Any ALDI shoppers out there - Page 7

sprintman1 · 13-02-2016, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by tempted

What I find extremely ironic about Australians is that they are happy to throw their money away on drinking, smoking, gambling, illicit drugs and whatever other unhealthy activities, but then whinge about the price of their groceries.
I don't partake in any of these activities so I am more than happy to spend a little extra on my weekly shop with the money I have saved elsewhere.

You're just not getting this. There are items exclusively available at Aldi you cannot purchase anywhere else, and are not 'cheap' as such. We buy organic produce only and have done for over 20 years, yet we still check Aldi on a weekly basis. For some people it's about 'cheap' for others like us it isn't.

csv8 · 13-02-2016, 12:49 PM

LG17..Bananas are usually a yellow, crescent shaped fruit, potatoes are those browny coloured things covered in dirt, lettuce are those round green things you feed to the chooks and milk is a white fluid.
also found in Ford auto transmissions !!!

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commodorenutt · 13-02-2016, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by csv8

milk is a white fluid.
also found in Ford auto transmissions !!!

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Only when shaken, not stirred....

**GasoLane** · 13-02-2016, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by tempted

so I'm not going to waste my time explaining it to you any further.

Y'know when I read that I thought it was going to a good night. Then I see that you only meant for a couple of hours.

We get it that you don't like anything that isn't made in Aus, so please don't bother posting here.

However, if you want to keep stirring and arguing you'll finish up like stevz.... remember him?

1TUFFUTE · 13-02-2016, 10:03 PM

Double post

1TUFFUTE · 13-02-2016, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by nuthin' fancy

Your taste buds are finished if you can't tell the difference between bananas, potatoes, lettuce and milk

Your criticism is general. My experience is that their products are good for the price. The $27 paper guillotine I bought is as good as $70 ones elsewhere, their shredder has, so far, lasted ten times as long as the Dick Smith one I bought a coule of years ago (we're at 10 days now against 1 day for the Dick Smith oneand the Aldi one was 30% of the cost).

I'm not sure how your criticism about 'crap made to a price' can't simply be applied to everything. The higher the price, the better the crap.

My experience of shopping there over a long period of time is that, for many items (but not all), Aldi provies a vaue proposition not matched elsewhere.

Wait unti Lidl gets here, you'll see a basic retail propositon then.

Aldi are cheaper, $2.99 from memory for 700g cage eggs and the egg area is always cleaner than my local Woolworths.

And before you flame me for cage eggs, so called 'free-range' eggs would come from densities of 15,000 birds per ha if the eggs producers had there way. The chickens don't roam free as the photos would have you think. It is just a definition to make you feel better.

Here's a Terrible FACT about "free range" eggs! There is NO specific criteria to meet for free range eggs in Australia!
For eg.......your "free range" chickens only have to walk on grass on the way to the truck, to be classified as "free range".

As far as Aldi goes.....early on they weren't good. Now we do 90% of our shopping at Aldi, including fruit n vege! We love their general food and product standards that limit chemicals and rubbish additives! A bit of research shows they put a fair bit of effort into selling good quality and fresh foods as much as possible, using more and more locally sourced food companies!
I also concur that in general, the random household items they sell are good value!

LG17 · 13-02-2016, 10:19 PM

Oh dear :(

1TUFFUTE · 13-02-2016, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by tempted

What I find extremely ironic about Australians is that they are happy to throw their money away on drinking, smoking, gambling, illicit drugs and whatever other unhealthy activities, but then whinge about the price of their groceries.
I don't partake in any of these activities so I am more than happy to spend a little extra on my weekly shop with the money I have saved elsewhere.

That's a good point you make....but after reading your comment I had to add a bit more. We save so much every two weeks it's not even a joke anymore! But let's take the money issue out of it! My wife has numerous allergies an issues with Soooo many foods you'd cry! Aldi products by far suit her as after years of research we are 100% convinced they make a continued effort to sell as healthy a product as possible. Over time they're getting even better......from buying local farms and converting to grass fed meats to selling 100% natural baby Food! (And I'm not talking about Woolworths 100% natural claims) actual real food with out bpa and so on.
Not to mention their very cheap ORGANIC range! Try buying that elsewhere!
Or "wild caught" fish, salmon and sardines for eg! Try buying that anywhere! Mercury free!

Aldi is a game changer.......I could talk all night about good products they have......then you can add how cheap it is on top........

Just for the hell of it......we fill a trolley.....roll it to the car and plop the food into bags that sit in the boot!works very well!

The Yeti · 14-02-2016, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by tempted

I have been to Aldi plenty of times, tried and compared many of their products personally and have also seen, sampled and tested Aldi products that other people I know have bought.
My opinion comes from personal experience and is not just ****ed pub talk as you put it. Ok the bit about the shampoo was hearsay but I did also state that I could not confirm the validity of the claims. You obviously don't believe or don't want to believe anything I say, so I'm not going to waste my time explaining it to you any further.

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Originally Posted by tempted

Any South Australians here.... I wouldn't get too excited about Aldi. Once the novelty wears off you will see that it's a horrible place that sells cheap & nasty generic garbage.
I really can't see what the attraction is. Hardly anything is on shelves. Its all in boxes or pallets on the floor. You line up for what seems like an eternity as they usually have only one checkout open, they do not provide free bags and just throw your stuff into the trolley loosely making you pack it into your own bags yourself, then add extra fees if you pay by eftpos for the privellige.
The brands are all generic garbage with unheard of names with no reputation and of questionable quality (which I flat out refuse to eat) and there have been several reported cases of maggot infestations and foreign objects found in their products.
They suck people into their stores with cheap nasty items such as tools, electrical items and various other goods which are about as good as the Chinese junk you would find in a $2 shop and can be throw away after a couple of uses.
I avoid Aldi like the plague even though there is one virtually on my doorstep. I will stick with Woolies and Coles for my shop. They may not be the most ethical companies out there but at least their supermarkets are properly laid out, have the products and brands I want and the service I request for which I am happy to pay a little extra for. Aldi only seems to appeal to cheapskates and penny pinchers who are happy to eat any sort of crap.

Your posts don't line up

You avoid the place like the plague and won't eat their generic crap in one post but have been many times and sampled lots of there stuff in another

While on your moderator enforced holiday I suggest you make up your mind which it is

Itsme · 14-02-2016, 04:45 PM

Nothing wrong with Aldi stores, they are there for a reason & serve all communities quite well, I truly support these type of stores.

Enough said.

snopony · 14-02-2016, 05:11 PM

If it wasn't for Aldi I wouldn't have been able to feed my child over several years during a very difficult time.

Im grateful they opened in Australia.

SYZ · 14-02-2016, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by HULK EF

SyZ...
Why would anyone give their surname out? F That...

When I worked in retail for Coles-Myer, it was a firm company requirement that store managers and or duty managers must provide their surname to any customer who asks. But not so for any other staff; first names only.

It was reasonably considered that anybody looking after a $3+ million store should be fully accountable for its day-to-day performance—or lack thereof.

ALDI obviously disagree with this perfectly reasonable requirement—which I'm guessing is because of the old "no names, no pack drill" adage.

**Fordman1** · 14-02-2016, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by GasOLane

However, if you want to keep stirring and arguing you'll finish up like stevz.... remember him?

Funny that I was thinking the same thing

Aldi is great for generic stuff and day to day basics. It's a good business model that works and has a growing customer base.

Most of their products are Australian made too.

We save heaps when we buy there.

Boosted8 · 15-02-2016, 12:10 AM

nuthin' fancy · 15-02-2016, 12:16 AM

Gee, a day is just not long enough, is it?

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Originally Posted by tempted

I really, really, really didn't want to add another single word to this thread, but when you post things like this you leave me with no choice.
Seeing that you are having difficulty comprehending the English language, let me explain it to you in basic layman's terms.

When I said "I have been to Aldi plenty of times" or "I have tried Aldi products" with the emphasis on the "I have" - which is a past tense, meaning it is something I have done in the past, but am not doing at the present time or will be doing in the future.

When I said "I avoid Aldi like the plague" or "I refuse to eat Aldi products", those statements were made in the present tense, meaning those are my sentiments at this current time.

So basically what I was saying was that I have been to Aldi and tried their products in the past, but due to my bad experiences with them, now refuse to shop there or consume their products.

I hope that 'clarifies' things for you..... You know, make things appear clearer.

Now leave me alone.

Maybe the question was rhetorical.

You know, the answer is obvious, it doesn't require a response.

1TUFFUTE · 15-02-2016, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by tempted

I really, really, really didn't want to add another single word to this thread, but when you post things like this you leave me with no choice.
Seeing that you are having difficulty comprehending the English language, let me explain it to you in basic layman's terms.

When I said "I have been to Aldi plenty of times" or "I have tried Aldi products" with the emphasis on the "I have" - which is a past tense, meaning it is something I have done in the past, but am not doing at the present time or will be doing in the future.

When I said "I avoid Aldi like the plague" or "I refuse to eat Aldi products", those statements were made in the present tense, meaning those are my sentiments at this current time.

So basically what I was saying was that I have been to Aldi and tried their products in the past, but due to my bad experiences with them, now refuse to shop there or consume their products.

I hope that 'clarifies' things for you..... You know, make things appear clearer.

Now leave me alone.

Dam you guys are a tough crowd.....I understood what tempted meant.....as I took what was said in obvious CONTEXT!
And I think Tempted is wrong about Aldi...100%, although they were BAD to start with!
Maybe they're worth another crack! If not simply to support Aus products and to eat a tad healthier. Oh and the cost....... Actually I'll go out on a limb and suggest if people aren't going to Aldi at least occasionally, they're either Brand snobs, super lazy, uneducated or there's no store nearby!

The Yeti · 15-02-2016, 06:24 AM

It does tempted

You apparently hate the place but go back in all the time

lsopp · 15-02-2016, 02:47 PM

We're getting Aldi in Perth soon. Looking forward to it, I have fond memories when we were travelling in 2004 and had an Aldi just down the road from our caravan park. Be interesting to see one again.

gossy · 16-02-2016, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by tempted

Now leave me alone.

Geez mate, that's a bit harsh.

How about you take a Bex and have a good lie down.

sprintman1 · 16-02-2016, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by gossy

Geez mate, that's a bit harsh.

How about you take a Bex and have a good lie down.

She needs a bit more than that..............

SYZ · 16-02-2016, 02:15 PM

I didn't realise that ALDI was selling cage eggs. Tsk, tsk. I note that both Coles and Woolworths have confirmed they're discontinuing cage eggs; has ALDI done the same?

Living in the sticks, it's easy for me to buy free range eggs, and actually see their source environment...

I have to disagree with the ethics of buying ALDI eggs just because they're cheap; what about the well-being of the chooks? Someone claimed that your "free range" chickens only have to walk on grass on the way to the truck, to be classified as "free range", which is erroneous. The Free Range Egg and Poultry Association of Victoria (for example) has a standards code that farmers must adhere to in order to get free range certification.

And for those who claim that ALDI buys their meat from local farmers, could you please provide some sort of evidence to back this up, or is it just a personal guess? When I last asked in-store, nobody was willing to divulge where their meat originated. They couldn't even confirm their pork or bacon as Australian-sourced!

**hawkgirl** · 16-02-2016, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by SYZ

And for those who claim that ALDI buys their meat from local farmers, could you please provide some sort of evidence to back this up, or is it just a personal guess? .... They couldn't even confirm their pork or bacon as Australian-sourced!

friend is a butcher working for a large meat wholesaler. To the best of his knowledge the meat is australian

The Yeti · 16-02-2016, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by SYZ

I didn't realise that ALDI was selling cage eggs. Tsk, tsk. I note that both Coles and Woolworths have confirmed they're discontinuing cage eggs; has ALDI done the same?

Living in the sticks, it's easy for me to buy free range eggs, and actually see their source environment...

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I have to disagree with the ethics of buying ALDI eggs just because they're cheap; what about the well-being of the chooks? Someone claimed that your "free range" chickens only have to walk on grass on the way to the truck, to be classified as "free range", which is erroneous. The Free Range Egg and Poultry Association of Victoria (for example) has a standards code that farmers must adhere to in order to get free range certification.

I'm on the fence with the free range egg thing, I've witnessed some "Free Range Farms" and don't see a lot of difference between them and Caged farms in terms of animal welfare but as we have chooks we rarely buy eggs and when we do we buy them off the the old chook a few doors down who sells free range eggs out the front of her house

as for Aldi meat I don't know about actual farms but I just looked in the fridge and steak and chook I have are both listed as product of Australia, I couldn't find a state or processing plant location

xxx000 · 16-02-2016, 05:20 PM

Amazing the scrutiny the relative newcomer Aldi faces from those locked in to the Coles/Woolies shopping "experience".
Coles was shown to be bringing bread in from Europe yet Aldi has to answer which specific farm in Australia its meat comes from.

blueoval · 16-02-2016, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by xxx000

Amazing the scrutiny the relative newcomer Aldi faces from those locked in to the Coles/Woolies shopping "experience".
Coles was shown to be bringing bread in from Europe yet Aldi has to answer which specific farm in Australia its meat comes from.

Spot on. Im baffled by some of the posts here.

The Yeti · 16-02-2016, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by xxx000

Amazing the scrutiny the relative newcomer Aldi faces from those locked in to the Coles/Woolies shopping "experience".
Coles was shown to be bringing bread in from Europe yet Aldi has to answer which specific farm in Australia its meat comes from.

I was going to point that out

I would also argue if you looked at a Coleworths packet of meat it wouldn't have much information either

Personally I have little time for the Colesworths shopping experience, I have know desier to sift through 72 different brands of rice

sprintman1 · 16-02-2016, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SYZ

I didn't realise that ALDI was selling cage eggs. Tsk, tsk. I note that both Coles and Woolworths have confirmed they're discontinuing cage eggs; has ALDI done the same?

Living in the sticks, it's easy for me to buy free range eggs, and actually see their source environment...

image

I have to disagree with the ethics of buying ALDI eggs just because they're cheap; what about the well-being of the chooks? Someone claimed that your "free range" chickens only have to walk on grass on the way to the truck, to be classified as "free range", which is erroneous. The Free Range Egg and Poultry Association of Victoria (for example) has a standards code that farmers must adhere to in order to get free range certification.

And for those who claim that ALDI buys their meat from local farmers, could you please provide some sort of evidence to back this up, or is it just a personal guess? When I last asked in-store, nobody was willing to divulge where their meat originated. They couldn't even confirm their pork or bacon as Australian-sourced!

Only buy organic eggs and Free Range sure ain't organic. Oh and ask ColeWorth where there meat comes from.....