-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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.
Wow, I had no idea that that German company had infiltrated the US, I new the Dutch company Ahold had plenty of stores under different names) but Aldi? Do you have any Lidl stores around? They are major competitors of Aldi in Germany and The Netherlands. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGDfnMiXBCVWpc5J4RAhgWAKC3oyn36ZHFdsbGCYjqyikHDf9pxgCgq/Df 6tqVBapa0jtov9uRf+e5lHY= =6m1U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
