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Aldi brand items are very similar to human food.

brettermeier 3y ago
Is it so bad in the US? In germany their food is often quite nice, compared to other discounters. (This is a personal opinion, but has also been claimed in some television reports where, for example, various ice creams etc. were tested.)
- gen3 3y ago
  It’s not bad here. Some aldi brand items aren’t as good (such as their cheez-it), but generally everything is of good quality. I think the only thing you can complain of is that the US stores are smaller and offer less (ex no in house bakery)
  - kipchak 3y ago
    I think the problem with their cheez-its is that they are knockoff cheese-nips instead.
    - brettermeier 3y ago
      Some knock-off products aren't as good as the originals, that's also a "problem" here, but the discounters do this with almost every well-known product and the quality is usually okay.
- unregistereddev 3y ago
  If you are buying staple goods, Aldi quality is quite nice. For some luxuries (fancy cheese, chocolates) their quality is very good, especially for a discounter. If you only want to buy processed food and meal kits that require minimal cooking, then Aldi has subpar quality. Many of the prepackaged meal kits and processed foods are notably lower quality than what you find in other grocery stores.
  - PaulHoule 3y ago
    The chocolate bars are an astonishing value. The two big online video advertisers I noticed in December were Amazon and Aldi, but the ads could not be more different. Amazon's ads were irrelevant to the brand, they were just showing stories that people were supposed to react emotionally to. (And they never said that the guy at the Llama farm is paying the same for prime as people who get same day shipping except he gets five day shipping.) Aldi on the other hand was really clear about why Aldi was different from other retailers and were a lot more compelling to me. (I did buy from Aldi in December, I didn't buy anything from Amazon.)
  - dumbfounder 3y ago
    I ordered from Aldi for the last time yesterday. The cheese was flavorless, I ordered 3 kinds. The kids reject the Nutella substitute. Their cereal is made from 70% cardboard. Produce is good but all Aldi brand stuff that I have had is trash.
- zdragnar 3y ago
  Their cuts of meat are often sub-par, especially the beef. Otherwise, the quality of their goods is pretty high.

Is it so bad in the US? In germany their food is often quite nice, compared to other discounters. (This is a personal opinion, but has also been claimed in some television reports where, for example, various ice creams etc. were tested.)

gen3 3y ago
It’s not bad here. Some aldi brand items aren’t as good (such as their cheez-it), but generally everything is of good quality. I think the only thing you can complain of is that the US stores are smaller and offer less (ex no in house bakery)
- kipchak 3y ago
  I think the problem with their cheez-its is that they are knockoff cheese-nips instead.
  - brettermeier 3y ago
    Some knock-off products aren't as good as the originals, that's also a "problem" here, but the discounters do this with almost every well-known product and the quality is usually okay.
unregistereddev 3y ago
If you are buying staple goods, Aldi quality is quite nice. For some luxuries (fancy cheese, chocolates) their quality is very good, especially for a discounter. If you only want to buy processed food and meal kits that require minimal cooking, then Aldi has subpar quality. Many of the prepackaged meal kits and processed foods are notably lower quality than what you find in other grocery stores.
- PaulHoule 3y ago
  The chocolate bars are an astonishing value. The two big online video advertisers I noticed in December were Amazon and Aldi, but the ads could not be more different. Amazon's ads were irrelevant to the brand, they were just showing stories that people were supposed to react emotionally to. (And they never said that the guy at the Llama farm is paying the same for prime as people who get same day shipping except he gets five day shipping.) Aldi on the other hand was really clear about why Aldi was different from other retailers and were a lot more compelling to me. (I did buy from Aldi in December, I didn't buy anything from Amazon.)
- dumbfounder 3y ago
  I ordered from Aldi for the last time yesterday. The cheese was flavorless, I ordered 3 kinds. The kids reject the Nutella substitute. Their cereal is made from 70% cardboard. Produce is good but all Aldi brand stuff that I have had is trash.
zdragnar 3y ago
Their cuts of meat are often sub-par, especially the beef. Otherwise, the quality of their goods is pretty high.