Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:59:11 -0800, Gregory Morrow
> > wrote:
>
>> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>>
>>
>> [SNIPEROONIE "partially hydrogenated" nonsense]
>>
>>
>>> ALDI is a store for poor
>>> people.
>>
>> Nonsense, it's a store for smart people who want to save some money...
>
> Gotta disagree with you there. Maybe for those of you who think
> you're smart but are lacking in shopping skills. In your case just
> lacking a car and grateful they got rid of that Dominick's. Shit, a
> White Hen would be better than a Dominick's. I went to the Aldi's
> site which you posted a link to, and found nothing special to make me
> go to a place with such a limited selection. I also read the replies
> from another forum that you posted. The first one had someone who
> switched to the Ultra in Forest Park.

Well, they don't have that store everywhere.

> Doesn't that tell you that Aldi
> isn't all that? Ultra is far from my favorite store but I've shopped
> there many times. Aldi's site says cream cheese has been reduced to
> $.89. Big deal. Same as Ultra. Or you can go to any Centrella store
> and get the name brand (Philadelphia) for $.99. Aldi has reduced
> butter to $1.89. Ultra has it for $1.50. By my limited math skills
> you people that think you're smart, are overpaying. Various pork
> chops range from $2.89 to $3.69 at Aldi. I recently paid $1.29 for
> Aldi's $3.69 version and they weren't cryovaced in crap. We were out
> in the burbs and found a great place with a real meat counter. I
> could go on and on about how silly your comment was but I don't want
> to embarrass you.
>

Most of the meat at Aldi is not priced competitively enough to beat loss
leader prices. (There is also the quality issue; I assume most people
prefer their beef unadulterated) The low prices on the hundreds of other
pantry staples they have make up for it, imo. I think it is ridiculous
to make a claim that to save money one should shop at only one store. My
personal shopping plan type thing is to shop loss leaders at the chains,
and fill in the gaps with Aldi stuff.

>> But you'll also find plenty of savvy middle class white folks
>> shopping there too.
>
> Using food stamps?
>

In the 3 years I have been shopping at Aldi, I have seen all of one
person pay with food stamps.

>> People need to get smart about grocery shopping,
>
> Including you.
>
>> there is no particular stigma about shopping at Aldi.
>
> LOLOL. TJ's is the yuppie 7-11, and Aldi's is the food stamp heaven.
> It's going to take a long time to change that stigma if it ever
> happens.
>
>> They opened a new store near me that is sparkling clean and with courteous help.
>> I'd take 'em over Whole Foods any day..
>
> Comparing WF to Aldi's is lubricious.
>

I will agree with you on that. Myself, I'd go for one of the local
upscale places over WF anyhow. (I'm biased, I used to work there :>)



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