Aldi has come a long way

[Insipid]

I recently watched a youtube video how much of modern American consumerist culture is based on bullshit identies. Obviously things like designer clothing have been around for quite some time. This has now gone beyond to innocuous things like handsoap.

Anyway, I was thinking about the first time Aldi opened near me in the early 2000s. Groceries were still rather affordable, as we remember. Then came Aldi. In these early days, you were forced down aisles instead of being allowed to roam about, the ceilings were low, the paint was darker, the produce was on what looked to be portable tables, and they only accepted cash. Some people were embarrassed to shop there.

Today, new Aldi stores allow you to roam about each aisle, the paint is bright, the tables don't look portable anymore, they indeed now accept card payments, and there are Aldi stores in bougie areas where people drive fancy cars. It's almost like this German efficiency is telling American consumerist culture to fuck off. Walmart tried to open in Germany and they failed.

[discolé monade]

one opened here, it's nothing to brag about IMO, but it's there and has some good deals. 

but i don't typically shop there, that's reserved for every basic bitch in a 50 mile radius. 

[André Toulon]

5 minutes ago, discolé monade said:

one opened here, it's nothing to brag about IMO, but it's there and has some good deals. 

but i don't typically shop there, that's reserved for every basic bitch in a 50 mile radius. 

Most of their stuff is hit or miss with me but they get shit no one else does...like pink lemonade pop tarts, and a frozen deep dish pizza... haven't seen one of those for years

Their beef is trash, but that's what my local butcher is for so I dont fault them for that...no worse than those gray ass cuts from Walmart.

Their bananas are dogshit (joy and Carmelita) but the strawberries are always sweet. The peaches are ok, but I most eat canned peaches and pears...not for health, i just like canned peaches and pears.

Its my go to for eggs and milk....much cheaper than anywhere else.

I cant glaze em like Benji, but Aldi definitely gets a portion of my money during refrigerator reup time.

 

[[classic swim]]

I do like those Buffalo chicken wraps.

[discolé monade]

1 hour ago, André Toulon said:

Most of their stuff is hit or miss with me but they get shit no one else does...like pink lemonade pop tarts, and a frozen deep dish pizza... haven't seen one of those for years

Their beef is trash, but that's what my local butcher is for so I dont fault them for that...no worse than those gray ass cuts from Walmart.

Their bananas are dogshit (joy and Carmelita) but the strawberries are always sweet. The peaches are ok, but I most eat canned peaches and pears...not for health, i just like canned peaches and pears.

Its my go to for eggs and milk....much cheaper than anywhere else.

I cant glaze em like Benji, but Aldi definitely gets a portion of my money during refrigerator reup time.

 

this is how the basic bitches speak over here, as well. 

never pegged you for one. 

[scoobdog]

Are white people even allowed inside an Aldi?

[André Toulon]

3 hours ago, discolé monade said:

this is how the basic bitches speak over here, as well. 

never pegged you for one. 

If pink lemonade pop tarts is basic bitch shit then fk it, I'm basic.

But huckleberry time...where do you shop, ma'am?

[André Toulon]

12 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

Are white people even allowed inside an Aldi?

See.... Sun chips 🤷🏿‍♂️

[Insipid]

1 hour ago, scoobdog said:

Are white people even allowed inside an Aldi?

Only recently immigrated Europeans. White Americans tend to get enraged that the cashiers are allowed to sit down.

[1pooh4u]

We got an Aldis a few years ago. Maybe it was a Lidl’s. Idk nvm. 
 

🫠
 

ok so we actually got both. I went to Lidl but the lights were so fuckin bright that me and the other.50 had to walk out. 
 

never been to Aldi’s but they’re opening a second location out here but both are more on the south shore. I know them and Trader Joe’s get a lot of attention for recalls 

Edited 4 hours ago by 1pooh4u
I got it figured out

[SwimOdin]

I enjoy Aldi, though you have to know the things that are way better there, and avoid the not as good stuff. Luckily for me there are more hits than misses.

[discolé monade]

3 hours ago, André Toulon said:

If pink lemonade pop tarts is basic bitch shit then fk it, I'm basic.

But huckleberry time...where do you shop, ma'am?

aldi's

[UwPp]

Aldis yes there's a mofo s the way I say it. 

Anyways, Aldis has been around for a long time in my neighborhood. Before the food was cheap but extremely shitty quality. 

But it's definitely stepped their game up. Been to a few in Orlando and they were fancy.