The 5 Truths You Learn From Shopping at ALDI

If you are already a loyal ALDI shopper, then you will probably be able to relate to this entire post. In fact, you may even be able to add a truth or two that I may have missed or may not have realized already myself. ;) But shopping at an ALDI is definitely not like shopping at your local chain grocery store. For a first-timer, a trip to ALDI may be uncomfortably foreign at first. And in fact, you may decide that it just isn't for you (this actually was my initial reaction when visiting an ALDI store for the first few times, but I changed my tune later). I mean, you have to pay for a cart. And there are not any grocery bags- unless you want to pay for those too. But once you have shopped there a few times, you may just see how genius their entire layout really is.
I became a loyal ALDI shopper over three years ago pretty much out of necessity. My husband and I had just had our daughter, and I desperately wanted to stay home with her. But for our family of four to make it on a single income, we really needed to cut down our budget and fast. Since food has always been my forte, I tackled our grocery budget first. I dug in and despite the fact that I had turned up my nose to shopping at ALDI before, I gave it another go. And once I realized how much I was saving on our groceries each week, I was sold for life. :) Now I still shop other grocery stores and retailers in addition to my weekly trip to ALDI. But that is mostly for things that ALDI just doesn't carry or when another grocery store is having an amazing sale.
Okay, so let's get to it. Here are the 5 truths I have learned from shopping at ALDI over the past 3 years... Read more »