Late December 2021 was a rough stretch for Aldi prepackaged salad. The grocer issued not one, but two different recalls over salad products. One of the companies affected was Dole. Now, just a few weeks later, Dole is back in…
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dole expanded its recall in January of 2022, and you can read about it here. This week Aldi announced two separate recalls of salad products, both involving potential Listeria contamination in salad kits and salad bowls. The Fresh…
On the Fourth of July this year, I attended a small gathering with vaccinated friends and family. We sat poolside at our hosts’ home and enjoyed burgers and hot dogs provided by the hosts, along with a potluck-style variety of…
In many areas, the new school year is upon us or nearly upon us. That means that in addition to all the usual back-to-school shopping for pencils, notebooks, and backpacks, many parents are also thinking about lunch. If your student…
Aldi sells several great salad kits, including some impressive Asian-style and southwest-style chopped salads, and we like their individual ready-to-eat Caesar salad bowls, but one of my family’s favorites is the bagged Caesar salad kit. We eat this Caesar salad…
The CDC, along with the USDA and several state agencies, are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Cyclospora in bagged salad mix. While the CDC has not issued a recall at the time of this post, the CDC is nevertheless advising…
Each week we highlight a few of the more interesting items in the upcoming Aldi ad. Note that, in our area, the ad takes effect on Wednesday, but in some areas it may take effect as early as today, Sunday….
Aldi sells a ton of special foods for the summer season, including several types of potato salad, coleslaw, and boxed pasta salad. The discount grocery also sells fresh pasta salad in a few flavors in the refrigerated section, including the…
Aldi announced not long ago that it was going to offer more fresh foods and convenient, pre-packaged healthy foods, and it has not disappointed. In the produce section among all the lettuce and greens, the discount grocer sells several packaged…
We’re big fans of what Aldi does for breakfast: the eggs, the French toast, the sausage, the turkey sausage, the pancake-and-sasusage-on-a-stick … all of it. And we are big fans of Aldi’s hash brown patties, which do a great McDonalds impersonation….
