Tiny
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Post by Tiny on Mar 14, 2016 11:20:36 GMT -5
I'm not sure I'd use a credit card at Aldi - mostly because I usually have the cash... I rarely spend more than $40.00 at a shot at Aldi - usually it's between $10 and $30 so I just used cash. I don't buy fresh meat at my Aldi (but then I rarely buy much fresh meat at ANY store). That gets me thru a work week of breakfast, lunches and dinners. I stopped 'stocking' up on some items - because the prices stay so stable at Aldi. I can count on the price of their pre-packaged lunch meat (I usually have lunch meat sandwiches for lunch one week a month) being the same price from week to week (unlike the big grocery where the prices are all over the place - from $2.50 to $4.50). Same with their bread products. And bagged salad. And dairy and eggs.
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lynnerself
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Post by lynnerself on Mar 14, 2016 11:27:24 GMT -5
We are fortunate enough to have WinCo here. I gladly skip the credit card (debit accepted) and bag my own groceries for the savings.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Mar 14, 2016 12:06:11 GMT -5
No Aldis here, but we do have a WinCo. I've not been, only because it is at the other end of town and the road it's on is one that I try to avoid at all costs.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Mar 14, 2016 15:46:44 GMT -5
We are fortunate enough to have WinCo here. I gladly skip the credit card (debit accepted) and bag my own groceries for the savings. I LOVE that i get to bag my own groceries at Aldi! i always cringe when people bag my groceries all crazy like. When I do it myself, it gets done right and nothing is mashed or broken and everything that is cold goes in my insulated bags!
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chiver78
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Post by chiver78 on Mar 14, 2016 16:07:02 GMT -5
my roommate hates coming shopping with me, b/c it invariably means he's bagging while I run everything through the self-checkout. but like you, I don't like stuff getting squished/broken/packed inappropriately. and yes, I bring thermal bags, too.
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Post by NastyWoman on Mar 14, 2016 20:01:47 GMT -5
...It is also very odd - in Germany Aldi is an upscale stores...
Uuhhmmm, no! Not even maybe! It is exactly what it is right here a discount/lower cost store. And before you tell me all kinds of stories about why I am wrong: I was born less than 10 miles from the German border. Cross border shopping is very common and my six (6) siblings live between 1 and 10 miles from the border. Lastly, they travel all over Europe for their vacations. I would have heard about it if there were an upscale Aldi anywhere around. It would be something like seeing a pink elephant → that would get around like a wildfire.
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Post by tloonya on Mar 15, 2016 8:35:45 GMT -5
...It is also very odd - in Germany Aldi is an upscale stores...
Uuhhmmm, no! Not even maybe! It is exactly what it is right here a discount/lower cost store. And before you tell me all kinds of stories about why I am wrong: I was born less than 10 miles from the German border. Cross border shopping is very common and my six (6) siblings live between 1 and 10 miles from the border. Lastly, they travel all over Europe for their vacations. I would have heard about it if there were an upscale Aldi anywhere around. It would be something like seeing a pink elephant → that would get around like a wildfire. About 10 years ago we were in Hamburg. Went to Aldi. They sold salamis and cheeses of the highest quality and price. Nothing was in boxes, everything on shelves. Smoked and salty fishes like a sturgeon and salmon whatnot...I was surprised. One more thing to add. Normally people who are traveling aren't shopping at stores, they are visiting restaurants. We had lived at friends house. So we were shopping.
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