As soon as Halloween is over, Aldi begins to aggressively make shelf space for its vast array of holiday products, ranging from gourmet chocolates to Advent calendars to specialty items like chocolate covered cranberries. Today, we’re taking a look at Aldi’s Specially Selected Dark Chocolate Covered Cranberries, which were among…
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated December 2018 with updated information about our experience with different cooking methods. We have previously sung the praises of Aldi’s good impersonation of a fast food breakfast. Aldi has all of the components for a quality hot first meal, including a few options for bacon, good bread…
In Aldi’s snack food aisle, amid the off-brand Doritos and off-brand Cheetos, the lineup includes some slightly healthier options. There are the Green Pea Crisps Baked Pea Snacks (my favorite) and an array of dried fruit (my kids’ favorites). Today, we’re looking at Clancy’s Original Veggie Chips and Clancy’s Original…
There are hot dogs, and there are beef franks. Both are fine, but there are differences. Hot dogs are made of a wild assortment of … stuff, from pork and chicken, to salt, preservatives, and other things. Beef franks also contain an assortment of ingredients, but they are fewer in…
I try to avoid soda – or you can call it pop, depending on where you live – because of its high sugar content. I also don’t care for beverages containing artificial sweeteners. So when I saw Aldi offering unsweetened flavored sparkling water as a Special Buy, I thought it…
I love stuffed crust pizzas. Love them. And, of course, I’m a big fan of Aldi. But, until recently, I’d never seen the two together. Aldi certainly hasn’t lacked for pizza variety — they do frozen, thin, thick, take-and-bake, you name it — but it seemed stuffed crust was too…
In the Midwestern city of St. Louis, Missouri, a number of unique Italian-style dishes carry out a niche existence in local lore. One of those is the “St. Louis style” pizza, a thin-crust pizza topped with a strange provolone-cheddar-Swiss concoction known as provel cheese. Yet another is a famous salad…
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated March 2017 with a few more products. Everyone likes Chinese food, but takeout can get expensive. Fortunately, Aldi offers several Regular Buy Chinese options such as chicken, egg rolls, and rice and an array of rotating Special Buys such as pot stickers, specialty chicken, and specialty egg…
Aldi always stocks a variety of apples in the produce aisle, but during a shopping trip last week in my St. Louis-area store, I was happy to see Aldi is selling regionally grown apples for the fall season. While apples grown a few states north of my home may not…
My family loves the name brand Totino’s Party Pizzas. They’re generally not that expensive, and sometimes you can even find them on sale for around a dollar. Aldi has a good selection of excellent pizzas, including both Regular and Special Buys. Aldi even sells its own imitation of Totino’s with…
