Aldi

Aldi is a simple store. They’ve got their own system, and that’s what saves the company (and consumers) money.
Use the carts for a quarter, and return the carts to get a quarter.
Bag your own items in your own bags (or use one of the cardboard boxes from the store).
Beware of the first aisle; it tempts you with junk food and sugar (but some is ok).
If produce goes bad, Aldi is pretty good about taking it back.
I’d suggest this store over Walmart on price, under for selection, and under for location (the old Walmart is closer to housing on the Southside of campus). I’m no die hard fan, but I generally like it more.

Everything tastes bland. I never knew canned vegetables could lack so much flavor. The flour and sugar («Bakers Corner») is literally the worst for baking a cake. I always try a little piece to make sure it’s delicious… and I’ve never been so disappointed. The only item I would ever buy there again is red grapes. That’s it.

It was my first time here and I’d really built it up in my mind… finally, an affordable alternative to Wal-​Mart.
I wasn’t disappointed, although it may be a shock to people who are used to Supercenters and other larger stores. It has a real «food coop» vibe to it. Aisles are narrow and when it’s busy [and it just opened, so it’ll be busy a lot of the time] you can really get crowded to where you can’t get to where you need to go in the store at certain points. But be patient and it’ll be worth it.
They mainly have store brands, with some exceptions – they have brand name sandwich meat, ice cream, and a few other things. The store brand is usually a good 20−30% cheaper than Wal-​Mart, even the Great Value stuff. A lot of the store brand items are things where there isn’t a big difference between store brand and name brand anyway, like oatmeal or canned tomatoes.
I thought the produce was slightly better quality than Wally World’s, and it cost less to boot.
Bring bags or purchase them for cheap [six cents for paper, a dime for the durable kind.] Or you can use their boxes, similar to Costco.
You probably won’t find everything there, but depending on what you tend to buy, you can probably get to where you do at least half your shopping here, maybe more. I do wish they had more vegetarian type items [Morningstar type products, etc.]
Don’t forget to bring a quarter for a shopping cart. You’ll get it back when you return it, although in my case someone was nice and just offered me theirs.
Staff are really friendly and at this point are spending a lot of time explaining how things work.
I’ll definitely become a regular here, but I’ll probably try to come on Sunday mornings or some other non-​peak time, if there is such a thing here…