

Of course it's stealing.

Quoted message said:

Eventually, when the cost of the stealing gets too high, they have to
take action. No more newspaper machines. Buy from a person who gets
paid money, and drive there to boot. No more free shopping carts. Even
if you get your money back, who is going to pay for the cost of securing
the carts? The store is going to jack up prices to pay for it.

I'm not sure I follow you. No one was stealing anything, just rather
than me returning my cart and getting my quarter back, the next
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.

nancy

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. 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.

--
-Gina in Italy

http://www.myspace.com/ravenlynne1975
I'm a blogger: http://ravenwolflodge.blogspot.com

cyberHOLE said:

"Dan Abel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Edwin Pawlowski said:

"cybercat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Smithfield hams, too. Shanks (1.19 a lb) and butts (1.29 a lb). No
> idea
> what the difference is.

Opposite ends of a ham cut in half. The butt tends to be a bit

meatier.

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That's quite an understatement, in my opinion. If cyberthing is looking
for a big bone, the shank is the way to go. I will never buy a shank
half again. The bone tends to burn when roasting, and the meat on the
thin end gets overcooked. Give me a butt any day!

Cannibal.

My "bone" is so big I can't get it through a glory hole...!!!

;-o

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Best
Greg