We've been shopping at Aldi going on 7 years since my first review. The rating has gone up a star. Everyone there pretty much knows us now, they are very helpful, and the quality of their products is great.
We have now started buying our milk from Aldi, switching over from Market Basket. It seems MB doesn't handle their milk very safely - every time we would buy a half gallon of their 2 percent skim milk, it would be sour very quickly! There is somewhere in the supply chain that their milk is getting warm. The Aldi milk, on the other hand, is ice cold when we pull it from the cold chest, and it lasts a good week past the freshness date!
Now for the new things we've discovered: their ice cream sandwiches are wonderful; way better than Hood's, which had always been a mainstay! The chocolate cookie outside tastes like it actually has cocoa in it, and the ice cream is nice and creamy. The pre-packaged meal envelopes are great - they have a Pad Thai (pretty spicy), Southwest Burrito filling, and a couple of Indian choices (Vegetable Korma and Butter Chickpea). We pour them into a bowl, and heat for 3 minutes in the microwave, then eat it with a piece of their excellent Naan bread. The fastest lunch around! Their Organic Uncured Hot Dogs are wonderful! Very meaty, and none of the crap that's in many hot dog brands. We put one of them on their brioche hot dog bun with chopped raw onion and German mustard, and have a quick, delicious lunch. Or have them with baked beans for a hearty dinner.
As you can see, we're very pleased with Aldi - the only complaint is the recent re-arrangement of the aisle layout. It still drives us nuts! But that said, the food quality, service, prices, and pleasant employees win out! read more