- These are the 10 things you should always buy at ALDI.
10 things you need to buy at ALDI grocery stores.
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First thing you should always buy at ALDI, spices.
And just to put their spices into perspective,
they have many of their own lines.
And if you guys for any reason
unfamiliar about the history of ALDI,
I'll take you through that.
But this garlic powder
is $5.39 at most grocery stores right now.
Might be able to get it for $4.99,
McCormick and Schmick.
Different prices at the time I'm recording this video,
but this is $1.99.
In fact, if you search through most ALDI stores
and just user-submitted photos that pop up,
$1.19,
95 cents,
2.99.
It depends in the area where you are shopping
and some of these prices are different by zip code.
But because ALDI has its own in-store brands
where their motto is highest possible quality
at the lowest possible price,
they're able to not only control the level of competition
in their grocery stores,
but they can ensure
that you do get that heightened quality,
and that the actual price you pay
is far less in most cases,
on this list of products that I'm sharing.
So the number one thing you should always buy at ALDI,
spices.
The second group of products
that you should always buy at ALDI, cheese.
And I can tell you this as a father right now,
with a daughter that is obsessed with American cheese
and all the cheese
she shouldn't actually be enjoying on a regular basis.
I know that what you're seeing right now
is a weekly special.
But I've canvassed the last few weeks of specials
and they all present comparable prices on cheese products.
And whatever it is,
if the price that you see on your screen right now
is not identical to what you would find
with either in-store pickup, delivery,
or a visit to your local ALDI's,
I am telling you right now,
they are more competitive on cheese products
than any grocery store brand right now.
So please keep that in mind
when you are shopping for cheese.
That is a great product to buy.
That being said,
that doesn't include all dairy products.
Milk is generally not a great buy at ALDI's
and that's because of some controversy tied to the milk.
I'm gonna discuss that in another video
because this is the 10 things you should buy.
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The third thing you should consider buying from ALDI, wine.
The wine selection from their Winking Owl brand,
is not only incredibly popular,
but many of the wines,
I don't know if you guys know this,
are award-winning wines.
So if you are on a very limited budget,
that whole Two-Buck Chuck phenomenon, taken even further,
the wines that they have are not only well-received
but there's independent YouTube channels
devoted entirely to reviewing ALDI wine.
You're going to do very well with their wine selection
and it is unbelievably competitive.
And contrast,
well, Walmart has its own in-store wine brand as well.
You put the two side-by-side,
I'm not much of a wine connoisseur,
but the average person will tell you
that the ALDI's one wins time and time again
as the third product you should buy from ALDI's.
The fourth group of products,
you guys can tell,
this is a big budget YouTube channel.
I make my own graphics, four.
The fourth line of products
you should buy at ALDI's, chocolate.
If you're unfamiliar,
ALDI's has some very proud German roots,
for the distributors and owners of the store
and the chocolate selection
is not only one of the most competitively priced
chocolate selections,
but the quality is actually unbelievable.
I know a lot more about eating chocolate
than I do about drinking wine
and this is a great chocolate.
You'll notice that most of their chocolates
have no artificial colors or preservatives.
They're very proud of that.
And the selection of what's available,
what they make and what they stock is second to none.
And the fifth group of products
that you should always buy at ALDI's, ketchup.
Now bear with me for a moment
because I did some recent studies
and surveys on different pricing.
ALDI's signature Burman's Tomato Ketchup,
just as an example,
was selling for a $1.19 for a 38-ounce bottle,
a $1.19 for a 38-ounce bottle,
and Walmart was selling a 32-ounce bottle
of its own Great Value Ketchup for a buck, 32.
Just to put one very low price
beside another very low price from two store brands.
And this is very similar to the Costco motto, right?
Costco's signature Kirkland brand,
brings a very high level of quality at a very low price
because Costco can control their own brands
and also they're not competing with themselves
by generally stocking only that brand.
And ALDI has a very limited ketchup selection
but if you actually look at the reviews,
this is a taste test done by The Guardian not too long ago.
It's just interesting, just to see what's out there
when I am not only going store to store
but researching these projects.
ALDI won hands down
after comparison and comparison to different ketchups.
And they're not only standing out in terms of their taste
but also their price.
So keep that in mind.
They did place higher than most brands
to which they were compared.
So that's one of the great things
about the ALDI lines that they control.
In the number 6th spot,
and speaking of brands that ALDI controls.
Their store-refrigerated pizza
is not only one of the most delicious and affordable
refrigerated pizzas that you can buy,
but if you spend a lot of money on takeout pizza,
oh, I am telling you, this is a game changer.
And there are actually are different websites and blogs.
This one is, I believe, from Kitchn,
devoted entirely to reviewing and celebrating
the different Mama Cozzi pizzas,
celebrated and available at ALDI.
I also love the Southwest one when that's available.
And it is important to note
that the ingredients are very fresh
and the crust and the dough used on these pizzas
is one of the best combinations,
if you are a pizza aficionado.
And by the way, if anyone out there
has actually tried this pizza, as I have,
or if you enjoy it regularly,
this is something that is,
well often sold out on Friday nights at ALDI stores.
That's just how popular this pizza is
and you would think that if they can do pizza dough well,
they could probably do a decent job on bread.
And folks, that brings us to the next line of products
you should always buy at ALDI and that's bread.
ALDI was actually one of the last major grocery store chains
to roll out actual bakeries in their stores.
And I'm not even discussing the bakeries right now,
I'm merely alluding to their bread selection
which is fabulous.
And there are a couple of things
and this was from Delish.com,
just as an example.
I am not a keto person.
But their Zero Net Carb bread
is apparently one of the best keto-friendly sliced breads
you can buy.
People freak out over this, Zero Net Carbs.
As you can tell from looking at me,
I enjoy my carbs.
In fact, I think they go straight to my nose.
But I will tell you,
the bread selection at ALDI is fresh.
If you're not on the health bandwagon
and I mean, Instagram is just full of images
of this bread that's very popular.
I'm going to tell you guys right now
that their regular bread,
their wholewheat, their white bread,
their baguettes,
even their, like, tortillas that I've picked up before,
just fabulous.
But primarily, their bread selection
is not only incredibly well priced, very competitive.
But it's not one of those things
where you need to wait for a weekly special.
The deals on bread are available on a regular basis.
It's just their regular pricing.
That might bring you to the big question
of what do ALDI's bread selections look like
when they have additional discounts.
And if you check your weekly special,
just to give you an example in this case,
these hot dog and hamburger bun selections,
just as an example,
are 75 cents each for a pack of four.
So I'd say that it's competitive
although I did see something very similar at Sam's Club.
And then again,
if you are looking for their regular bread selection,
you don't need to check their weekly offerings.
You can find those in-store.
In the number eight spot
of what I would always buy at ALDI's,
decor and house essentials,
especially for your bathroom.
Wait, what?
Did you just tell me to go to a grocery store
and buy shower curtains?
Why, yes, I did.
I don't know if you guys are aware of this
but on the ALDI website
which they're giving a little bit more
real estate to recently.
They are celebrating something called ALDI Finds,
and these are finds
that are similar to a Bed Bath & Beyond.
Some of the quality actually very comparable to IKEA.
And I'm gonna take you through
what I would 100% buy from here.
So I just wanna mention,
if you do see electronics,
they're not of the highest quality.
I did test out this $14.99 fan.
It was decent.
It's not gonna compare to a $60 TaoTronics from Amazon.
But assuming you skipped that,
and you don't buy this razor grooming set
which was just horrendous
and there are better deals at Walmart and Target
on something comparable right now,
you're going to find some incredible deals.
For example, the 14-piece,
yeah, 14-piece bath rug and shower set?
This is $9.99
and you get different pattern.
It is just unbelievable what you can get
on many of these seasonal finds.
Let me just see if I can show you another one right here.
The three-wick candle, not bad.
And comparable pricing right now,
this is at the time I'm uploading this video,
this is a dollar less than the dollar store.
Just, just try to put that in perspective.
They have a cart.
Let me see if I can find that for you.
Where did the cart go?
Okay, here we go.
This cart right here at 29.99
is actually higher quality than a comparable product
at $34 that I tested from IKEA.
And there is one more thing that I wanna show you, guys.
These giant Sterilite 64-quart boxes at 6.99.
At the time of uploading,
this is not only the lowest price in the country
but the dollar store couldn't come close to this
with one of their comparable inferior brands.
I guess that makes no sense.
That's redundant.
That's contradictory, I mean.
Comparable inferior, that makes no sense.
One of their comparable brands.
One of their comparable products that is an inferior brand.
There you go, nailed it.
No need to edit that one.
So that would be a thing
that I would definitely pay attention to, the ALDI Finds.
In the number nine spot,
I need a drink, beer.
I know I talked about wine previously.
Wine has nothing to do with the fact
that ALDI's got some proud German roots
but if you take into account
that German beer is not only very much celebrated
but they've won all sorts of awards for their beer as well
and there are some great beer of the month deals.
Please pay attention to that,
whether it's one of their brands or another brand.
These are great finds for beer drinkers.
I would 1000% consider a beer purchase from ALDI
and of course German beer, German chocolate,
German sausage, yeah.
That is actually the final product line
that I wanna celebrate at ALDI,
although there is something
that it is important that you guys know about ALDI.
So when it comes to fresh meat, (sighs)
it's a bit of hit and miss,
because the fresh meat deals at ALDI are great
but they're not lower priced
than what you would find from Costco
or any of the membership wholesale clubs.
So if you guys belong to Sam's Club, Costco, BJ's,
the meat deals that I'm going to share with you
are not gonna excite you as much.
And if you do have very aggressive specials
from a value grocery store near you,
the deli meat is a much better buy than the regular meat.
So just to quickly mention,
some of the meat at ALDI's are just unbelievable deals.
And just to put some of these into perspective,
although I realize I'm using a weekly ad.
There's different specials every week
comparable to what I'm showing you.
The organic grass-fed strip steaks at 9.99.
That's in contrast to 19.99 right now at Whole Foods,
not that you could compare the two.
But quality-wise, I would say that both their organic lines
can hold their own against each other.
The rack of lamb at 9.99, like, that's, that's amazing.
There's $1.89 for a fresh family pack of chicken.
$1.89 per pound.
So these are great deals.
But if you actually go beyond that
and you look at the brands present within the store
and how ALDI operates,
the ALDI deli meat is one of the best finds ever.
A couple of reasons why.
There are no nitrates, there are no antibiotics.
There's no additional preservatives used
beyond what would be suggested by the USDA.
The other thing that's important to keep in mind
is they've completely eliminated the middle men.
Most ALDI stores do not have a deli section
of someone behind a counter, someone slicing meat,
and that savings is passed along to the customer.
So yes, if you love going to your butcher
and you love the experience
of watching someone slice and cut meat,
and they can control the thickness
of the oven-roasted turkey breast,
ALDI is not going to be for you.
But if you simply want awesome flavor, great meat,
and it's all packaged,
ready for you to pick up at one of the lowest,
most aggressive prices you will ever see,
100% go to the deli section at ALDI
and stock up on meat.
It is incredible.
So that's what I would say about meat.
I hope that helps you.
I've spent a lot of time at ALDI stores
and all sorts of grocery stores.
And when I go in,
I'm comparing not just the price
but the quality and what I take home,
and a lot of the findings that I present to you right here
are conducted over the course of a year.
So I try to be as thorough as I possibly can be.
I've moved around.
I've been to a lot of zip codes and areas and communities
on both sides of the border.
So I'm, I'm here to help.
All right, I hope you like this content.
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when I get excited that happens.
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or tie them behind my back.
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