This post contains affiliate links. We tend to believe that ALDI Finds (Special Buys) are worth waiting for. In fact, we think part of the fun is waiting for them to come around again. It’s a bit like Christmas. But…
Some time in early 2019, I started noticing Aldi shoppers on Facebook using the expression “aisle of shame” in the context of shopping at Aldi. My wife noticed it, too, and has even used the expression on occasion. It’s become…
If you live in the United States, there’s a good chance you know the name Kroger. Originally founded by Bernard Kroger in Cincinnati in 1883, the company today generates well over $100 billion a year in revenue, with locations in…
EDITOR’S NOTE: The bread showed up on shelves in our stores as a Regular Buy in October 2019. You can read our review here. This post contains affiliate links. If there’s one thing we’ve learned in this business, it’s that…
The Aldi checkout process can be intimidating to newbies, and even to some regular Aldi shoppers. How do you pay? Do you bag your own groceries? Why do the cashiers go so fast? Am I unloading my groceries too slowly?…
Aldi is a famously secretive company, from its reclusive owners to its well-guarded business practices. What you see in the store is just the outer layer of an international corporate empire that continues to shake up the grocery business. One…
Every time a new Aldi ad rolls out with different ALDI Find (Special Buy) products, it feels a little bit like Christmas. I enjoy the variety of items the store offers. Some Special Buy food items are good enough that…
Aldi does a great job of creating a unified look in its packaging, both in its food and non-food items. With a lot of the non-food ALDI Finds (Special Buys), for example, you’re likely to see a familiar-looking blue manual,…
We’ve been writing long enough to see Aldi make all kinds of tweaks to its food products. While some of those changes have been a letdown, most of them have been for the better. We think that, overall, Aldi is…
As everyone knows, Aldi is one of the fastest growing grocery stores in the world. The grocer continues to innovate, developing new products even as it continually tweaks the products that are already on store shelves. Even for a regular…
