Welcome to another edition of Super Savings Saturday.
This week was a hectic one—travel, everyone catching a cold, more travel, and then a sick cat. I did, however, make time for a little shopping, including my first ever trip to Aldi’s. It will require a post of its own, but the short story is that I’m not impressed!
Rite Aid:
2 Daylogic razors, sale price $5.00. Total: $10.00 plus $10.00 Bonus Cash.
Walgreens:
Pedigree High Protein dog food, clearance price $1.79. (I was very pleased to find it so cheap since the normal price is $6.99. Yes, it’s a smaller 3.5 lb bag, but still a good deal.)
2 Nice bottled water 24-packs, regular price $3.69 plus BOGO. Total: $1.64 each. (That’s better than my normal stock up price of $1.99.)
Aldi:
According to their sale flyer, blueberries, pineapple, strawberries and whole watermelons were supposed to be on sale. Imagine my surprise to find every item on my list either out of stock or way too ripe, to the point of being moldy.
In addition to having poor inventory, the store had 2 employees total and neither was available to help customers. Oh, and did I mention you have to rent a shopping cart and bring your own bags? I’m not sure if it was a fluke. I would try it one more time, just to be certain, but this place was worse than Walmart and that’s bad.
Have you found any good deals lately? Share or link in the comments.
I do not shop at Aldi’s, especially for produce (not ripe enough, too ripe, or out of stock). It seems that many small business owners shop there for food to re-sell at their stores, which means long lines behind full carts. My husband is from Europe so he shops there on occasion for their European-type products and for flowers (they are pretty and inexpensive). When my daughter was young, she quickly learned that she could make money by returning abandoned carts in the parking lot to cart bins by the doors. She would leave with a few quarters in her pocket on a good day.
She sounds like a smart lady; that’s a good way to make a little money. I did see a lot of European foods. I’ve heard Aldi is a German chain and they also own Trader Joe’s. Obviously, it’s a discount place so I wasn’t expecting luxury, but it was not nice.