Aldi

So ALDI Will save you money yes… certain things you should buy here like baking stuff paper towels canned goods cereal and granola bars. But the produce and fresh meat and coldcuts are not very good at all… the produce secton is actually pretty bad… never fresh or clean looking. The meat is bad quality except the chicken its not bad… I tried the ground beef yuck… so I hope this review doesn’t come accross as really bad but just know what to buy here and you will not be disappointed… Any imported food from Germany is good the chocolate from Europe is great… dont forget bags and a quarter for the cart too

* Why is everything just a little different here? *
Remember that 30 Rock episode with all the brands like Schwupps Ginny Pale and Peppy Bismilk? Aldi is kinda like that. It doesn’t go as far as something like this
but it is hard to not chuckle a bit at the various knock offs that clearly must be sanctioned or they would be sued for product confusion.
Seriously the boxes and packages look almost identical to the real brands at first glance until you realize they replaced the cartoon character on them and made some slight name changes. Check these out:
— Tony the Tiger replaced with a Polar Bear on their version of Frosted Flakes:
— Lucky the Leprechaun replaced with a green wizard on their version of Lucky Charms:
The entire store is filled with brands like these. Actually pretty damn amusing!
But then let’s get serious for a second… The quality of these products seems identical to the main brands, but at much MUCH lower prices. Now things are getting interesting…
Track it down a bit more and Aldi is part of the same family business that also owns Trader Joe’s. It is all starting to make sense now.
Aldi definitely has more of a discount store feel, and the knock off brands definitely push the line more than Trader Joe’s, but they have a similar high quality level.
It was an amusing little shopping trip where I felt like Liz Lemon…