Aldi's Comparisons

This past year, I have been doing more and more shopping at Aldi's. I started going first because of the prices, but as I start buying more and more there, I find I'm buying also for the quality. We've found many things that we like better at Aldi's than we do at Kroger's or Meijer's. In fact, lately on each trip to Aldi's, I've started to buy 1 or 2 new items that I would normally grab out of habit at Kroger's to see how it measures up, and there haven't been too many flops. Here's a list of things that we now only buy exclusively at Aldi's:



1. Taco mix

2. Flour tortillas

3. Baking staples (unless there is a better price elsewhere)

4. Canned fruits and vegetables

5. Minute rice

6. Frozen boneless skinless chicken breasts

7. Cake/muffin mixes



Right now we're trying their kitchen-size garbage bags and cat litter, although I don't always see litter in stock. So far the bags are good. The litter seems quite a bit more dusty than the Wal-Mart brand we usually use, and with finicky cats, I may go back to Wal-Mart for this. We're also trying the Aldi brand of butter and margarine, and so far so good with that. I can't tell a difference, so unless there is an outstanding sale, we'll add this to our standard Aldi list. I wonder what we'll try next?