Shopping at Aldi's

[2Birds1Stone]

Dang, that sucks.

Admittedly the "perfect" window only seems to last ~48 hours from my experience. We check them 2-3 days after purchase and that's been the sweet spot for us. I've only gotten a few brown ones among the 100's we've bought there since the summer.

[OtherJen]

Yeah, Aldi produce and meat quality definitely varies by region. Most stores in my area have good produce and meat (the closest one is usually great for both), but I’ve heard complaints from people who live in other areas. Store management also makes a difference; there’s one Aldi in a 5-mile radius of my house that doesn’t have decent produce, and the meat case had an odd smell. Needless to say, I don’t shop there.

[OtherJen]

The Aldi stores in my area have frozen bay scallops for $4.99 per lb. this week. The ones I bought for tonight’s dinner were great, so I think I’m going to stock up.

[Tris Prior]

I'm eagerly waiting for the organic potting soil to show up at my Aldi. It's still pretty early here though since it is still freaking cold. $4 per big bag, and my plants did well in it. Should've bought more; I don't have a car so I stuffed my granny cart full of a few bags, walked it home, went back, and poof, all gone.

[FIRE@50]

The Aldi stores in my area have frozen bay scallops for $4.99 per lb. this week. The ones I bought for tonight’s dinner were great, so I think I’m going to stock up.

How did you prepare them?

[OtherJen]

The Aldi stores in my area have frozen bay scallops for $4.99 per lb. this week. The ones I bought for tonight’s dinner were great, so I think I’m going to stock up.

How did you prepare them?

I used this recipe, although I added the heavy cream (see note at the end of the recipe) and some parmesan cheese because husband had made a comment about wanting alfredo sauce. If you add the cream, I'd strongly suggest reducing in in a saucepan with the wine before adding it to the skillet because the skillet cook times weren't long enough (too much risk of overcooking the scallops). Next time I'll probably just make it as written.

[Brother Esau]

Our local store has been routinely scanning honey crisp apples as McIntosh apples at $0.99/lb. The honey crisps are $2.50/lb :-)

[FIRE@50]

The Aldi stores in my area have frozen bay scallops for $4.99 per lb. this week. The ones I bought for tonight’s dinner were great, so I think I’m going to stock up.

How did you prepare them?

I used this recipe, although I added the heavy cream (see note at the end of the recipe) and some parmesan cheese because husband had made a comment about wanting alfredo sauce. If you add the cream, I'd strongly suggest reducing in in a saucepan with the wine before adding it to the skillet because the skillet cook times weren't long enough (too much risk of overcooking the scallops). Next time I'll probably just make it as written.

That looks amazing. Thanks!

[Awesomeness]

We just gotta brand new Aldi in a strip mall. It’s nice and larger than the other two freestanding locations not too far away.  I can drive to all three within 30 minutes. 

The town I’d like to relocate to someday just got their first one, now if they’d just get an ikea I’d be set. 

My son lives in Lubbock, he has a Costco which is great but an Aldi would be nice for pantry items. 

I still only buy my meats from Costco.  Produce is a hit or miss but I just plan to eat it ASAP and that seems to work.