Deals and Steals: ALDI

My most FAVORITE recent find is ALDI.  I can not take ANY credit for this.....I owe it all to my friend Michele.  She has been shopping at ALDI for a while and they built one closer to our house several months ago....so I decided to see what all the fuss was about.

WOW!  All I can say is WOW!  I am a Publix lover but I HATE their produce prices.  And since I usually make MULTIPLE trips a week for produce I needed to try and cut produce costs.  ALDI is the place where I can do just that.

It is amazing how much lower their produce prices are.  And much to my surprise many of their produce is the SAME produce brands I buy at Publix.  You do have to bag your own groceries and put your own cart back up but man I can do that!

This was one of my first purchases.

Peanut Butter

Grape JElly

Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

Peppers

Lemons

Limes

Tomatoes

Cuties

Bananas

Salad

Cucumbers

Strawberries

Mushroom

Carrots

Grapes

Pinapple

Garlic Powder

Onion Powder

Bread

Gold Fish Crackers

Sweet Potato Chips

All for ~ $40/45!!!!!!!

That left me with a TON in my budget for milk, eggs, meat, and cheese.

I was truly AMAZED!  I am now HOOKED on ALDI.

And I am proud that I can feed my family FRESH PRODUCE for a lot less.

ALDI also has seasonal sections.

Last week I found these items in the seasonal section 

and I could not be more pleased.

Patio Table Umbrella (cranks and tilts) $29.99

Patio Table Umbrella Stand (30lbs) ($16.99)

Patio Umbrella LED lights ($8.99)

I have been eyeing these 3 items on Amazon for the last year!

NO JOKE.

Umbrella Stand $30.00-$50.00

Umbrella (crank, tilt and LED lights) $150.00

Amazon's Price &150.00

ALDI's price $55.97

I have never had to return anything but I do hear that they have an EXCELLENT return policy!