Aldi

This is a great store! I’ve been to a couple of Aldi-​stores down in DFW but neither one of them were any good — this store in Sherman however is GREAT! It’s clean, everything’s in order, they have LOTs of items, the produce is really good (better than the local stores GreenMarket or Kroeger) and the prices… well you can’t beat Aldi’s prices (at least not with the same kind of quality). For chocolate lovers — they’ve got a big selection of really good chocolate (and it’s the best to use in baking :-D) at knock-​down prices. Don’t forget to do as any European would do, bring a quarter for your shopping cart and (reusable) bags for your groceries. :-)

Love it. The grocery stores in Europe use the same quarter basket system! Keeping it simple impacts many parts of this experience. I love gifting my basket to a shopper coming in as I am leaving. An RAK for a quarter. Their produce, milk, egg, butter, Appleton sausage and bacon would make it more than worth the extra stop. I compared our family usage to pricing there and at Walmart and discovered a 1260. Dollar a year savings and I discovered the Aunt Maples products like pancake mix 1.19 is hard to beat taste wise and the other aunt maples products I have tried are really good. In Europe people pay for their bags or bring them too. We love the Belmont frozen berry berry pie the apple is good too. Huge fresh pie ready to bake 4.99. Can’t beat it. I know this type of store is not for everyone. But I love it. As I take a bite of my huge red delicious apple –49 cents a pound.

I like this store. They don’t have a lot of name brands, but their produce is fresh and they have lots of German chocolates and coffee.
The aisles are stacked full of products using the crates they were shipped in. There are no shelves. There isn’t a meat market, pharmacy, or vitamin section. If you take the time and browse every aisle, I’m sure you’ll find something good. I found cans of 3 bean salad for 0.99 cents. I cannot even find these in Walmart anymore.
My only complaint is that the store is too cramped. The first aisle is so crowded full of customers (who literally stand there and don’t move like ignorant cattle) that it’s hard to navigate through them.
The store is clean, and the employees are super nice. They even let their cashiers sit in chairs. I’m kinda jealous because I spent my four years of college working odd jobs, and we never got a chair unless you had a back problem, and brought a doctor’s note. Just FYI the bags they give you are reusable and they cost money. I don’t know how much because I bring in my own cloth bags. You do have to pay a quarter to unlock the carts out front but that prevents them from being stolen, and causing vehicle damage in the parking lot. When you bring your cart back, it refunds you your quarter back.
They only accept cash and debit cards. No credit cards.
I bought: chocolates, cucumbers, crackers, canned food, 3 cans of Arizona tea, and some TV dinners all for about $ 11. Totally worth it. Next time I’ll be going about an hour and thirty minutes before they close to avoid the ridiculous crowds.