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Price hikes pushing consumers to abandon their favorite brands (www.denver7.com)
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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

We shop at Aldi a lot, but we also have Trader Joes and I fairly consistently prefer the Trader Joes' products to the Aldi alternatives - Aldi seems to be aiming for the absolute lowest possible cost of delivery, and when that means rotting fruit in the produce section becasue they're understaffed / undermanaged... combined with high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar in most of the processed products, lines 12 customers deep at the one open checkout, etc. it gets to be a turn-off.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hmm, yeah, Aldi stores are pretty hit or miss in terms of overall quality. I do have a Trader Joes near me that I should check out on my next shopping trip.

Would you say that Trader Joes has managed to balance affordability with quality?

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think so... TJs has a lot more organic products than I used to buy from our big chain, in some products Organic is the only option, but even the organics aren't as expensive as the regular versions from the big chain. The selection is limited, like Aldi - but what's on offer is generally pretty good, and generally better than similar things at Aldi. TJs does have a huge selection of candies, and much more varied options in frozen foods than most places.

[–] eneff@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

Trader Joe's is also Aldi.

US Aldi stores are operated by Aldi Süd (South) and TJs are operated by Aldi Nord (North).