They were advertising lamb chops in their flier in today's paper here.

Be sure to bring a quarter for your shopping cart fee--and some bags

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Steve

Speaking of the bag crap, I was in Az recently, after unloading the items from the cart, I said, “I will also take 3 bags”, everyone laughed at me, took me a second to figure out why they were giggling.

yes I too had to do the walk of shame "I'd like to buy some bags" at checkout. Now I keep some bags in my truck in case I have Aldi duties again.

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Steve

I never use bags.

Chocolate chip cookies (same as TJs “Dunkers” but cheaper)

Macaroni and cheese - (the organic stuff that costs $2 includes a packet of liquid cheese rather than the powered stuff)

Check the frozen seafood- usually they have scallops and snow crab cheaper than elsewhere.

Your next thread should be “What should I buy at H-Mart?”

Oh jeez, I could write a book....

Doppel Keks

Aldi's sells $3 bottles of wine that ain't too shabby. Might I suggest a nice dry $3 chardonnay?

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Mouth wash. Drinking all that poo-water flowing from Milwaukee has to give you horrible breath.

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Rack of Lamb
A bottle of Chianti
Fava beans

Or pay retail

Their produce is often the best price in town.

Their coffee is ok but not great.

Same here, I get maybe 5-10 items there in bulk. I look for empty cartons and snatch them up with the items. Boom free bags.

H-mart?

I haven’t been to aldi in a couple years, but my german grandma gets me the chocolate bars with hazelnuts and they are fantastic ...,

I used to stop in and grab some Twizzlers on the way to play poker at a guy's house. They had a 23 lbs bag for $0.79 or something like that.

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I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.

711 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago
3385 N Milwaukee Ave, Northbrook, IL
801 Civic Center Dr, Niles, IL
1295 E Ogden Ave, Napierville
34 E Golf Rd, Schaumburg

Some items from my grocery list Full fat Greek yogurt in the toasted coconut flavor; hummus; lemonade in the cooler section; frozen fruit for smoothies; frozen vegetables; sandwich cheese slices; refried beans and tortillas; fresh produce galore; milk; creamer; the Nutri grain bar knock offs; So much more but that's a start!

Okay what should I buy at the Asian grocery store?

It's not necessarily an enviro thing about the bags, it's a practical smart person thing. Those shitty thin plastic bags have cost me a 6 pack of beer falling in the parking lot back in the day. Never again.

To see the sweet nectar of God running over the Earth instead of flowing to my lips because I was too much of a consumerist moron than to use a durable reusable bag........shame.

Also, the whole shit about "well they're bag liners I don't have to waste".............did your grandparents have bag liners in their trash cans when they were young? Nope, bag liner invented around 1950.

Japanese Kit Kats
Kim Chi - the store is Korean, so they have a huge selection of Kim Chi
Ramen
frozen dumplings
Dashi Miso
mushrooms - weird Asian varieties cheap
Fresh Seafood - probably the best/cheapest selection since Isaccson's closed and unlike the seafood stores in Chinatown, H-mart is very clean. They have a lot of stuff you can't get elsewhere like monkish, Live lobsters/fish. if you're not near H-Mart - there's also Seafood City on the north side -

Their avocado prices cannot be beat. Grass fed burger is good, specialty/seasonal cheeses are usually quite good, their Seedtastic bread is a knock off of Dave's Killer Bread and is outstanding, but my favorite "buy a boatload of these" Aldi item are the seasonal chocolate truffles, which they have right now for $2.99/box. Produce and meat is hit or miss overall, but their staple items & dry goods are a great value and save me a ton.