{"id":19329,"date":"2016-06-27T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/?p=19329"},"modified":"2016-06-25T16:27:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T16:27:36","slug":"shop-aldi-save-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturemoms.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/shop-aldi-save-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Shop at Aldi To Save Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Shop<\/a>Only two to three years ago I was mainly shopping at Giant Eagle and Trader Joe’s for our food and household needs. I still love Trader Joe’s and will stop in whenever I am in the area but my heart has changed. I am an Aldi convert. The bulk of my grocery shopping is done there and I do not see that changing as long as I am within 50 miles of an Aldi. Luckily I have one about five minutes away from me currently.<\/p>\n

Two years ago I was spending $1200 a month easily at grocery stores. Nowadays the top end up of my grocery budget is $700 a month. That is a HUGE change and it is do to some diet changes (less paleo centric) and shopping different stores. Pretty much all of my food and household extras (like toilet paper and dishwasher soap)\u00a0are bought at Aldi. I shop elsewhere for most of my meat purchases and via Amazon Prime<\/a> for\u00a0a few other toiletries. Gone are the days of going into Giant Eagle and dropping $300 on a shopping cart full of groceries. Now I go up to the Aldi checkout with an overflowing cart and only spend $100. It is an amazing thing.<\/p>\n

The crazy thing is that I have lived very close to Aldi for six years now and did not go there until 1-2 years ago. Why? Because I envisioned it to be like shopping at Big Lots or dollar stores for food. Right or wrong I have always had an attitude about stores like this and imagine their food to be old and the stuff no bought that gets funneled to the cheapy stores.\u00a0My husband encouraged me to visit Aldi\u00a0and I refused with my nose stuck up in the air. The very first time I went, tagging along with my husband, I was hooked. I was like a kid discovery DisneyLand. No kidding. These days I have even been known to buy a few things at Big Lots if I am in the area. Oh, how times have changed.<\/p>\n

But why is Aldo so great? In my opinion the regular prices at Aldi are equal to or better than the best sale prices at other grocery stores.<\/p>\n

Why is Aldi So Much Cheaper?<\/h2>\n

There are quite a few reason why shopping Aldi saves you money. Here are a few of them that add to big time savings for the customer.<\/p>\n