If you have an Aldi near you, be sure to check it out. If you aren't familiar with Aldi, it is a small, no-frills grocery store that sells a lot of off-brand products for very cheap. The product changes frequently - Aldi takes advantage of special buy opportunities with vendors, so they may not always carry the same products. You have to take your own grocery bags, and if you need a shopping cart you will need to put a refundable quarter in the lock to rent it. They only accept cash and Debit cards - no credit cards.
We have an Aldi 5 miles from our house, and another one 20 miles away on the way to my grandparents' house, so it is very convenient to shop there. The one 20 miles away in Lancaster is the cheapest one in the State of South Carolina, according to the cashier. I can get milk at that one cheaper than I can get it at Sam's Club, which is a big deal if you go through a gallon a day like we do!
They have great produce and a good frozen seafood section. They have the prettiest broccoli in our area (better than our upscale grocery stores!) for a great price, $2 pineapples, cheap potatoes, onions & garlic, and right now they have cheap grape tomatoes and avocados. Their bananas are $0.29 per pound, but the flavor can be hit or miss, so we don't typically buy them there. Crackers, Cookies and canned goods are very cheap as well!
Aldi has an assortment of cheeses at our local store, which is a little more upscale than the one in Lancaster. They have a brand of Summer Sausage for $2.99; it is twice the size of the Hickory Farms brand, at less than half of the cost, and we couldn't tell a difference in the taste or fat content! They carry decent $2.99 wines, and I am currently sampling the Merlot at 11:30 in the morning for research for this blog. After my daughter starts her afternoon nap, I plan to paint my nails with a beautiful nail polish I picked up at Aldi for $1.49
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