On Friday 30 March 2007 22:43, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 22:19 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > > Greg Folkert wrote: > > > On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 14:46 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > >> On 03/30/07 13:59, John Hasler wrote: > > >>> Ron Johnson writes: > > >>>> We buy the cheapest *whole* wheat bread at the local store that > > >>>> doesn't taste like crumbly cardboard. > > >>> > > >>> See? You're picky. > > >> > > >> Taste pickiness != snob pickiness. (Although snobs like to pretend > > >> it is.) > > >> > > >>> Cathy Consumer buys the cheapest white bread, > > >>> full stop. > > >> > > >> Not true unless you're on a very tight budget. Ask your wife > > >> whether she'd spend an extra 30 cents on bread from a brand she > > >> trusts. > > > > > > We buy Bread at Aldi. $0.45 a loaf or $0.15 a loaf when trying to sell > > > off before tomorrow's shipment. Seem pretty much everything is that way > > > at Aldi. > > > > > > The white bread is very good for "tasteless" bread. Wheat is $0.50, > > > $0.15 respectively, I like the wheat better than most "branded" kind. > > > > Which country is this? Here, Aldi doesn't ever sell bread that cheap. > > The good ole US of 'Murica. Specifically in Grand Rapids, MI. > > And to be honest, the only thing I don't like about Aldi bread, is that > it isn't always the "tradition" loaf shape. Sometimes a bit deformed. > > I'll go out on a short limb and say that more than 95% of the stuff Aldi > carries that has direct "brand-name" equivalents, is better tasting... > or SUCH a great value, that the taste doesn't matter at that point. Most > fall in the first category. Cereal, Milk, Bread, Ground Beef, Pork > Chops, "frozen" burritos, Fish Sticks, Fired Potatoes, Potatoe Chips, > "Juice" (cranberry, Apple, Sunny D knock off orange, etc) drinks, Soda > pop, Vegetable oil(different kinds), shampoo, hand soap, Paper Towels, > Tissue, Frozen seafood, fresh vegetables, beef Steak cuts, brats, > sausage, yogurt, pre-made pudding, boxed stuffing, "mac and > cheese" ($0.29 each box and significantly better tasting than Kraft > equivalent) and many other products in similar shape and form. > > One product that falls into the second category: > > "Manwich" costs $1.99 in most stores(plus or minus $0.20) > > Aldi equivalent $0.29. It isn't quite as flavorful, but it still > tastes a might good better in comparison to plain ground beef > and really is only slight less tasty than "Manwich" > > I mean, since the price difference is so HUGE and the quality is mostly > as good or even better, why Aldi is not deluged by people from open to > close, I'll never know. > -- > greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Recently bought a webcam from Aldi. Reduced from 25 to 5€. It works fine using the ov511 driver. They had some more there at the same price, so I bought 2 more. Nothing like having a couple of spares. And the breads ok too. You don't find the usual brand names, but I have no problem with the stuff they provide. It tastes ok, and all I'm trying to do is stay alive. Nigel.
