What do you get in Aldis? One savvy shopper shares her best finds.
Aldis, a national chain supermarket, is one of my favorites haunts for grocery shopping. Since it’s not a kosher supermarket, it’s somewhat of a game to see what other Jews are buying and what foods have a hechsher. Aldis features off-brand products, so don’t expect to find Heinz ketchup. Note that these are the regular prices; sometimes there are specials so the prices may go lower, but they usually don’t go higher!
Here are the items I love to find at Aldis.
Produce
They have amazing specials. The week my daughter got engaged, mangoes were 49 cents and pineapples were 99 cents. Perfect, we had great fruit for the vort. Bags of iceberg lettuce (with a Star-K hechsher) are between 69 and 99 cents. Can’t be beaten.
Summertime and BBQ Season
Sugar cones are 1.19; sliced pickles 1.29; a 20-ounce container of mustard is 59 cents. You can find olives, watermelon, dips like chummus, guacamole, frozen fruit bars at super low prices. Frozen french fries and potato puffs are priced at $1.65. And that pizza dough for less than a dollar!
Back to School Season
Many varieties of off-brand cereals (with an OU hechsher), big bags of pretzels, and chips are between $1.09-1.69. As always, double-check for a hechsher. Flour tortillas are $1.69 and orange juice is $1.89.
Baking
I buy all my basic baking supplies at Aldis. Flour is $1.39 for a 5-pound bag; sugar is $1.85 for a 4-pound bag; brown sugar and confectioners’ sugar are $1.29 for a 2-pound bag. Corn syrup is $2.89 for a 32-ounce container and salt is 39 cents!
I must add, if you look through the circular they put out every week, they have great buys on household items and even toys…! Love going there…!
There Caribbean flavor froze fruit bar are great. They also sell ice pop sugar free( 24 for $1.99)they have a great garlic sneaker too ( there brand)
Snackers cracker
Where are these stores located? Never heard of it. Thanks!
There is one in lakewood and one in brooklyn
Where is the pizza dough located ? Couldn’t find it
It’s usually in the fridge section.
Just went to Aldis (not in NY) and most of the products shown here did NOT have a hechsher. Make sure to always double check!
You have to check and double check every item. I bought (and ate from the bag ????) of chips I was sure said ou, and then realized they were ou-d. Yikes
Their rice krispies is GF!
The strawberry and Caribbean fruit pops are dairy. Their products are constantly changing so you mus t always check for a hechsher even if it has the same packaging.
They no longer sell pizza dough.
Their gluten free pasta is great, and has a great consistency. Brown rice spaghetti, chickpea or quinoa spirals and penne… (they keep changing) They also have refrigerated almond milk, of which many varieties have a plain OU. (Most other brands are OU-D.)
Huge aldi fan but as others have said you have to recheck for hechsher literally every time you go. They change constantly