Aldi

I always buy the Caesar salads and anything else I need and I love it! I pay next to nothing and I leave very happy. Not the nicest store but Des Plaines is my home town and will never be a dump. I love Des Plaines

I enjoyed shopping here until I the ground beef that I bought had cartilage shards in it.
I will only be buying canned goods from the store but I will not be buying any more meat products which usually is large in volume and small on price which makes it nice to buy but I do not feel safe feediny my family ground meat from Aldis.

So depressing and sad. Tired of all the wick check people and scum that shop here. Will never go again. This place would close down if they had an INS car parked out front. Des plaines is a dump and will always be.

Why would you go to Jewel when you can save so much more $ at Aldi? Aldi is a grocer that everyone should try at least once. This location on Lee St. is older than other stores (like the location in Mt. Prospect), but it’s still very clean, offers a wide variety of products; organic, etc. (including their brand new gluten free line) and the store is always well stocked-​even on the weekends. I stopped here on a Sunday afternoon to grab their Greek yogurt (the same as Chiobani) @ $.78 a cup and some really nice 15″ plant stands that were on special for $ 6.99. Thankfully they still had plenty of these in stock, as the ad for these came out earlier in the week. That being said; their ads are always worth checking out because they have great specials on items they don’t carry every day like home décor, small kitchen appliances, lawn items, toys and more. They also have a large wine/​beer selection given the size of the store. During this trip they were even carrying Goose Island’s ‘312’ brew. Produce has always been great in my opinion; the shelf-​life is much longer than what you might buy at Jewel. Carts are $.25 to use, but your quarter is returned to you when you put the cart back in the cart corral. Win-​win; you rent a cart so that your car doesn’t get dinged by one in the parking lot. Paper bags are $.06 to buy or you can buy their reusable shopping bags. I recommend bringing your own. You do pack your own groceries as well. They never have many staff people working, but the cashiers have always been very friendly.

This is a nice Aldi. It is set back from the street, and the sign is actually on Forest Street, but that’s okay. When I turned off Lee St at the Aldi sign on Forst Street, I just drove thru the cleaners lot and wha la, there was Aldi.
I refuse to pay for cart rental, so as usual, I can only buy what I can carry or fit in my grocery tote. The produce department here is clean. No old or moldy fruits/​vegetables anywhere and the prices are very good.
Cashiers are pleasant.

Haven’t been to an Aldi in a long time, but I was impressed with this location. This store is a little bit inset from the street, so it’s easy to miss if you don’t know it’s there. But there is an Aldi monument sign on Lee.
Aldi has almost all your basic staples, chips/​snacks, drinks/​juices, produce, fruits/​veggies, meats, frozen foods, bathroom toiletries, cleaning supplies, etc. It’s really the same product you get at some of the big box stores. Only difference really is the packaging/​label… and price! I’d say it is anywhere from 20−40% cheaper! I mean if you go to Jewel/​Dominicks you can probably find 10 different brands of canned green beans, whereas Aldi will only carry one. Don’t be a freak — you only just need one, really.
The store itself is super neat and clean, and the workers here were nice. Not crowded at all like some of the other ones I’ve been to in the city.
The only cons I’d say about shopping here is that you have to pay 25 cents for a basket, though the basket says «.25 deposit» but you don’t get the quarter back? lol. Also, you must bring your own bag (s), and they are only cash or debit.