Why does Aldi have such horrible produce?

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Aldi is for poor people and poor people don't deserve good produce. Just stick with the off-brand potato chips, soda, and hot dogs, put them in that stupid cardboard box you brought with you (because poor people don't deserve grocery bags either) and stop whining ok?
 
Meat Target dijo:
Burger.
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Then I can actually help. I find corporate history actually interesting, and can inform you on some of Aldi's backend. They like having their own distributions of everything, which is why they tend to have brands you can't find anywhere except Aldi's. (They have a really good sparkling lemonade as a seasonal item, and Clancy's chips are pretty good IMO.)

This generally means one of two things if the produce consistently sucks. (Personally, haven't found that to be a particular problem at Aldi's, but I generally don't go for fresh produce much either. Also not making excuses for Aldi's, I'm tearing all the groceries down on that one.)

1. They skimped out on their supplier and are buying cut rate to keep costs down.

2. They're buying the sloppy seconds after all the other grocers get their pick, again for the aforementioned cut rate.

I respect that they know what they are and really aren't pretending to be more than that, but it's best shopped at with a, "You get what you pay for," mentality. It's fine for what it is, they carry good canned items, their off-brand items are treated with actual respect so I don't look down on them, and their focus is on good prices, but I wouldn't go to them for fresh produce.

But I wouldn't really go to a grocer for any good fresh produce either, yanno?
 
They market themselves as the cheapest but seem to have convinced themselves that nothing else matters. I decided to give my local german lowest common denominator supermarket a try a few months back. First strike was that their trolleys require the £1 deposit to unchain and use them. Second was the fresh produce had no date information at all; not even the codes the supermarkets all switched to in order to dump their rotting shit on a deceived customer save the planet. Third strike was the physical barrier that prevented exit without scanning a receipt. They did not get my money and probably never will.
 
I go to Aldi because there's one right across the street where I live. The fresh products are hit or miss when it comes to vegetables/fruits. I cannot complain about the meat product so far they were fine. I usually get cheap pork cuts for stir fries. I'm also surprised to find lots of Trader Joe's product. I like to buy dry fruits and pistachio bags. For dairy products it's a mixed bag, there's a sufficient number of cheese but I find the yogurt section underwhelming. The frozen isle is also small but there's some decent stuff.
Overall I rate my aldi a 5/10
3/10 vegs and fruits
4/10 canned goods
7/10 meats
5/10 dairy
6/10 frozen
6/10 misc
8/10 snacks
6/10 bakery
 
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Milkshake Sniffer dijo:
First strike was that their trolleys require the £1 deposit to unchain and use them.
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I was about to say you can get that back after you're done with them by pulling the coin out as you're re-hooking it... but that's a pound. Those things are probably digital now aren't they?
Milkshake Sniffer dijo:
Third strike was the physical barrier that prevented exit without scanning a receipt. They did not get my money and probably never will.
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Either we're fucking spoiled in Burgerland or somehow Aldi's UK has gone more hood than the hood.
 
Aldi fruit and veg has been fine but the meat has went way downhill where I am in the UK. Pork belly slices that look like they's been cut by a blind man using a dull hatchet, chicken that still had quills in them that was rotten 2 days before the stamped expiry date.
 
I think a lot of it depends on your particular Aldi, when I was in college the one I went to had shitty produce but when I moved the Aldi near my house always had good veggies and fruits.
 
I went to an Aldi once and bought some questionable packaged bratwursts. They were indeed questionable and I questioned my motivations for trusting them while having an upset stomach the following day. My experience at Lidl has been better.
 
I like Aldi and shop there a lot, but I agree the produce is very hit-or-miss. I also hit Walmart on the way back and pick up the handful of things I need that Aldi doesn't have or has but sucks.

Milkshake Sniffer dijo:
Third strike was the physical barrier that prevented exit without scanning a receipt. They did not get my money and probably never will.
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They've never had anything like that here. Sorry to hear you live in a nigger-dense environment.
 
Milkshake Sniffer dijo:
They market themselves as the cheapest but seem to have convinced themselves that nothing else matters. I decided to give my local german lowest common denominator supermarket a try a few months back. First strike was that their trolleys require the £1 deposit to unchain and use them. Second was the fresh produce had no date information at all; not even the codes the supermarkets all switched to in order to dump their rotting shit on a deceived customer save the planet. Third strike was the physical barrier that prevented exit without scanning a receipt. They did not get my money and probably never will.
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Never seen an Aldi with a physical barrier. In the US they require quarters for the carts. We also have physical tags/labels on shit not digital codes.

Produce here is fresher too. I think stores can be shuttered if they fail certain health code standards, maybe call your local inspectors and see if they can put a stop to it.
 
It must be location dependent. Aldi's produce and meat is fine here in Sydney. The produce did used to all be pre-packed, but now you have a choice of pre-packed or loose.

Trolleys require a coin or a token here (most supermarkets require coins). The token is 99 cents and a one-off, so it's not a big deal.
 
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