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.

Fucking GOLD.

Can I just add, Aldi 500gm block of colby cheese is a steal at $5 and so delicious, as the judges agree.

Sometimes I just grab an Aldi hummus from my fridge, open that shit up, and just lick it like my tongue is a butter knife. That's how much I love it.

Good puns. Good cheese.

Now is the winter of our discount tent

POTD

Juice. Outstanding puns aside, all tents are pretty cheap these days. It's amazing really.

Yeah nice pun Juice! But the tent looks cool. It's made of nylon, zips and stitches. I guess I should check that the pegs and poles are there, but can't be bothered trying it out... I live in the city!

This tent doesn't just look ok. It's way more professional than anything I've ever slept in before! I'll be taking that fucker up Mt Everest!

This one

Have Aldi ever bought back those chocolate coated potato chips? Or did they never exist and it was nothing more than a wonderful dream?

I really wanted to buy them, but by the time I remembered, they were gone.

Guitar effect pedals available next week!

Music stuff on sale again this week : http://www.aldi.com.au/au/html/offers/offers_20130227.htm

I picked up a $40 vacuum cleaner on the weekend.

Yeah I got one of those vacuums too! Haven't fired it up yet, too hot for vacuuming. I am doubtful about its quality at that price, but they have a no-questions 60-day return/refund policy, so, we'll see. Also saw some $99 7'' Android tablets, which I was tempted by, but having read some reviews, will now avoid - there was a new 9.7'' one for $249 too, probably sold out by now - anyone take the plunge on one of those?

i've eaten a whole packet of aldi palazzo dark chocolate biscuits today. i feel fantastic.

we've sold a heap of those tablets things in the last few months. Lots and lots of returns though, people bring them back and say they are garbage

Insider, fuckwit? I read that the screen is awful (comparable to the first colour screens on mobiles) and the battery charging is erratic and short-lived at best (2 hours or so). Wonder if the $249 one is any better? God, I really shouldn't buy a tablet computer at Aldi should I.

yeah i work there, i didn't even know what a tablet was until a few months ago when we started selling them.
a bit bitter apparently, they didn't sell all that well. our stove still has some left

they are starting a new mobile phone service in a couple of weeks (run through telstra)
it's meant to be dirt cheap apparently and they are going to push it pretty hard

tawedog said 1 day ago:
i've eaten a whole packet of aldi palazzo dark chocolate biscuits today. i feel fantastic.

Yep- these are great, but I prefer the milk which is odd as I mostly only eat dark choc.

Wanted to also say that the fake monaco bars are shit hot but the fake grain waves are just shit.

AWDEES 4 EVA.

Well the $40 vacuum is good. My first time using a vacuum with a transparent casing, all the crap you're sucking up spinning around, kind of satisfying to see what's going on. 4 stars.