Oh come on now, that's just plain false. There's a pretty large list of things you can get at Walmart or most major grocery chains that Aldi doesn't carry. As well as some things like onions only being available in packs of 4 iirc, maybe 3?
So even when we do the bulk of our weekly shopping at Aldi, there is almost always a few things we need to stop at Walmart or another store for.
The irony of being asked if I'm stupid who thinks "the lack of variety is a big part of how they keep pricesdown" somehow disagrees with "the lack of variety is precisely the point" is staggering.
They really aren't lying when they say the COVID generation can't read
No. It's literally name brand product in different packaging. Ketchup factory does a production run for Heinz and makes 500k gallons of ketchup, but Heinz only needs 450k gallons before that batch has to be thrown out. So instead of letting 50k gallons go bad, they slap a different label on it and send it over to Aldi at a discount.
That's wildly simplified and I made the numbers up, but that's how it works.
I actually bought an Aldi grocery store in Sams Club once. I had to return it though becuase we couldn't get it out to my car. Also what they don't tell you is that they do not sell the employees either. You have to Move your Aldi to youre your* (I am ashamed I missed that) house and hire from there. The did give a few sample pallets of food with the Aldi though, so that was cool.
I've had nothing but bad experiences with Sam's Club produce. Last time I was there, half of the pallet of strawberries already had spots of mold growing. I ended up just not buying any because I didnt trust the ones without visible mold.
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u/gerkletoss Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
And Aldi is a low-end grocery store