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> a misguided mission to penny-pinch What do you mean by this? I save at least 10USD a week by buying certain items from Aldi. 10USD is a lot of money for some

> a misguided mission to penny-pinch What do you mean by this? I save at least 10USD a week by buying certain items from Aldi. 10USD is a lot of money for some people.

Moru 8y ago
What do you mean with saving 10 USD? In volume or in actual product? If you buy things that has been watered out, do you still save money? I mean, in a can with 400 g of content, 50% of the product can be water or other filling material. In another product the fill-content can be 25% but at a higher price. Often these prices actually evens out, or the supposedly cheaper product is actually more expencive. This can also be applied to other products than food, just in different state of breaking faster. Germany is full of these types of stores, Aldi's products feel like a bit more quality than the rest when you talk to people. Some people does a run on mondays and thursdays to Aldi, Lidl, Extra, Plus, Norma and so on, that all get different products every week. Some of them twice per week. If they don't get sold within a week, they get moved down further towards the exit, at even cheaper prices when the new stuff comes and gets placed at the premium area.
- jpatokal 8y ago
  There are a lot of products at Aldi/Lidl that are literally identical to what's sold in regular supermarkets (except for the label), because it comes from the same factory. This is particularly obvious in smaller markets like Australia, where there may be only a few manufacturers for a given item (say, some kinds of cheese or fruit yogurt with no sugar added). The article even mentions somebody buying Aldi's clone cereals and finding a box of "real" Froot Loops inside.
- tonyedgecombe 8y ago
  What do you mean with saving 10 USD? In volume or in actual product? If you buy things that has been watered out, do you still save money? It's really not like that, their mainstream products are as good as any other supermarket, better in some cases.
- hardatwork 8y ago
  > What do you mean with saving 10 USD? I get the same calories and satisfaction from the food and drink as I would from the bigger name store items, but it's cheaper.

> a misguided mission to penny-pinch What do you mean by this? I save at least 10USD a week by buying certain items from Aldi. 10USD is a lot of money for some people.

Moru 8y ago

What do you mean with saving 10 USD? In volume or in actual product? If you buy things that has been watered out, do you still save money? I mean, in a can with 400 g of content, 50% of the product can be water or other filling material. In another product the fill-content can be 25% but at a higher price. Often these prices actually evens out, or the supposedly cheaper product is actually more expencive. This can also be applied to other products than food, just in different state of breaking faster. Germany is full of these types of stores, Aldi's products feel like a bit more quality than the rest when you talk to people. Some people does a run on mondays and thursdays to Aldi, Lidl, Extra, Plus, Norma and so on, that all get different products every week. Some of them twice per week. If they don't get sold within a week, they get moved down further towards the exit, at even cheaper prices when the new stuff comes and gets placed at the premium area.

jpatokal 8y ago
There are a lot of products at Aldi/Lidl that are literally identical to what's sold in regular supermarkets (except for the label), because it comes from the same factory. This is particularly obvious in smaller markets like Australia, where there may be only a few manufacturers for a given item (say, some kinds of cheese or fruit yogurt with no sugar added). The article even mentions somebody buying Aldi's clone cereals and finding a box of "real" Froot Loops inside.
tonyedgecombe 8y ago
What do you mean with saving 10 USD? In volume or in actual product? If you buy things that has been watered out, do you still save money? It's really not like that, their mainstream products are as good as any other supermarket, better in some cases.
hardatwork 8y ago
> What do you mean with saving 10 USD? I get the same calories and satisfaction from the food and drink as I would from the bigger name store items, but it's cheaper.