I first went to Aldi when I was in England, the nearest one was miles away, though, so we went to Lidl more often.

A friend's dad lived off Aldi food, as his pension was about 2 pounds a week. Lots of beans, I recall, for about 5p a can.

dont they sell of dog food?

*cans

whoa. it's gone up to 49c!

i take a 20 minute train ride then walk 15 mins to get to aldi. in winter i will do this in the snow with no shoes.

Yeah, this was in 2000, TR. Not to mention the sheer enormity of the market in Europe. They can buy a billion cans of beans for next to nothing per can, and not have any fear about whether they will sell, because they have stores all over the continent.

The stuff we get here is probably still a lot more expensive just due to shipping costs.

pensioners can vent their frustration by having a moderately voiced public mumble at the smackies in aldi these days. ever since lodging complaints with ACA or today tonight changed to an internet interface pensioners have been squeezed out, so much like the contents of a tube of "glisten" brand troothpaste.

When we were in Brisbane the nice people built an Aldi across the road for us, I thought that was quite polite.

Problem with Aldi is that they don't sell all the cool meat that they do at the European ones.. immigration laws I'm certain. no visas granted for cheap bratwurst and brockwurst :(

buelhers lemon drink from aldi is EXACTLY the same as lift.

I demand cheap fresh goods!! See - look what's on special at the German Aldi right about now..

Cheap Meat!!

Cheap Butter with Humorous Stereotypical Names!!

Cheap Simsalabims!!

Cheap Erfrischungsstäbchens!!

I went to Aldi once in an outer South suburb of Sydney, when we were on our way to Byron Bay. It was about 11am, we had been travelling non-stop since about 7pm the night before, the sun was shining and it was beautiful. I bought two bags of passionfruit, some peppermint tea and rosehip tea, and let my boyfriend buy all the rest. The passionfruits were ace, I would have them with breakfats in Byron Bay. The peppermint tea was ace too. I didn't get a chance to open the rosehip tea till we got home to Melbourne, I used to keep it in my suitcase so I didn't have to search through the trailer to find it in the mornings.

hahah! imagine if the immigrating meat came with it's own little passport. and if you had to send it back when it's visa expired. ewww. oh fuck, i'm retarded.

I really like aldi, but I wouldn't bother shopping at aldi if I didn't have 20 minutes to kill before my ferry trip. There's a lot of stuff they don't stock, and there's a lot of stuff they stock which isn't worth buying.
But if you know what's good and what's not at aldi you can breeze in and out of there and safe heaps of money...

I want to hear more about the meat with passports.

i badly want weed and photoshop skills right about now.

lots of people object to aldi's not having everything all the time. i think it keeps you on your toes. aldi DOES need dried legumes and tofu though. they are alienating the hippies.

ive never been to aldi. does it stock lots of german stuff? germany has paprika flavoured chips, there so nice i want some.

Steaks on a Plane!!

i hate aldi so much. it's the freaks supermarket. and for cheapskates and those who don't really care what they eat.

i like choice. aldi is like shopping under a communist regime.

Meat with passports Rufus.. feel the love.

I bought a bottle of wine from Aldi last week to cook with for $3. I haven't drank any yet. Perhaps I should have a glass now.

Next week I plan to finally try Aldi beer. I'm excited.

I recommend Aldi corn chips and salsa. Surprisingly not crap.

That is interesting. And they split over this in 1960! I thought that seemed quite early (judging from Mad Men anyway), but apparently the Nazis were pioneers of the anti-smoking campaign! Wow.

So we're part of Karl's empire. Wiki says Karl ''is a fan of golf, and plays at his personal golf course, the Öschberghof, which he built in 1976. He also raises orchids. It is rumored that he collects antique typewriters.'' What a dude.

The kidnapping story is the best. When the kidnappers had to ask the brother for ID because no-one reallly knew what they looked like, being so secretive and low-profile. Ransom then paid and brother returned without police intervention.

juice - stuff the aldi's, THE ICECREAM MAKer...is it the gear? or the shite? i'm thinking i should let it go in favour of diminishing my waistline.

tugs - nah, that one is all yours. i get the feeling that the wife is addicted to said machine. she's still to try butter popcorn icecream recipies, i'll wager.

Haha... but it is yours!

(we can always buy your own ice-cream maker)

our own

butter popcorn icecream recipies

why does this appeal to me?

imagine butter popcorn icecream w/ choc mint sauce.

in other aldi news, may be $50 esky's next week, looking good.

imagine butter popcorn icecream w/ choc mint sauce.

and vegan!

soz guss - haven't taken possesion of the ice-cream maker yet - hopefully will give it a test drive before xmas. It's a safe bet it will be a dud I'd say though.

there's the esky

$20 fairy floss maker!

sigh. yeah, i reckon. i'll just dream of the cuisinart icecream maker.

$20 fairy floss maker!

Fun at parties. Ever wanted to cover your entire arm in fairy floss??

Anyone got one of their electronic drum kits? Thinking about getting one as a gift.

electronic drum kits? RAD, when do they go on sale?

Saw a couple the other night. $150. USB output. 6 pads. Seemed adequate for the price. Think I'll get one anyway, and if it blows just offer to eBay it.

worth a shot for that price. aldi rulz!

JRB - i was just going to rent a fairy floss maker proper, and create those huge as yr head swathes of pink sugar headache inducing goodness. hmm. maybe this year for bendigo sheep and wool show.

17.99 milkshakemaker

there's the esky

its pronounced ''chilly bin''