ALDI

This particular ALDI has changed my shopping habits. Prior to ALDI opening in Waterloo, I had no other option but to spend my hard earned dollars at the Colworths duopoly. As I hate big firms exploiting small consumers like us, I purposely got a credit card which provided me with 3 points each time I shopped at the Colworths duopoly. AMEX too, making them cover the ridiculous 4% merchant fee as part of my purpose of making a fair world.
When ALDI arrived in Waterloo in early 2012, my consumption habits suddenly changed. Now I could substitute pretty much everything I purchased at the Colworths duopoly with the everyday low prices at ALDI. I also no longer needed my $ 99 annual fee credit card as ALDI doesn’t take AMEX and I would no longer have to spend ridiculous amounts for a few items at the duopoly to earn a $ 20 gift card. So out went to credit card before they slogged the fee and in came frugal happing living and an improved utility level for the same budget constraint thanks to ALDI.
ALDI is really the best supermarket as you save so much money on the necessities bundle. However, don’t think that you will be allocating those savings to other places in your life. ALDI has a great marketing model and is really bad for people with impulse problems. With the extra income you will get from saving money at ALDI, you are very likely to pour that money straight into ALDI’s useless, random, awesome gadgets such as a tablet, healthy air fryer, cookbooks, kids toys, ski gear, bike gear, etc. Each week on Wednesday and Sunday they announce themed sales weeks, with the most random awesome buys at dirt cheap prices. It has become my religion to make sure to get the new catalogue released each Wednesday afternoon now. So happy shopping at ALDI, knowing you won’t actually be saving any money but simply reallocating spending and obtaining more ALDI goods for the same price you would pay at the Colworths duopoly.
Here are some tips in case you’re not familiar with ALDI:
–If riding a bike, you are likely to come home with more than you planned to buy. Make sure to bring a backpack so you can transport all your new, shiny on sale objects home.
–If doing a big shop, make sure to grab a huge box to put everything in first, otherwise you’ll slip on the $ 1.99 1 kilo bag of frozen peas
–Be prepared to catch things faster than a tepanyaki chef would throw things at you during check out. These checkout men and women are damn quick and no one likes the slow packer.
–Get there early if you’re going for the good cheap specials which everyone else will want. Usually there are lines at 8am for some of the really good stuff. And people aren’t lining up for milk.
–Bring cash or a debit card. ALDI charges at 2% surcharge for credit cards (VISA or Mastercard), this surcharge helps keeps prices lower for you.