Corn dogs are the quintessential carnival food, meant to be carried around while looking at people flying down rollercoaster tracks or marveling at games that are almost impossible to win. They’re a common sight at many a grocery stores, both large and small, both because of their popularity and their…
We eat a lot of Indian food in our house, and we are big fans of several of Aldi’s Regular Buy and Special Buy Indian offerings. We also like to try Indian food from other grocers, so when I saw mini samosas at Aldi’s cousin store, Trader Joe’s, I picked…
My family enjoys Indian food, and Trader Joe’s and Aldi stores both offer a few Indian items. We recently tried Trader Joe’s Aloo Chaat Kati Pouches. We’ve never eaten aloo chaat or kati pouches before, so we can’t necessarily speak to whether they taste authentic, but we did enjoy them…
My husband and I are fans of good French onion soup. We reviewed Aldi’s Bremer Bistro French Onion Soup a couple of years ago and like to eat that on a cold winter’s day. Aldi’s soup is a Special Buy (ALDI Find) that shows up once or twice a year,…
I love to drink tea, and I’m a sucker for holiday flavors. I like Celestial Seasonings Candy Cane Lane tea. I also like Aldi’s Benner Tea Co. Candy Cane Tea, which shows up sometimes as a holiday Special Buy (ALDI Find). Then, when I was recently at Aldi’s distant cousin’s store,…
Earlier this week, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) a Washington, D.C.-based environmentalist organization, published an article entitled “Breakfast With a Dose of Roundup?“, which argues that unsafe levels of weed killer can be found in a number of oat cereals and granola bars. The herbicide, glyphosate, is manufactured by Monsanto under…
UPDATE (11/27/18): The CDC issued a new warning two days before Thanksgiving 2018, documenting an outbreak of E. Coli in romaine lettuce. This is the second E. Coli scare of 2018, just seven months after the first one. We’ll periodically update this story as we learn more, but here’s what…
If you shop at both Aldi and Trader Joe’s, you may notice that the stores carry many similar products. This could be due in part to the fact that they are related (but not identical) businesses. It could also be because they both follow food trends and offer products they…
EDITOR’S NOTE: To learn more about the relationship between Trader Joe’s and Aldi, click here. I have a problem. I’m vain and love to try new beauty products … but I’m also a cheapskate. I cringe when I read articles about the latest Must Have serum or cream that *only*…
A lot of people have some vague idea that Aldi and Trader Joe’s are related. “They’re both Aldi,” they say. Is that right? Is it indeed true that both companies are Aldi? The answer is: yes … but not in the way most people think. To explain, let’s step back…
