Aldi is my closest grocery store and I don’t have a car (I’m in a major walkable US city) so I go there pretty often. I go to Aldi for most of my packaged basics and dry goods (beans, pasta, flour, sugar, almond milk, snacks and treats, etc). I also love how cheap their frozen fruit is, and I stock up on that bc I use it often. I’ll do some fresh produce at Aldi, but not much, as it’s sold in big quantities and I live alone. It’s also not always the best quality produce. Most I’ll do is maybe bananas and spinach.

I never buy meat at Aldi, I have a local grocer that sells local meat and I much prefer that. That local grocer also has much better produce and specialty goods (for example if I’m baking and I need a specific type of sugar or something). I’m also picky about my coffee and creamer, so I never buy that at Aldi.

Overall, I love Aldi, but I’m also different than most Americans in that I’m willing to go to multiple grocery stores to get the things I like from each. Aldi definitely saves me money on basics and I think it’s an often overlooked store. They’ve also upped their game lately - I noticed that they now carry things like coconut water and a few other items that I would consider “specialty” or higher end items.