We bend over backwards trying to remind people that we’re not Aldi. We put it on our about page, our contact page, our disclosure policy page, and even as our tagline. Nevertheless, some people still think we’re Aldi. (Either that,…
EDITOR’S NOTE (June 2017): After this post ran, a friend of ours decided to try grilling a pizza himself. You can read what happened right here. Most people assume that frozen pizzas are meant to be baked. That is almost…
Anytime a person goes to Aldi for the first time, it’s a little strange. We’ve previously documented some basics for the newcomer in our post Going to Aldi for the First Time: A Simple Guide. Here we’ll dig a little deeper…
Last year I wrote a feature on missing Aldi products, lamenting the absence of a few key Regular Buy items. A couple of people subsequently told me that they’d seen some of those items in their Aldi, although I had…
If you’re like us, you’re liable to find yourself just a little short on some staple (for us, it’s usually milk) on the day before a major holiday. If you’re also like us, you may wonder: is Aldi open, or…
Aldi’s Special Buy lineup of electronics has grown to the point now where most of the basic items that a person might want — and a few more specialized ones — eventually make an appearance. Laptops, desktops, tablets, cameras, TVs,…
This week the Aldi ads are featuring car and SUV covers under the Auto XS brand line. One of the things we noticed was that the ad said to visit aldi.us for sizing information … but when we went there,…
Aldi is a limited-inventory grocer. That means that, as a smaller, more tightly focused store, it has to be more picky about what goes on its shelves compared to other, larger groceries. The upside is that Aldi’s pickiness —…
In 2015, McDonalds began experimenting with an all-day breakfast menu, and by 2016 the experiment had become universal across the McDonalds chain. The reason McDonalds did so is simple: people love McDonalds breakfasts, and McDonalds, like any business, saw an…
For those who have never been to Aldi before, it can seem a little strange, and the first trip can be a bit disorienting. I know. I remember the first time I went to Aldi. My hometown grocery store chains…
