l, not -l wrote:
> On 8-Nov-2007, "cybercat" > wrote:
>
>> I was not very adventurous with regard to the unknown brand things. I
>> picked up ketchup and mustard, some chunky salsa and a can of peas.
>
> I like their mustard and ketchup just as well as any; their salad dressings
> are also good, I used to buy Ken's and Wishbone, but most use Aldi's now.
> At my local Aldi, they carry 3 price ranges of salad dressings, from
> pedestrian to gourmet and I buy from the low-price line except for the
> up-tier Tuscan Garden Vidalia Onion dressing.
>


I love that stuff! It tastes like this dressing I used to buy at Sam's
Club, but it's half the price.

> I like their salsa, which comes in two price lines; most often I buy the
> low-end and it is comparable to major brands IMO; I occasionally switch off
> to their up-tier salsas for variety.
>
> I buy a lot of canned tomatoes and used to buy use a lot of RedGold diced
> tomatoes with jalapeno peppers; I switched to Aldi brand and found them to
> be good, but "hotter". They are good and I continue too use them, it's just
> the first time I used them, I was surprised to find the extra "heat".
>
> At my local Aldi (fairly affluent neighborhood), almost all items are
> available in two or three tiers. Grandessa and Tuscan Garden are usually
> up-tier products; pricier than similar item next to it and either a bit
> higher quality or "frou-frou" (less common shapes of pasta, for example).
>
> Most of their produce is packaged locally (STL); almost every produce
> package say packed by xxxx St. Louis MO, or yyyy Chicago IL.
>
>

I have never been disappointed with any of the "specialty" stuff- the
grandessa line, the deutche kuchen stuff, the Asian stuff. Though for
Asian stuff, I can go to one of the bazillion ethnic grocers around
here. (One of the few things I like about Detroit!)

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Sarah Gray