I never much liked going to Aldi, the pared back Supermarket, with it's disheveled shelves of Euro brand products. I always felt a bit scummy trawling through the mass, yet with the economic crisis it is now considered 'savvy', not 'tight', to be keeping an eye on your pennies. And many pennies you may save!
They have a system of leaving the products in the box they got delivered in. They don't have to pay shelve stackers to sort it out and that is how they keep there prices so low. They are unbelievably low too!
You either have to buy a bag, bring your own shopping bag or better still, just grab one of the empty boxes lying about the place and start to fill it with goods. The difference in price is astronomical. I filled a medium sized box and it cost me $30. $30 at Coles would fill a third of a shopping bag.
Aldi stocks some pretty diverse products too. You can get a Digital camera for $60 and sometimes they have TV's and tents and coffee tables and many other disparate items in their budget store.
Aldi is a great first stop and if they don't have the items you need then go elsewhere with all that money you saved.
Some of their veggies are absolutely fresh and fine and the price is so low you wonder why you were such a snob about it before. read more