Aldi Original Potato Salad
EDITOR’S NOTE: We originally reviewed this in 2023 when it was sold under the Park Street Deli Aldi private label. It’s currently sold simply under the Aldi name. We bought it again and updated this review in 2025.
When cookout season comes along, Aldi rolls out some classic favorites such as coleslaw, pasta salad, turkey sausages for the grill, ice cream novelties, and other popular summer standbys. One of my family’s favorites is the potato salad. It’s your standard grocery store potato salad, but it’s good.
Aldi Original Potato Salad cost $3.99 for a 32-ounce (2-pound) container in May of 2025. That’s the same price we paid for it when we first reviewed it in 2023.
As mentioned earlier, this used to be sold under the Park Street Deli brand. That’s an Aldi house brand that includes various deli products such as pickles, chicken salad, and lunch kits. Sometime around 2024, Aldi dropped the Park Street Deli brand name from both its potato salad and its coleslaw. Now, they simply have the Aldi name on them and no private label brand names.
This is a Seasonal Item, which means Aldi stocks it for longer than an Aldi Find, but they don’t sell it all year. Aldi usually sells this potato salad during the spring and summer seasons when people are looking for side dishes for cookouts and picnics. Aldi does not offer online ordering for products that are not currently in stock at your local store.
When this is in stock, you’ll find it in the refrigerated deli aisle at Aldi. Naturally, you’ll need to keep this refrigerated.
If you’re looking out for allergens, this contains egg. It also contains some processed ingredients such as natural flavors and xanthan gum, along with some preservatives, but those are going to be issues with most store-bought potato salads. It also has a fair amount of sodium and some added sugars, so if you want more control over ingredients, you may prefer making a homemade potato salad.
One container has about six 1/2-cup servings. One serving has 220 calories, 15 grams of total fat (19% DV), 2.5 grams of saturated fat (13% DV), 680 mg of sodium (30% DV), 18 grams of total carbohydrates (7% DV), 2 grams of dietary fiber (7% DV), 4 grams of added sugars (8% DV), and 3 grams of protein.
We did notice that in 2025, this has 10 grams of additional sodium per serving compared to when we first reviewed it in 2023. Other than that, the nutrition information is the same, and the ingredients look like they are pretty much the same as the previous Park Street Deli version.
In terms of taste, this has a classic mayo and mustard dressing, but the mustard notes are not overpowering. It has decent-sized chunks of skinless potatoes mixed in with softer mashed pieces of potato, and the relish, celery, onions, and peppers add some texture and a bit of crunch.
This has hard-cooked eggs, but not in a huge quantity. I tend to like lots of hard-boiled egg in my potato and pasta salads, but you could always boil your own eggs and stir some extra into this salad if you want.
Overall, this is a winner in my household when we want an easy potato salad side dish. It never lasts long in the fridge before everyone eats it all up.
The Verdict:
Aldi Original Potato Salad is a classic side dish with a mayo and mustard dressing, with bits of egg, sweet pickles, onions, and peppers mixed in. (It was formerly sold under the Park Street Deli house brand at Aldi.) It’s your standard grocery store potato salad, and it’s pretty good as far as store-bought potato salad goes.
We love this potato salad! Can’t beat it.
“some processed ingredients such as natural flavors…” Interesting contradiction.
Rachael’s article briefly mentions Cole slaw. For me there is no question but that KFC Cole slaw is the very best tasting you can buy.
Hello,
While I have purchased both the potato salad and the chicken salad, I do so knowing that they are both a great base for the final dish.
Most of these products by anyone (COSTCO used to sell a chicken salad by the brand name Sally Sherman that was fine as it came) are WAY too “liquid” from the mayo and whatever else.
HOWEVER, as bases for their dishes, they are fine. With the potato salad, I add a couple of potatoes, some celery and a bit more mustard, and, since it makes all potato salads better, chopped radishes (try it–you will be amazed) and possible a bit of raw onion. Adding relish (sweet or dill) and a couple more eggs and sometimes chopped green or black olives make this a great picnic dish that is easier FOR ME than trying to do this from scratch. The same is true for their regular chicken salad by adding more chicken, etc.
SO, these are fine products but work great as a base to make very good dishes FOR ME.
Cheers
What a great idea, thanks for sharing! I make terrible potato salad, and actually prefer store bought, but agree there are never enough potato chunks, celery, or eggs I have tried so many recipes to get that store bought dressing taste just right without success that the fam says please just buy it. So I’m going to try this as the base with add-ins and maybe I’ll get less groaning and eye rolls when I present this “new” recipe!
Also love the idea of the radishes which I’ll chop up to have on the side as an add-in for myself as the only one who likes them. They do like olives and some like more onion, so maybe I’ll do some of those on the side for options as well, ala potato salad bar!