I just want to write and say that Aldi is the bomb. In January, we spent hundreds of dollars on food, shopping at uber-expensive Chicago-based chain, Jewel. We’ve cut that in half, spending only abut $250 for two people so far in February. The basics are extremely inexpensive. Just 99 cents for green tea, for example. Aldi.com offers a bunch of recipes that use the store’s ingredients, and a meal planner, too, for further planning, which leads to more savings and fewer impulse purchases. I used to be a real snob about Aldi, considering it generic and, dare I say, “ghetto.” Apparently, the chain is owned by the brother of the owner of Trader Joe’s. What a fool I was. What a fool. We shop at the Aldi in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The store’s brand new, but there are a bunch of shadowy figures in the parking lot, the only downfall. If you can avoid getting jumped, it’s certainly worth it.
Aldi is the bomb. It has the best food prices I've seen anywhere.
