• harderian729@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Does Aldi provide better deals than Walmart?

    I used to shop there, but the prices were comparable and everything went bad fast.

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      10 months ago

      That is what fresh food not overloaded with preservatives will do. You should really make fresh produce shopping more of a daily activity as you need it. But not everyone has that kind of time understandably bi-weekly also doable for truly fresh produce along with you plan out your meals for the week

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        10 months ago

        That is what fresh food not overloaded with preservatives will do.

        What are you talking about? Kroger is not injecting their apples with preservatives.

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        You should really make fresh produce shopping more of a daily activity as you need it.

        Are you fucking joking? You expect a single parent working two jobs to go shopping daily as well?

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          10 months ago

          Calm down, that was a general statement that is true. If your circumstances don’t allow it, that sucks.

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            I gave an extreme example, but very few people’s circumstances at this point allow them to go shopping every day. Even people working a single job are far too exhausted by it at the end of the day to be expected to go shopping after work. If Aldi can’t sell vegetables that last more than a couple of days, people are less likely to shop there and more likely to shop at somewhere like Walmart. If for no other reason than sometimes you don’t get to cook as quickly as you want to and you end up losing more money on the cheaper vegetables than you would have if you just bought the longer-lasting ones.

            Even back before supermarkets where you had to go to multiple individual shops to buy food, no one went to the greengrocer on a daily basis. That is not how vegetables are supposed to work.

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              10 months ago

              I don’t comment often and I do know you Squid but you’re wrong on this. Aldi had great food and especially great produce. I’ve been going there for more than 3 years exclusively.

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                10 months ago

                I wasn’t commenting on the vegetables at Aldi except going with what other people were saying about them I was talking about this, which I found to be ridiculous:

                You should really make fresh produce shopping more of a daily activity as you need it.

                That is beyond what most people should be expected to do and it is beyond what people have done historically and it’s just not how most vegetables and fruits work.

                I’m not surprised that isn’t true of Aldi because it would be bad business to buy old produce that was on the edge of turning rotten.

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                  That is beyond what most people should be expected to do and it is beyond what people have done historically

                  Going to a local market to buy fresh produce has been the norm throughout history. In the past century it has changed but for billions of people, buying what you need for that day is still the norm, I know I still do it.

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                    Going to it every day? No it hasn’t.

                    No one has told me which vegetables last less than a week yet.

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              Unfortunately, the American society is just not great for accommodating healthy living. Everything must be done by car and in bulk. And everything must last long because people also want to go once a week. So things are pumped full of unhealthy preservatives as gasses.

              It’s not good.

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                10 months ago

                Sure, but vegetables that only last a day or two has also never really been a thing for most vegetables we eat. Is there any Western country where people have to buy fresh vegetables every day?

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                  Yes, in most of Europe. The fruit is also smaller because it’s mostly untreated. But it also tastes better.

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                    Really? People have to buy fresh vegetables and fruit every single day in Europe?

                    I don’t believe you. Especially since I’ve been there. Also, I know how plants and agriculture work.

                    Seriously, have none of you ever grown your own vegetables?

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                  I live in the Netherlands and I buy fresh produce four or five times a week. Freshness wise it depends on the fruit or vegetable. I wouldn’t say most things only last two days but it’s not like it’s gonna last ages, especially after it’s been opened/started.

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          If you actually continue on to read the entire message you’ll notice the part where I mentioned that not everyone has that kind of time

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              I don’t they last a day but they shouldn’t last a month either.

              Aldi’s produce ”going bad” is on par with my local farmer’s market.

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                10 months ago

                So… like over a week. Which was my initial point to the person I replied to. You don’t have to buy vegetables every day unless you’re buying vegetables that are about to go off, which pretty much no reputable place sells.

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      10 months ago

      everything went bad fast.

      Yeah, that’s because the food is fresh and less treated than what most Americans are used to. Going bad fast is not necessary a bad thing.

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        Fresh is not necessarily better, there’s nothing wrong with frozen food if you don’t mind the texture. And no it’s not like Kroger is injecting preservatives in apples.

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        No, it’s because it’s old produce that is close to expiring.

        The aldi simps here are insane, but another reason why I don’t take the masses seriously anymore.

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          I’m an Aldi simp too!!! Aldi is far superior to Walmart, I never expect my fruits and vegetables to last more than a week and Aldi is good with that. I will never buy produce or meat at Walmart, the things they do to their meat is disgusting. I buy most my non perishables from Walmart, Aldi for other things, and then Costco every couple of weeks. I’m also a Costco simp. In my experience to get the best quality and price you gotta go to multiple places.

          Side note, season, time of year changes where produce is the best. Cucumbers in summer at Aldi where I live aren’t good.

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            Aldi is far superior to Walmart,

            That’s a really low standard to measure against.

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      10 months ago

      Aldi provides way better working conditions than Walmart, that’s for sure. Imagine being able to sit during a job that doesn’t require standing – in America!!!

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      Almost everything at Aldi is private label, which is why it is cheaper (again you only find a few recognizable name brands). However, I will not by fresh foods from Aldi as most of the time as it goes bad fast. I do like their snacks and prepackaged deli stuff tho.

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      10 months ago

      That’s what fresh food is, not filled with preservatives and processed garbage that contributes to chronic low grade inflammation

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        Is their food really “fresher” than Walmarts?

        Can you provide any sources to back up that claim?

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          The fact it goes off quicker is the key piece of evidence. Obviously, they sell items in preserves too, they are a supermarket, and walmart will sell fresh items, but aldis main shtick and selection focus is “fresh, good quality and cheap”, but stocks vary a lot, so you need to be comfortable with some items not being available sometimes.

          For example, I wanted cherry tomatoes last week, but they had none so I had to have piccolo tomatoes instead.