Aldi grocery stores

Melba's Jammin' <[email hidden]> wrote in
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What do you know about them?

The one in Savage on County 42 is now open and I stopped yesterday to
have a look and perhaps pick up a couple items. It was an interesting
experience.

There is one in Penrith. Obviously the products available here would be
different to the products on sale in your local Aldi. However, in terms
of general reputation of the store - I know a number of people who shop
there, and have not heard anything bad. They say they save quite a bit
of money,and I haven't heard any complaints about the quality of the
products.I haven't shopped there myself. While I'd love to save some
money it's a bit awkward for me. Since they do just stock their own
brands, and there's a limited choice of some items, I would be unlikely
to be able to get everything there that I want to purchase. It's located
at the other end of Penrith from the main shopping centre (which has 2
supermarkets, seafood shop, couple of butchers, chicken shop,
greengrocers, bakers etc). For someone with a car that's not really a
problem, but we don't have one so it's a lot easier for me to try and do
the shopping in one place. It's not near the station either, which the
shopping centre is, so I can duck over to Woolworths supermarket after
work and pick up a few things if needed before going back to the station
to catch the bus home.

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The next thing I noticed was that the ground meat in the fresh cooler
looked fresh -- sorry I don't remember the prices.

Obviously it's not going to be the same meat as over here, but I have
heard good reports on the beef mince (ground beef) at Aldi's here - good
quality and good prices.

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Then there was the strange little section that looked like it could
have been Sam's Club -- there was a lounge chair (in a box) for sale,
along with some other non-food stuff. Seemed very out of place.

Yep, the one here has this sort of thing on sale - I've seen ads for
electrical equipment etc.

The other thing I noticed was that that shopping

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cart outside could be procured for use for 25 cents - but you get your
quarter back when you check out. Cool. They do it to keep carts out
of the parking lot, I guess.

I've seen this set up at some supermarkets over here. The trolleys are
chained together, and you put a coin (it's usually a $1 coin here, I
think) in the slot to release the trolley. It stays stuck in that slot
while you're shopping.When you've finished with it, and click the chain
back in, the coin is released.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Melba's Jammin' wrote in message ...

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What do you know about them?

The one in Savage on County 42 is now open and I stopped yesterday to
have a look and perhaps pick up a couple items. It was an interesting
experience.

First thing I noticed was that peple were getting their shopping carts
from outside the building, not inside. Whatever. I knew that I had to
pay in cash and I knew that they charge for grocery bags if I didn't
bring my own. I'm not crazy about the cash only, but that's how they do
it and they've got an ATM inside and they do take SOME debit cards (mine
would work). I didn't pick up a cart because I wanted to keep my
spending low and limiting it to what I could carry seemed like a good
way to achieve that. :-)

I spent $6.34, most of it in the produce department. I didn't plan to
buy grape tomatoes, but they were 99 cents for a pint (very tasty they
are, too); I didn't plan to buy mushrooms but they were 99 cents for a
pint and looked good; I needed fresh garlic and two heads for 49 cents
seemed reasonable (I'll see how fresh it is, I couldn't check there and
haven't yet)

the aldi's near me has garlic for the same price. its not worth even that
small amount.

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the one near my house requires that you slide a quarter into the little

slot

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on the cart to unlock it from the rack and you get the quarter back when

you

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put the cart back in the rack.

I believe that is SOP. I actually think it is a good idea after having
cars bashed by carts that were simply left out in the lot by
inconsiderate people who couldn't walk the 25 feet to put the cart in
the rack.

My FBS and a buddy used make pocket change that way. They waited out in
front of the Super Fresh and asked the people leaving if they needed help
getting the cart to the car and that they would return the buggy for getting
to keep the quarter. My kid was one who was known by just about everyone
(inherited that my my father) so his approaching them wasn't a problem.
Most would let him keep the quarter AND sometimes give him a couple more for
helping them take the groceries out to the car. That was a good ten years
ago, but he is still proud that he was 'earning' $8-10 a day.
-Ginny

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Yep, the one here has this sort of thing on sale - I've seen ads for
electrical equipment etc.

I forgot to mention that I picked up their in-store ad that starts next
week. Let's see: Electric skiller, stainless steel wok, waffle maker,
coffee maker, toaster, and toaster oven, beer glasses, wine glasses --
and some grocery items.. Interesting.
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performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

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One thing that I have heard from a number of people is that unlike
walmart working at Aldis is a good job. They have a decent pay scale and
benefits.

They're hiring cashiers for $11.50 and hour at the one in Savage.
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performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

Being one of the people who do the hiring, cashiers at Wally World start at
$7.00.

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Melba's Jammin said:

What do you know about them?

The one in Savage on County 42 is now open and I stopped yesterday to
have a look and perhaps pick up a couple items. It was an interesting
experience.

First thing I noticed was that peple were getting their shopping carts
from outside the building, not inside. Whatever. I knew that I had to
pay in cash and I knew that they charge for grocery bags if I didn't
bring my own. I'm not crazy about the cash only, but that's how they do
it and they've got an ATM inside and they do take SOME debit cards (mine
would work). I didn't pick up a cart because I wanted to keep my
spending low and limiting it to what I could carry seemed like a good
way to achieve that. :-)

There are several Aldi's stores in the Philadelphia area. There's an
Aldi's only a mile or two from where I live. I shop there occasionally.
They usually have a package of frozen steaks for $10 that just can't be
beat. The ground meat at Aldi's is quite good. My parents shop at Aldi's
much more frequently than I do and the ground beef is one of my dad's
favorite items to buy there.

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Greg, that's my experience here with the Aldi store ... the place
ALWAYS smells like sour milk/spilled dairy. Puke.

Yup, if that's the kind of face a place presents to the public you hafta
wonder what it's like *behind* the scenes...

A few years ago there was a convenience store around the block. I'd go into
to buy ice cream or something and the stuff was always extremely freezer
burned or such like. Turns out the idiots who owned the place turned the
freezer and dairy cases OFF at night to save money. The health dept. soon
closed them down. I'm thinking, "Hey, this is not Syria or wherever (place
was owned by some Middle Eastern guys)". Some people :-|

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Best
Greg

Ariane Jenkins said:

Yep, we have a couple of those, like really big dollar
stores. One of them near us actually carries some perishable produce,
oddly enough. I got avocadoes 2/$1 there--not huge ones, but hey, for
.50... They also carried milk and an assortment of frozen dinners. I
haven't really priced those, so I didn't know if it was a good deal or
not. I did, however, buy a big bottle of IBC root beer, it's
something I haven't had since I was a kid. 🙂

There was an article in the _Wall Street Journal_ or such like a whiles back
focusing on dollar stores. They are becoming a major force in retailing and
many manufacturers are producing products exclusively for placement in
dollar stores.

So I guess it's not just cast - offs or "odd lots" of stuff anymore...

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Greg

Melba's Jammin said:

What do you know about them?

The one in Savage on County 42 is now open and I stopped yesterday to
have a look and perhaps pick up a couple items. It was an interesting
experience.

First thing I noticed was that peple were getting their shopping carts
from outside the building, not inside. Whatever. I knew that I had to
pay in cash and I knew that they charge for grocery bags if I didn't
bring my own. I'm not crazy about the cash only, but that's how they do
it and they've got an ATM inside and they do take SOME debit cards (mine
would work). I didn't pick up a cart because I wanted to keep my
spending low and limiting it to what I could carry seemed like a good
way to achieve that. :-)

Yes, it is a good idea to keep your spending down ;-) When we go to the
Aldi we have a list of things we want to buy ...
... and end with about double the amount as we always find something
interesting outside of the list.

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I spent $6.34, most of it in the produce department. I didn't plan to
buy grape tomatoes, but they were 99 cents for a pint (very tasty they
are, too); I didn't plan to buy mushrooms but they were 99 cents for a
pint and looked good; I needed fresh garlic and two heads for 49 cents
seemed reasonable (I'll see how fresh it is, I couldn't check there and
haven't yet); a bunch of celery was 89 cents -- that seemed reasonable.

Produce is a strong point with the german Aldi. As so many people buy
there the produce has no time to become old and bad. They don't have
all of the produce a grocery might have and it is not as good as fresh
from the market but then markets are seldom open when I can buy so I
rely on several grocery shops plus Aldi, Lidl and Plus (2 other discount
stores) for it.

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The first thing I noticed about their bare bones operation is that they
have their own brands that are packaged remarkably like the national
brands of the same products. Colors and styles -- enough so that I
looked at the peanut butter and figured it was either Skippy or Peter
Pan (can't remember which, but it was very familiar). Their queso dip
sure looks like Tostito's or Frito-Lay -- but it was $1.49 for a jar
instead of $2 or $2.50. Might have to check that out another time.

It is a well-known secret here that they sell brand-name stuff under a
different name ;-) Looking at the packaging and the town the stuff
comes from I know quite well which compagny has produced it.

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The next thing I noticed was that the ground meat in the fresh cooler
looked fresh -- sorry I don't remember the prices.

Same as with the produce, high turn-over means freshness.

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Then there was the strange little section that looked like it could have
been Sam's Club -- there was a lounge chair (in a box) for sale, along
with some other non-food stuff. Seemed very out of place.

They always have non-food stuff as special incentive to go to the shop.
What they sell is different from week to week and announced in flyers
and newspaper ads. Unfortunately the stuff is very quickly sold-out and
often gone already in the evening of the first day.

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When I checked out and paid, I asked the cashier if I could assume that
since the packaging on so many things was so similar to the national
brands, that they were in fact made by the same folks. She said I can
assume that. Swell. The other thing I noticed was that that shopping
cart outside could be procured for use for 25 cents - but you get your
quarter back when you check out. Cool. They do it to keep carts out
of the parking lot, I guess. I have no problem bringing my own bags --
I usually do that at other stores -- I can carry four cloth bags of
groceries in two hands without fear of breaking the bag.

You normally pay for bags in Germany and many shops have the carts you
pay for when taking and get your money back when you park them
correctly again. I like that system, it means the carts stay with the
shops and are not used for something else.

Carmen,
who will go shopping in some mins and really likes that the shop is
only 200 yards away.
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Aldi is German isn't it ? Here in Europe it is normal to collect your
trolley from outside the store. It's only in the UK that you don't have
to put a coin in to be able to take one from the rack. Probably explains
why UK rivers are full of trolleys !

Steve

PS I remember my sister commenting on the caravan park at Eurodisney
having places that were much bigger thna normal, Reason was that were
designed by an American used to Winnebagos rather than the Sheds on
Wheels that are used here. Sa

"Melba's Jammin'" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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You don't have the outside storage lot for carts in Minnisota? Here in
the Bay Area most of the supermarkets store carts outside, have done
for a number of years. All that extra room inside in which to pile
goodies for you to spend your money on, ya know.

We typically have 'cart corrals' placed throughout the parking lots --
where yu stash your cart after you've emptied. Folks mostly pick up
their empty carts inside the store, in the entryway between the two sets
of double doors. Where some of the specials are placed -- pop,
typically, and lots of others, now that i think of it.

Outdoor carts with a deposit required became familiar in some places in
Canada with the advent of Superstore. Some enterprising kids quickly saw
that as an opportunity and it wasn't rare to be approached as you were
unloading the cart by a kid asking if he could return your cart to the
corral for you.

My favorite aspect of Superstore had to be the advent of green box shopping.
We bought several plastic boxes which fit into specially designed carts (6
or 7 boxes to a cart IIRC). All groceries were packed into those boxes to
take home. No more plastic bags or need to carry cloth bags.

I miss that now that we don't live near a Superstore. The only consolation
is that our local Co-op makes a donation to the local children's hospital
each time you use a cloth bag or reuse a plastic bag.

Gabby

Melba's Jammin said:

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One thing that I have heard from a number of people is that unlike
walmart working at Aldis is a good job. They have a decent pay scale and
benefits.

They're hiring cashiers for $11.50 and hour at the one in Savage.

Which is significantly higher than Wally. I have heard the typical pay
at Aldis is ~$18.00/hour plus they actually have a benefit package.

When our new state budget was announced it was mentioned that a
significant amount of the budget (which we pay for with those taxes that
everyone complains are too high) goes for the "working poor".

An example being the typical Wally employee who gets a little above
minimum wage and no benefits.

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Aldi is German isn't it ? Here in Europe it is normal to collect your
trolley from outside the store. It's only in the UK that you don't have to
put a coin in to be able to take one from the rack. Probably explains why
UK rivers are full of trolleys !

At the stores I shop we have to put £1 into the trolley which is outside!

Ophelia
Scotland

Stan Horwitz at [email hidden] wrote on 1/28/05 10:53 PM:

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There are several Aldi's stores in the Philadelphia area. There's an
Aldi's only a mile or two from where I live. I shop there occasionally.
They usually have a package of frozen steaks for $10 that just can't be
beat. The ground meat at Aldi's is quite good. My parents shop at Aldi's
much more frequently than I do and the ground beef is one of my dad's
favorite items to buy there.

Stan,
Didn't we pass one when we were touring the area???
I am sure we did, because I had heard of that market and I thought we
had a conversation about it.

Melba's Jammin said:

What do you know about them?

The one in Savage on County 42 is now open and I stopped yesterday to
have a look and perhaps pick up a couple items. It was an interesting
experience.

Anyone know if there is an ALDI store on the north side of the Twin
Cities ? I thought I had heard that one of their stores in Little
Canada was robbed a while back. I can't find it if there is one.

Last summer I bought some of ALDI's Astra laundry detergent after
reading about it on the net. I got it in Rice Lake Wi. It was
supposed to be good stuff. When I was sawing last fall I had the cap
on my chainsaw oiler come off and soak my pants with half a tank of
motor oil. I treated the stain as best I could and washed it with
what ever good liquid detergent I had on hand at the time. I ended up
with a slightly faded stain left on the pants. I was about to
religate them to garage wear. Then the next time I washed I got a
chance to try out the Astra detergent and found that the rest of the
stain was completely removed. Man, it is good stuff. I want more at
$ 2.50 for 128 oz.

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Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>, George
<[email hidden]> wrote:
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One thing that I have heard from a number of people is that unlike
walmart working at Aldis is a good job. They have a decent pay scale and
benefits.

They're hiring cashiers for $11.50 and hour at the one in Savage.

Which is significantly higher than Wally. I have heard the typical pay
at Aldis is ~$18.00/hour plus they actually have a benefit package.

When our new state budget was announced it was mentioned that a
significant amount of the budget (which we pay for with those taxes that
everyone complains are too high) goes for the "working poor".

An example being the typical Wally employee who gets a little above
minimum wage and no benefits.

Ah, but then Wally World wouldn't be able to offer such low prices.

It's funny - we want to have our cake and eat it too.

Either you pay less at the register and more in taxes, or more at the
register and less in taxes. Either way, you're going to pay for it.

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Melba's Jammin said:

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>One thing that I have heard from a number of people is that unlike
>walmart working at Aldis is a good job. They have a decent pay scale

and

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>benefits.

They're hiring cashiers for $11.50 and hour at the one in Savage.

Which is significantly higher than Wally. I have heard the typical pay
at Aldis is ~$18.00/hour plus they actually have a benefit package.

When our new state budget was announced it was mentioned that a
significant amount of the budget (which we pay for with those taxes that
everyone complains are too high) goes for the "working poor".

An example being the typical Wally employee who gets a little above
minimum wage and no benefits.

Ah, but then Wally World wouldn't be able to offer such low prices.

you mean, then Mall-Wart executives couldn't take home such big paychecks.
the prices are not that low, anyhow.

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It's funny - we want to have our cake and eat it too.

Either you pay less at the register and more in taxes, or more at the
register and less in taxes. Either way, you're going to pay for it.

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Rod Johnson said:

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:50:15 -0600, Melba's Jammin'

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What do you know about them?

The one in Savage on County 42 is now open and I stopped yesterday to
have a look and perhaps pick up a couple items. It was an interesting
experience.

Anyone know if there is an ALDI store on the north side of the Twin
Cities ? I thought I had heard that one of their stores in Little
Canada was robbed a while back. I can't find it if there is one.

Go to http://www.aldifoods.com. Click on the store locator. Type in your
address, and it will give the stores closest to where you live.

Plugging in "Little Canada" and "Minnesota" shows a store in Little Canada
at 2350 Rice Street. The web page can show you a map.

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Last summer I bought some of ALDI's Astra laundry detergent after
reading about it on the net. I got it in Rice Lake Wi. It was
supposed to be good stuff. When I was sawing last fall I had the cap
on my chainsaw oiler come off and soak my pants with half a tank of
motor oil. I treated the stain as best I could and washed it with
what ever good liquid detergent I had on hand at the time. I ended up
with a slightly faded stain left on the pants. I was about to
religate them to garage wear. Then the next time I washed I got a
chance to try out the Astra detergent and found that the rest of the
stain was completely removed. Man, it is good stuff. I want more at
$ 2.50 for 128 oz.

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Predictions and Politics http://dsgood.blogspot.com
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Rod Johnson said:

Melba's Jammin said:

What do you know about them?

The one in Savage on County 42 is now open and I stopped yesterday to
have a look and perhaps pick up a couple items. It was an interesting
experience.

Anyone know if there is an ALDI store on the north side of the Twin
Cities ? I thought I had heard that one of their stores in Little
Canada was robbed a while back. I can't find it if there is one.

Why don't you check the store locator on Aldi's web site?
Aldi's web site is http://www.aldifoods.com/

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Sheryl Rosen said:

Stan Horwitz at [email hidden] wrote on 1/28/05 10:53 PM:

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There are several Aldi's stores in the Philadelphia area. There's an
Aldi's only a mile or two from where I live. I shop there occasionally.
They usually have a package of frozen steaks for $10 that just can't be
beat. The ground meat at Aldi's is quite good. My parents shop at Aldi's
much more frequently than I do and the ground beef is one of my dad's
favorite items to buy there.

Stan,
Didn't we pass one when we were touring the area???
I am sure we did, because I had heard of that market and I thought we
had a conversation about it.

We did, but I don't recall which one.