People That Complain About Food Prices

[jim]

I buy alot of organic stuff so I'm not afraid of spending a little extra on food. When you look at all of the "stuff"(cars, boats, houses, etc...) we spend our money on in this country it's kind of strange that we tend to really scrimp with food.

[Radbird]

We don't have Aldi's, so I can't weigh in there. In general, I agree with jim and luke. I'll pay for quality - during the summer we go to the Boulder Farmer's Market as often as we can. But it's not open this time of year. And if I don't like what I see at the supermarkets, I'll head to the local butcher or Whole Foods/Wild Oats for better choices.

Discount stores are fine for staples where you can get the same packaged product at a lower price. And if you find a discount place that has good fresh food, that's great. It sounds like from Richie's post, Aldi might be like that. I haven't found a store like that out here.

[JCShutout]

Yet are too good to shop at places like Aldi's.

Grab a damn quarter and a couple plastic sacks and quit [expletive] and moaning to me.

Spent $76 at Aldi's yesterday. That's a record for me at Aldi's. And I shop there because of the great tasting food, more than the great prices.

Their .99 spaghetti sauce is the best. Their brand of Wheat Chex and Raisin Bran are similar to the way those name brands used to taste and are better than the current offerings. Their Chicken Pot Pies ($1.25) are better than any I've tasted. Tortilla chips for .99 taste better to me than Tostitos. Strawberry jam...best I've ever had. Good bread. Great chicken breasts. Whole chickens for what, $3?

And I don't know about any other Aldi's but the two that I frequent have, by far, the nicest checkout people I've ever dealt with.

You spent $76 at ALDI's?!?!

The most I've ever spent there was about $35 and I ate for about a month on that.

I'm trying to eat well (including organics if possible), which means no canned stuff, chips etc., so I really only buy meat, veggies, some fruits and different nuts or seeds when I shop... and that's it. I can still eat healthy and well for about $100-$140/month eating high quality food.

[Richie Allen]

I need to go grocery shopping with Richie Allen. You really sound like you seize the day while walking through the aisles.

I was worried I might come across a little over zealous. Were you picturing Davey Jones-like twinkles in my eyes as I examine the potted meat section?

[Richie Allen]

We don't have Aldi's, so I can't weigh in there. In general, I agree with jim and luke. I'll pay for quality - during the summer we go to the Boulder Farmer's Market as often as we can. But it's not open this time of year. And if I don't like what I see at the supermarkets, I'll head to the local butcher or Whole Foods/Wild Oats for better choices.

Discount stores are fine for staples where you can get the same packaged product at a lower price. And if you find a discount place that has good fresh food, that's great. It sounds like from Richie's post, Aldi might be like that. I haven't found a store like that out here.

Well, I'm also like you and Jim and others in that I like my unique foods too. In fact, we went straight from Aldi's to Cub Foods where we perused their "International" aisle for about 30 minutes. Schuncks has a good one as well.

I've got to have my weird collection of cheeses (no Kraft for me) and breads, etc...so we often visit our friends who run the Peoria Bread Co. and our other friends who grow organic foods in the non-winter months but for the basics, I try to make a point of avoiding places like Kroger and WalMart. Even Big Lots has some unique choices that are difficult to find elsewhere.

[planet planet]

I need to go grocery shopping with Richie Allen. You really sound like you seize the day while walking through the aisles.

I was worried I might come across a little over zealous. Were you picturing Davey Jones-like twinkles in my eyes as I examine the potted meat section?

LOL, I pictured you coming home with your glorious bouty and arranging it like this:

[G. Keenan]

Yet are too good to shop at places like Aldi's.

Grab a damn quarter and a couple plastic sacks and quit [expletive] and moaning to me.

Spent $76 at Aldi's yesterday. That's a record for me at Aldi's. And I shop there because of the great tasting food, more than the great prices.

Their .99 spaghetti sauce is the best. Their brand of Wheat Chex and Raisin Bran are similar to the way those name brands used to taste and are better than the current offerings. Their Chicken Pot Pies ($1.25) are better than any I've tasted. Tortilla chips for .99 taste better to me than Tostitos. Strawberry jam...best I've ever had. Good bread. Great chicken breasts. Whole chickens for what, $3?

And I don't know about any other Aldi's but the two that I frequent have, by far, the nicest checkout people I've ever dealt with.

I had some kind of Aldi's beer last summer at a BBQ. It was sort of their knock-off Corona, except it was MUCH better.

[ghostrunner]

I went in to Aldi's once and found it kind of chaotic and hard to get around, so I haven't gone back. It reminded me of a lot of the neighborhood groceries I saw in Europe, only messier.

[Cronos]

I've never been inside of an Aldi's, and up until about a year ago, I thought they were a car part place(the logo and the shape of the buildings just didn't look like that of a grocery store to me; it's hard to explain).

There is one located only a couple hundred feet from my apartment, though; sounds like I should check it out sometime.

And I have no idea how much I spend on food a month these days, but I never complain too much about it, since it isn't something I can do without.

[Richie Allen]

I went in to Aldi's once and found it kind of chaotic and hard to get around, so I haven't gone back. It reminded me of a lot of the neighborhood groceries I saw in Europe, only messier.

The ones I used to go in were quite depressing as well. Boxes of cereal all over the floor. Crummy looking places that made you want to vomit. And the food was just tolerable, at best. It was great for college students, plus we got a kick out of their generic brand names like Rodeo Bill chips and Happy Harvest or something like that.

Now, I don't know if there's a change in philosophy or what but the two that I go to are fairly nice and their freezers are nicer than...(my fiancee just walked in and saw what I was typing and said "don't you ever make fun of me for anything ever again.") Anyway, they're somewhat nicer than I remember and much of their food is great, especially considering the price.

I never realized that Aldi was based out of Germany. If anyone's having trouble sleeping, here's an in-depth history of Aldi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi