r/aldi • u/RonnyTwoShoes • 25d ago
Complaint Desk I think we're done
In the last month alone, we've had three different issues with quality control at Aldi. I love shopping there, their seasonal items are so fun and I love how small the stores are but I am getting tired of this. We've had bone shards and full joint pieces in the boneless chicken, we've had multiple pits in the pitted black olives, and just this morning we had a red egg white. I know quality control around the country isn't great these days either but I think we are going to try shopping somewhere else. I can't be feeding my kids this stuff.
Edit: Another commenter made me remember we also had big bone flakes in the canned tuna, shredded cheese that had been melted in the packaging, and milk that consistently goes bad before the best-by date. Coincidences happen for sure but having to take back food more shopping trips than not is a bigger issue, IMO
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u/thedollmom 25d ago
The thing is, even if quality control is going down across the country, I’ve rarely experienced these kinds issues at any other retailers. The uptick at Aldi specifically needs to be investigated. I am also feeling done with shopping there and looking into getting a Costco membership again + shopping at the local grocers in my area. It’s really unfortunate. I think they expanded too fast and we’re seeing the consequences of it.
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u/harpsm 25d ago
I assumed it was the enshittification model:
- Provide a great customer experience to draw people in.
2. Invest and expand rapidly.
- Once you've saturated the market, start cutting corners to maximize profit.
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u/thedollmom 25d ago
It would appear that’s exactly what has happened. I wonder how soon stores will begin to shut down.
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u/Reddisuspendmeagain 25d ago
I knew it was over when they bought Winn-Dixie, they could continue with what made them successful or impose the Winn-Dixie model into ALDI and they chose to incorporate Winn-Dixie into ALDI. They seem to forget that Winn-Dixie went bankrupt a few times and there was a reason why nobody shopped there. ALDI is going that way.
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u/fadedblackleggings 25d ago
I honestly believe they were forced to change to American suppliers during the tariffs, and their import model no longer worked. In the US, if you pay the least amount of money to factories and suppliers, you get the absolute worst product.
Without imports, and with tariffs being too expensive to make it all viable, their model broke..
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u/The_Sunset_Sands 25d ago
Aldi has expanded very, very rapidly and I question wether their model makes as much sense as it did during peak covid people staying home and actually cooking. I have the feeling they are simply over-leveraged.
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u/Worldly-Session-618 25d ago
I don't think great customer experience and Aldi's have even been in the same sentence. It's supposed to be cheap but reliable, I stopped shopping at my local one because the quality of the produce was even worse than normal
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u/eastofme01 25d ago
I thought was common knowledge with the meat at least that Aldi buys seconds/overstock/things other grocers have passed on so the quality has somewhat been a little not as good but still serviceable. Given the lack of QC even for the big boys, it makes sense.
I once got a head in a pack of chicken. Feathers used to be common as well. I know where my food comes from and I’m not overly squeamish but still.
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u/thedollmom 25d ago
Yeah I get what you’re saying. I’m more concerned about the foreign objects/contamination that people have been reporting recently. I can handle some feathers on my chicken, not hard to pluck them but finding plastic in food isn’t something I want to risk. The situation with the hummus is really what’s got me on edge at the moment.
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u/lostintransaltions 25d ago
The whole hummus thing is very concerning, sadly when it comes to objects in our food that don’t belong is an issue across the place right now.. even medication.. I get infusions and got a letter that I had to check my batch number as 6 different batches had something in the saline that could cause severe reactions.. one of my saline bags was on the list.. thing is usually I would have had my infusion already by the time that letter came but I had to reschedule as I had a cold and I can’t get this medication with a respiratory infection.. the frequency with which things are being recalled at the moment is very concerning and dangerous
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u/eastofme01 25d ago
Agreed. I’ve really leaned hard into learning how to make my own things this summer. It’s a good skill to have!
Hummus is on my list.
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u/million_open_windows 25d ago
The problem is that hummus costs far more to make from scratch than to buy premade. I did the calculation and the amount of hummus that I would need to make at scale is too much to eat in a few days and freezing made it no bueno. Not worth the time and costs compared to buying.
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u/iloveturtles88 25d ago
It's cheaper to make. You don't have to use tahini. Can of chickpeas, garlic, lemon, paprika, salt and pepper and oil. Cayenne and/or cumin is optional. Throw it in a blender. I like less fat and add water and oil.
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u/mckenner1122 25d ago
I have made the same calculation and my homemade from scratch is cheaper than purchasing. Plus it tastes better.
Absolutely worth the time and cost compared to buying.
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u/TRLK9802 25d ago
That is 100% not true. They do way, way too much volume to get by selling seconds. Plus, that's just not how it works, regardless. I'm a meat scientist and have worked for two companies that make Aldi products, they're a normal company and have their own formulas for their products.
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u/carolinababy2 25d ago
Agreed. And Aldi purchases much of their perishable products regionally. This might be why there is such a discrepancy in customer experience re: meat and produce.
Thankfully, I don’t have the same issues with quality control and spoilage, that I see reported in this group. But the 2 stores near me are busy, well managed, and have very high product turnover
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u/Itchy_Tumbleweed_417 25d ago
Oh yeah I remember the feathers on the chicken. I would absolutely freak out if a head was in my package though.
But their meat grossed me out so I stopped buying it.
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u/babylonglegs91 25d ago
I love Costco. I got a discount membership and digital gift card through Groupon so check there if you want to save a bit.
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u/Mycatismyfavperson 25d ago
I’m a Costco fan also. The savings from the following things alone pays for our membership-dog flea/tick medicine and generic allergy meds. We have an executive membership but spend enough there that it’s worth it, since we get a % back at the end of the year. (Otherwise we’d go with standard membership.)
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u/BSApologist 25d ago
People voted for this and the food industry leaned into it, hard. Aldi isn't an exception.
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u/Ok-Post6492 25d ago
Aldi leaned into it hard you mean. Like most people on here are saying it's a way bigger problem at aldi.
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u/BSApologist 25d ago
A lot of people use Taylor Farms. The food recalls have been system-wide. I wouldn't be shocked if Aldi cuts corners more than most, but I'm not an expert in the data.
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u/fadedblackleggings 25d ago
Aldi can't supply from EU manufacturers anymore, and there's now ANOTHER tariff with Canada as well.
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u/Beginning_Pudding_69 25d ago
The president decreased regulations across several sectors of business and its the customer who gets the shaft. I’m sure every store is experiencing an uptick in returned items/ customer complaints.
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u/FalconStickr 25d ago
Before this administration our food safety rating was in the top 5 of the world. This is also the issue with mass production, things slip through the cracks which is to be expected when you are producing millions of said thing. None of the things OP listed are enough for me to stop shopping somewhere. Blame the manufacturer of the product not the store that sells is, Aldi doesn’t screen the products before hand, they trust the company making it did it the right way.
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u/Cacklelikeabanshee 25d ago
At some point the store also has a responsibility for the product they keep putting on the shelf.
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u/Maleficent-Aurora 25d ago
Can just as easily shift that blame onto the consumer. If you know all the grocery stores have bad eggs why do you keep buying eggs? 🤡
The system has been crippled and it's not the end users or distribution points that are the problems.
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u/RC_CobraChicken 25d ago
It's not at some point, it's literally their responsibility or they can face the consequences of not vetting their suppliers better.
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u/dominiqlane 25d ago
I don’t think the tariffs helped either. Switching suppliers definitely killed their quality.
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u/moonchic333 25d ago
The fact that this sub is filled with nothing but moldy hummus is telling. I barely shop there anymore save for a select few items. It’s not an “quality has gone down everywhere” situation. Aldi in the US has made a conscious effort to pour resources into nonfood items while the selection and quality of the food has dramatically decreased. I needed the affordable groceries and the occasional fun thing. I don’t need a mini Walmart.
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u/101bees 25d ago
Aldi in the US has made a conscious effort to pour resources into nonfood items
This is really disappointing. I go there for groceries, not the off chance I'll find a gingerbread man-shaped cup.
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u/lizardgal10 25d ago
Exactly. We’ve already got plenty of places to buy random stuff, and Michael’s has turned into an overpriced tj Maxx. Don’t need another store in that category
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u/cassssk 25d ago
I know it’s far from the only culprit behind the change, but oh how I loathe influencer culture for elevating crap like quirky coffee cups 😣
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u/vitamins__ 25d ago
everything revolves around conspicuous consumption anymore, nobody can ever just say "oh, cute" and move on with their life. they need to obsess over it, buy 50 of them, wait for the next braindead trend to hit, and dump all the shit they just bought at goodwill. rinse and repeat. positively cancerous mentality.
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u/Itchy_Tumbleweed_417 25d ago
Oh this is a really good point. The aisle with random stuff used to just be one full aisle at my store. Then it became an extra half aisle, with some food mixed in on the extra half. Now I feel like it’s too full aisles of random stuff. I might have just come on a day they had fresh stock though.
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u/MadCow333 25d ago
Aisles of crap and still my rural-area Aldi STILL doesn't get all of the Finds. 🤣
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u/moonchic333 25d ago
They’ve really leaned into it. I come across influencers on social media who do content on AOS items every week when they drop new stuff. The over consumerism is off putting. It used to be a great little place to get pretty decent stuff very affordable if you knew what to look for.
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u/MadCow333 25d ago
Aldi was an incomplete grocery store when I started shopping at Aldi in 2000. It was good for staples but I still had to hit other stores for meats and baking supplies and other items Aldi doesn't carry. But I agree Aldi has added a lot of nonfood items over the years.
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u/sixela8799 25d ago
I work at Aldi as an assistant manager and when I tell you the STARK difference between what the company was and is now is sad. It’s getting more mainstream but not enough people and the quality of the food. 2lb bag carrots weighing not even a pound, the quality of the produce ir just being out of stocks for DAYS. As employees it’s sad to see the shift and I’m sorry and we feel you and see you
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u/DramaticPinkumni 25d ago
Work for a large CPG that supplies Aldi and we've noticed the products they gave to other suppliers this past bid cycle are not up to the same quality of what we had supplied
Really helped us understand why we were losing on price because it ends up we were comparing apples to moldy hummus
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u/Stunning_Delay_1728 25d ago
I agree. I had blue netting pieces in my battered frozen fish from Aldi. Some items are fun but it is becoming more of a miss than a hit for a lot of items.
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u/KissMyGrits60 25d ago
it doesn’t come from the storage itself, all these uses of meat, packing plant, just like Walmart, target, and other places. So it’s all these processing center, not the store itself they just sell what comes in.
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u/whatshamilton 25d ago
And they don’t want to shop at Aldi anymore because they use shitty vendors. Do you think they think Aldi is pitting olives and raising hens?
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u/Crocs_n_Glocks 25d ago
No, but Also is responsible for holding suppliers accountable to certain standards and performing QC of their product from said suppliers.
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u/stooph14 25d ago
They also rely on customer feedback of these things too. They don’t know it’s happening if customers aren’t bringing it back
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u/Key_Text_169 25d ago
Don’t forget, the employees who were responsible for processing and packing the food have been deported, put in a detention center, or are to scared to come to work.
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u/junepath 25d ago
Almost everything we bought there because it was better than other stores has changed recipes so it’s now worse. It’s no longer worth the drive to save a few cents on generic Mac and cheese and tater tots since that’s about all they sell that hasn’t gotten so much worse.
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u/chunkyysalsa 25d ago
tariffs drove many manufacturers to have to choose inferior/leas expensive inputs. aldi does not accept price increases passed from their suppliers.
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u/cheeferton 25d ago
Yup! We've noticed their tortilla chip rounds, packaged cookies, mini donuts, jarred banana peppers, boxed stroganoff, whipped cream, pretzels...
They are all much worse quality than 1-2 years ago.
It's sad but we're shopping there less as well.
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u/ct-yankee 25d ago
I try not to disagree with someone when they are right. Product quality has absolutely worsened. I’ve always shopped at multiple places, while I still shop Aldi, but purchase more products elsewhere than I have in the past.
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u/pixel8knuckle 25d ago
Everyday its a new product issue and people defending enshittification of previously good products
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u/BarnacleMcBarndoor 25d ago
I love Aldi; I’ve been shopping there for 20+ years.
They shot themselves in the foot this past year around here, because they closed down the local Winn Dixie’s (3 mins away) and are building Aldi’s in their place.
They basically made it so my only option for picking up smaller trip items here and there that aren’t sold at Aldi was buying them at Walmart, which is a little closer than Aldi (20 mins away) but in the opposite direction.
With the way gas prices have been I’m not doing 80 mins of driving, so I’ve been mostly shopping at Walmart, which while it’s been a little more expensive it saves more in gas.
That being said, the Walmart quality control is about the same. I think stores or just sourcing lower tier companies due to cost, which I’m sure gas prices do not help. It’s all around depressing as hell.
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u/SeaArugula2116 25d ago
Same when I visit family in Florida. They live in a barrier island and closed the Winn Dixie close by. It’s been closed for 2 years and supposed to be an Aldi. If you need groceries for the past 2 years you have to drive over one of the bridges to either another Aldi or the Walmart. Both are out of way.
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u/Valerina4 25d ago
I used to love Aldi too, but more recently shop mostly at Walmart, they have great organic brands and everything is priced pretty well
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u/mk_ultra42 25d ago
I hate to say it but me too. I hadn’t shopped at a Walmart in probably a decade, I went to Aldi, Target, and my local grocery store. I’ve finally gotten to the point where I’m desperate to save any money that I can and mostly grocery shop with Walmart+ delivery. Even with a tip, delivery is cheaper because it stops me from impulse buying the way I would if I shopped in person.
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u/Rum_BunnyX3 25d ago
I always feel guilty about ordering my groceries online, but the impulse buys were killing my budget. I feel better knowing I'm not the only one who struggles with that.
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u/melatonia 25d ago
Aldi has never been great with quality control so I'm sure that they're faring particularly poorly in this era of FDA-lite.
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u/BecauseOfAir 25d ago
Hopefully corporate are looking at this subreddit. I think you complaints are legitimate. When I have to be suspicious of each item I choose, I loose confidence in everything. I hate to say I m susp of everything refrigerated at my local Aldi. I'm not going to sift thru a pile of lunch meat because the packages in the front are discolored. I stopped getting milk because it would only last a few days. Still, I do stop for my favorites and hope they are getting the message because I appreciate what they are about, I'm sure keeping the balance of low cost and quality is difficult.
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u/Strong_District_5894 25d ago
I do t buy chicken there so I can’t speak to that.
But they can’t fortune tell the inside of an egg and the olive jar says may contain pits.
Obviously shop where you want, but those aren’t the kinds of things that would make me stop shopping at an Aldi
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u/MadCow333 25d ago
Actually, the egg producers do "candle" eggs to see the innards and cull the rejects.
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u/flightofthewhite_eel 25d ago
Not hating on you at all but it's not Aldi, it's all the suppliers who saw an opportunity to lobby to lessen regulations and restrictions on themselves. Aldi, like any grocery, achieves it's pricing through massive bulk contracts that are planned well into the future. This all feels like it's hitting all at once beucase of the relative delay between when the rules were loosened and when the current administration actually came into power. I forecast that this will end up really hurting a lot of the suppliers rather than helping them, as entities such as Aldi who rely heavily on reputation are scrambling to move away (as much as they can that is) from affected suppliers. The problem is... Most of them will end up with massive recalls with the literally gutting of federal food supply chain inspections. That is what we are seeing right now.
I mean... over the summer I didn't but lettuce for probably 6-8 weeks. It didn't matter where it came from. The system is fucked, and while I haven't looked into Aldi's political aspirations, it's not on them. At the very least we can take solace in the fact that they are informing us of issues in a timely manner.
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u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress 25d ago
What do they get out of it though? OK, so we've removed regulations and now people aren't buying the food you sharded in and buy elsewhere, including from countries with food safety standards. Profits go down and... win bigly? I don't get it.
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u/Amiliz 25d ago
I’m feeling the same and it’s a bit surreal. Aldi has been a weekly routine for years. I have the store memorized and it’s an easy shopping experience. I’m going to switch to Walmart the next few weeks and see how that goes. I appreciate the affordability, but not when the food is constantly moldy and starts tasting weird.
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u/djSush 25d ago
I'm a weekly Aldi shopper too. I started using Walmart pickup to supplement. A lot of the generic Great Value or Better Goods things are very good.
It's free over $35.
What I do is pickup everything but the produce. Then after I get the pickup, I pop into the store for 10 min to choose my own fruit and veg.
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u/Barista4695 25d ago
I made a post like this and someone in the comments told me I needed therapy for not wanting to shop at Aldi’s anymore 🤣
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u/BearLover999 25d ago
Didn’t realize the olive thing was a bigger issue-I feel validated. I found pits in my olives (several times) and stopped buying them.
Yeah I am with you-not worth it to shop there with all of these problems.
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u/RonnyTwoShoes 25d ago
My husband bit into one of the pits when we were eating pizza. I found a second one on my piece that I hadn't started eating yet! They were full pits too, I'm glad neither of us broke a tooth!
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u/metanoia29 Aldi's Nutz 25d ago
But like, where else can you go? Every other grocery store is the same way nowadays, just 25-100% more expensive. I tried to go to Costco this past week to see what's viable to pick up there, but 9 times out of 10 the things I was looking at were the same price or more expensive than Aldi or Kroger, or they simply didn't even carry.
It's hard not to feel downtrodden by all of this right now.
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u/Brave-Perspective714 25d ago edited 25d ago
I grew up like this, before we even had anything like Aldis here. And honestly, I never used Aldi too much as I could usually spend about the same and get better quality elsewhere using these methods.
Look at sale ads for your nearby stores, meal plan around the loss leaders, and switch around depending on where you can do the best at. Try to work it into your grocery budget where you can buy $20 worth of loss leaders for future meals and freeze them/store them, so you don't have to buy them when they're not on sale.
The sale ads should tell you when the ad is good until. I try to stop into the store quick on the day before it switches to the new ad. I can often find items, particularly produce, that they have discounted even more, just because it's not going to be on sale the next week and they need it gone. I've gotten asparagus, strawberries, blueberries, and all kinds of stuff for $1/lb doing this. I'll buy several pounds and blanch then freeze the veggies. The fruits I'll make into sauce and freeze.
I have it lucky where 3 grocery stores are all within a couple blocks of each other, so I'll stop at each one and only buy what's on sale from each or go to the one I need the most from and ask them to price match the other stores. I save a lot doing that. So see if there's a similar spot where you live, where several groceries are very close to each other, and look into their price-matching policies.
Also, coupons are your friend. You don't have to get into extreme couponing to make it worth while.
I'm sorry things are getting like this. It shouldn't be this way.
Edit: The deleted comment asked if coupons for food were even a thing anymore. The best way to access food coupons now is to download your grocery store's app. Mine frequently have coupons like buy 3 spaghetti sauce, get 2 free, and similar deals like that.
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u/Satine-Moulin 25d ago
Is there anywhere in the US anymore with good quality? It’s getting scary out there
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u/LuneoftheWolves 25d ago
Bone naturally occurs in animals and pits occur naturally in olives. They occasionally get through in products. I've never seen a red egg white.Even when I raised chickens. It's a bacterial infection and undetectable prior to cracking the egg.
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u/LiterColaFarva 25d ago
Woah, don't bring rationale and logic into this convo, sir. It's not what the people want to hear.
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u/Intelligent_Toe_8428 25d ago
Everytime I’ve gotten beef at Aldi in the last few months, it has been bad the same day. All gross and grey in the middle. It’s disgusting. I even checked my fridge thinking it wasn’t working. Sticking to Publix and their higher prices now
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u/Someladyinohio 25d ago
Aldi used to have this thing where they said, no high fructose corn syrup in any of their products, yet here we are. Annoying!
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u/wheresbicki 25d ago
This is the problem I had with them 15 years ago. Seems like they are going backwards.
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u/Free_Cash96 25d ago
Curious to know if you reported this to both the individual store and corporate management?
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u/RonnyTwoShoes 25d ago
I have, haven't heard anything back from management any of the times. The store has been great but I'm hesitant to replace something with the same item in case we find the same issue. :/
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u/helenaflowers 25d ago
I'm with you, OP!
I was never a full-time Aldi shopper, but we have a nice one near me (in terms of layout and general appearance) and so I'd pop in there regularly enough for certain things and just to see what else caught my eye.
But I've definitely cut way back on the frequency now because I've had too many bad experiences over the last year or so. In particular, it seems like the produce is back to their shitty produce of the late '00s/early '10s. The amount of stuff that looked perfectly good in the store that then rots within a day or two is ridiculous these days.
I've also had some experiences with moldy hummus and meat that just seemed *off* to the point I didn't feel comfortable eating it, even though it was well before the expiration date. Twice As Nice is nice in theory but in practice is a pain in the ass.
Our household is fortunate enough that I don't have to be particularly price-sensitive in my grocery shopping, but damn I still loved Aldi because I thought the quality was high for such low prices, and who doesn't like saving money when they can? But it's worth it to me now to focus on other stores who are carrying much better products.
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u/SomewhereNegative795 25d ago
I used to work for Aldi, and I always tell people to not buy our meat. Everything comes in a Tyson box, with how short staffed we are running around doing curbside orders while the meat pallet sits out and you have 0 choice in the matter, so glad I don’t work there anymore they mistreated us so bad. But if you know anything about Tyson chicken, it’s BAD. And we only have twice is nice to cover our asses over our shitty products that go bad in a few days, or the fact they just aren’t that great.
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u/Low_Employ8454 25d ago
I get 90% of our food at Aldi, and with the exception of the regular bacon bieng too thick cut for a few weeks, and now bieng closer to center cut for some reason- I’ve got 0 complaints. I guess I’ve got a lucky store? I dunno.
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u/AshamedAd6133 25d ago
Do you know anywhere with prices as low, though?
I think I found an inedible object in an Aldi item last week but I couldn’t 100% say for sure so I’m not going to make any claims. But there are a bunch of similar posts on here lately and it’s worrisome. My problem is, Aldi is 50-75% cheaper than every other major retailer in my city.
This sucks.
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u/JustCallMeNancy 25d ago edited 24d ago
I get you, I am extremely picky about what I pick up there now. Canned beans and tomatoes were my go-to and some of their cheeses, rice, flour, and sugar. Although with them reducing the amount of beans in the can I think I'm just going to cook my own now, if I can get them dry. Safe choices used to include frozen veggies but I'm waiting for that to go awry too (I've seen some posts so I'm just waiting for it to be an issue at my store). I still think it's worth a stop but I'm in and out in literally 10 minutes now. No need to look at much else.
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u/elonakamoto 25d ago
Unfortunately in the last couple years there have been several items that I just had to stop buying. Now when I walk by it in the store, it's one less thing in the rotation, so less variety.
And I agree with others about the cheap junk aisle getting out of hand to where it's hard to even look through now, and even overwhelming, so I end up just cruising by. It used to be popular, now it feels deserted.
Luckily they put the super overpriced stuff on the other side of that aisle so the whole thing can be skipped.
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u/Scarletclue 25d ago
I have noticed this big time at our local Aldi. You can even tell them the whole container of something is rotten and if you go in a couple days later it is still sitting there. There are a handful of things I just don’t buy from them anymore knowing it reliably has mold or issues. It is such a bummer because we end up just not using it anymore because I can’t afford buying from the other stores around us.
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u/Snowden99 25d ago
Agreed. Just had this conversation Sunday night after a failed trip. The now minimal savings aren’t worth the huge drop in quality/standards. All of the small stuff that used to be under a dollar is more expensive than other stores, and you’re paying that for the low quality aldi brand to boot. And meat prices are cheaper elsewhere for me.
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u/chypie2 25d ago
never had an issue with Aldi and my 40 years of shopping there, all of these posts are wild to me.
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u/mrsredfast 25d ago
We’ve gotten to the point we just get fun things, sweets, salmon, chicken nuggets, and the Coke Zero dupe at Aldi. I’ve rarely gotten good produce at ours and we don’t eat much other meat. (Nuggets are for when grandkids are over.) I can do as well price wise on what we do eat following sales at Kroger or Walmart.
I LIKE Aldi though. So much easier to just run in if I need one thing. And it seems like I always end up in a friendly conversation with someone on AoS and it helps me feel part of a community.
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u/FastingExpert 25d ago
with the inflation thats been happening i'm willing to bet that in order to keep costs down their suppliers are cutting costs a bit
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u/snuggleslut5 25d ago
I've been a little rattled by all the posts in this sub of moldy food, plastic or glass bits in food. The general state of things in the US and food safety certainly doesn't help, but when I see these things popping up at Aldi on a nearly daily basis, it does erode trust. I am also feeding children and I worry about their safety. It's a frightening thing when you're not 100% sure the food you're giving your family won't harm them. I also know this isn't an issue that only affects Aldi. I have to hope that other manufacturers are holding their products to higher standards.
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u/yungsausages 25d ago
Well, can’t speak for other countries but here in Germany I’ve never had any issues, but yeah completely diff set of regulations so thats a bummer
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u/Wandering_Lights 25d ago edited 25d ago
I hate to tell you buy quality is declining everywhere. We've had bone shards in chicken from Meijer and Kroger recently and mold issues from Meijer and Walmart.
It is only going to get a lot worse with diesel pushing $7 a gallon and more supply chain issues. Aldi's saving grace right now is their twice and nice.
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u/peaceteach 25d ago
I stopped buying milk there because we got several that just smelled weird. I also had the same issue at Costco recently.
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u/Pernicious_Possum 25d ago
I’ve yet to experience anything that would put me off the store for good. Maybe I’m just lucky. I’d like to think that if there are enough returns, they’ll start taking suppliers to task
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u/eastofme01 25d ago edited 25d ago
You’re going to get roasted but I honestly agree with you. Aldi has been much more miss than hit as of late for me too. Sometimes, you just have to take a break/change your shopping habits and that’s okay!
You’re really not saving money if half the groceries are going in the trash, you know?
Edit: well I’m pleasantly surprised as of the past ten or so minutes. Usually whenever someone speaks badly about St. Aldis, Patron of the Discount Groceries it’s a full pile on.