When People Think We’re Aldi, 14th Edition
Since we created Aldi Reviewer, we’ve received a steady stream of emails and comments from people who think that we’re Aldi. We’re not, and we say so all over our site: on our about page, in our disclosure policy page, and at the bottom of each and every page on our site. We even have a checkbox in our contact page that people have to check acknowledging that they know we’re not Aldi.
Doesn’t matter. We still get emails and comments. So we collect them. And occasionally, we publish them.
Once more, we’re showcasing some of the messages and comments we have received. As always, any full names, email addresses, mailing addresses, and phone numbers have been removed to protect the innocent. We have, however, left in every single typo.
From Karin:
Everything Sourdough is the BEST bread I’ve had. Please keep it in stock!
From a comment on our writer Rachael’s review of the limited-time oatmeal bites.
Hey Rachael, can you please bring the oatmeal bites back. I’ve been trying to find them and order online. Please I feel like I can’t live without them. I just used my last frozen bag. My phone number is [redacted]. Email address is [redacted]
From Patty:
My daughter and I are BIG fans of the 8 pack cinnamon coffee cakes, and they seem to have vanished from your stores. I say stores because we have tried 4 different locations nearby, and there are none to be found. We hope this is temporary. Is it?
From Julia:
I use your Baker’s Corner baking cocoa year round. Why is it seasonal?
We’ll be sure to get right on this request to order more profiteroles, a type of European pastry:
Love the Italian Profeteroles, absolutely delicious!! Please order again soon!!!
From Pam:
Do you still have an ornament that are bells? Starting to really like Aldi. Love that you get different items each week.
From Louise:
Hi!
In November, I bought twice the Happy Harvest Tomato Paste. When I started to open the first one, I faced an explosion all over my kitchen. When I opened the second one, I noticed the can wasn’t 100% filed with tomato paste, there was a hole in the middle from the top to the bottom. Not safe, you should recall them. I can provide pictures.
From someone who wants an Aldi store in their area and thinks we can make it happen:
There is a family dollar store in derby NY zip code 14047 that closed 2yrs ago and is about the same size as an average Aldi, the only grocery store within 10 12 miles is a very expensive top. sounds like a great store location.
From Diane. We’re not exactly sure what diagrams and flyers she’s talking about.
I just shopped in my store Batavia NY 14020 newly remodeled yesterday There are no diagrams to guide us around the store We are all walking around like deer in headlights!!!!!!!!You people should have bin prepared for us This store is very busy and u don’t seem to care about your customers Wake Up!!!!!!!!!! THIS WAS MADDING in there today. Get those flyers printed and available to us In very upset. Diane
Someone left this pair of comments on our review of the Aldi popcorn chicken, but apparently they were talking about chicken nuggets? We’re not really sure.
Comment 1: We’ve been purchasing the Kirkwood Popcorn Chicken from Aldi for quite some time and really enjoy it. However, we’ve noticed that the bags are consistently less than half full, which is disappointing, especially at a price of $7.99 per bag.
Could you please consider increasing the amount of popcorn chicken included in each bag? It would make the product feel like a much better value.
Thank you!
Comment 2: My comment above is for the Crispy Chicken Nuggets the ready bag with the red and white stripe box on it
Please make the passive voice stop:
Please restart the selling of Never Any 1/4 Honey Ham. Your replacement is not nearly as tasty as Never Any! Please please please!!!
We wrote a post about what products we’d like to see at Aldi in 2026, and someone thought we were Aldi and left this comment:
Bring back the original Specially Select German roasted coffee.
The replacement tastes nothing like the original!
From Jacqueline:
So very disappointed, I looked for the low fat cherry ice cream in every store around me this summer. I know it’s a seasonal item but did you have any at all this year? My family loves it!!! I bought 2 every week last year. Will you please get it back? I went to one store that said they had it, no!! I keep running around checking. ☹️
From a guy who is unhappy he can’t get more Detroit style pan pizza:
I bought one of these in our Caro Michigan store and love it. How can I buy more???? That is my complaint about Aldi stores. You tease us with a great product and then no longer stock it??? I want more of these on a regular basis. Please…
Someone doesn’t like the brownie recipe, and it’s apparently our fault.
Revised Chewy Fudge Brownie Mix is NOT any good! My daughter took a batch of the newer version and her brownie fanatics asked what she did wrong with the batch! Bring back the original recipe, please!
Someone used the contact form on one of our writers’ professional websites:
Hi Rachael!
I live in Edmonton…Alberta…Canada
Can i order these reindeer and what would the cost be? Thanks
Also in canadian dollars!
Love these little guys! So cute!
Thanks again!
Liz
Another message someone sent to one of our writers’ professional sites:
Hello Vacuum works just need a cord. Product 2247 DC9V300. Rechargeable cordless vacuum. Please help
From Christian. (By the way, Aldi house brands, which make up the majority of products in the store, don’t contain artificial colors.)
I’m sorry Aldi but you still haven’t removed your artificial colors and flavors and corn syrup from your food and drinks including those Gummi Haribo candies so every time I go to the store I am still seeing artificial colors and flavors! But I’m sorry to mention this to you but you’re going to have to change and change soon! Not only that I’m allergic to synthetic colors I break out in Red Hives on my skin the worst is Red-40, Yellow 5-6, Blue 1-2! The list goes on! So please stop carrying artificial colors and flavors! I don’t understand why can’t you just carry those Harry Potter gummies and the Funtastic mix!? Or those other ones because yes there is Gummis without artificial colors and flavors! You have those Unicorn mix as well! I guess thank you for hopefully listening!
From someone who just wants some hot cocoa:
Sry disappointed that Aldi does not have the hot cocoa pods this year. I bought three boxes last year and lived them also gave one box away. I am not interested in the packets I prefer the pods for my coffee maker. Please bring them back they are the best ever!!!!
From Larry, who left a comment requesting a rain check on our post that explains how Aldi does not give rain checks:
Seeking rain check for Butterball Turkeys supposedly on sale this week, watched both local stores (fort Pierce, FL.) both store employees advised me “ none received this week, but hopefully tomorrow “. Sale ends today … coincidence? No problems with store personnel, they actually did what they could to assist, not pointing fingers there for sure. Appears potentially bait & switch, idk. Can we get some help ? Thanks
From DD. We have no clue what they’re talking about.
Please bring back dunkers.
We’ll hop right on this request:
Whole & Simple Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe & Pea Protein.
My family absolutely loves this item! Please bring back as core item. We are in Goshen, Indiana. East Lincolnway location. Please!!! Thank you😊
From an email trying to sell us on on a product. Based on the boilerplate language, we’re not sure they know 1) what we do or 2) what Aldi does, for that matter:
Hi Aldi,
I just did an audit and identified 3 ways I can help Aldi get more customers – without any money on ads.
The big brands are already doing this – I know because I work with them [NAME DROPS COMPANIES]
I built an AI Agent that audited aldireviewer.com, local listings, Google business profile and AI search ranking and it can automatically make changes to help drive more traffic.
I also have another agent that can identify where all the traffic is coming from, communicate with them and help book them for Aldi automatically – without you doing anything. That’s phone, sms, email, FB + Instagram, Google Business Profile and website traffic visitors.
More customers, no ads, no extra work and you’ll know exactly what sources leads are coming from, the return on investment and even the geographic location of all your leads. That’s why over 10,000 businesses use us to grow – including some of the largest brands in the world.
Let’s hop on a quick Google meet so I can show you this audit and intro you to these two AI agents that can help. Here is a link to my calendar – just grab a time that works here: [LINK]
I look forward to speaking with you
Best,
[NAME]
But wait! There’s more! Here are the links to previous editions of When People Think We’re Aldi:
I have always understood that you are NOT ALDI but think that part of the misunderstanding may come from you talking about what is coming in the Wednesday ad on Monday! Where I live (in Southern Illinois about 60 miles of St. Louis) I can get NOTHING about the Wednesday ad until Wednesday.
Are you implying that we get advance notice before the general public of what’s in the weekly ad? If so, that’s not the case.
You’re talking about the weekly Aldi Find roundup that goes out in our Monday mailing list. We get all of that information directly from the official Aldi website. They publish it one week before the products show up in stores. (Also, we’re based in the St. Louis area.)