ALDI

I was in north hills and needed some groceries, so i stopped here 15 minutes before closing. I found everything ok and workers were nice. I wonder if this location is always so calm because the aldi in southside & shadyside have crowds well after 830 lol. I have full intentions on mixing my shopping with nearby trader joes. I may stop here since its right in the area rather than going to the one by my house. The deals at aldi is worth 4 stars. even if you just get your basic things here such as flour, sugar & canned goods. you’ll see a savings.

I didn’t come here for the longest time because the Aldis back home (Nebraska) were awful. This one is large, has lots of product, but is very crowded!
They have the basics, but sometimes you can’t find exactly what you’re looking for. (E.g. jalapeños!) They do have a line of German products that we love, and usually when I go here it’s to pick up their sauerkraut and random snacks and chocolate!

This store just doesn’t do it for me. They haven’t done anything to turn me off they’re just not vibing with me for some reason.

I go to Aldi once a week. Specifically, this Aldi location. Aldi took a few weeks of getting used to – more on the wham-​bam checkout process and funky rent-​a-​shopping-​cart system in a bit – but now I’m very much a fan.
My staple purchases here are produce, especially tomatoes and probably the cheapest bananas you’ll find anywhere, sometimes as low as 19 cents per pound (crazy). I also really like the ⁹³⁄₇ «all natural» ground beef, which is packaged securely in black plastic containers. The Specially Selected brand inexpensive cheeses are shockingly good; I’ve tried a number of them and buy the brie round regularly. I also get my everything bagels and English muffins, coffee creamer for the husband, bagged spinach, and chopped walnuts at Aldi. But, honestly, the produce is key for me. I head to Giant Eagle (coupons!) and CVS (ExtraBucks!) for amazing deals for my other groceries and toiletries and household items, but I’m all about Aldi for produce.
Best selection is in the morning, as one would imagine, and I avoid late-​afternoon/​early-​evening weekday shopping trips at all cost.
The cashiers are seriously… yeah, I’m gonna say it… TALENTED. I don’t know how they work as quickly and efficiently as they do and manage to be so friendly every time. Impressive and appreciated.
So, the shopping carts. You can rent them for a quarter outside – or not rent them; it’s totally up to you – and then get your quarter back when you return the cart at the end of your shopping experience. It’s strange at first and certainly a learning experience. My husband and I still laugh about how clueless we were during our first Aldi excursion. In any event and especially if you choose not to do the cart thing, be sure to bring your reusable shopping bags, and oftentimes there are empty boxes purposely scattered around the store for shoppers to use as carrying mechanisms. To each his own.
Cash and debit only.

I’ve been to Aldi’s all over the world. I lived on Aldi in college, visited them in Austria, and still go weekly. This is the Aldi closest to me at this point. This one is smaller than most and more crowded. They run out of things all of the time, and the selection is much more limited. As much as it annoys me, you just can’t beat the prices!
Some thoughts:
–The fruit and vegetables here get beaten up a lot. Blueberries that get opened and are smothered in mold? Grapes that are wrinkly? Yeah. Not good. But more resilient fruits usually work out!
–Bring a quarter and your own grocery bags! You’ll need a quarter for your cart, and you don’t want to have to pay for bags! If you do forget bags, just grab empty boxes that are in the store. You can fill them and take them to the car.
–The frozen food is priced really well and is good!
–There is a lot of product turnover. They don’t always carry the same things. Plus, sometimes products will be labeled the same but suddenly change. Like, the green beans look the same but don’t taste the same.
–They have the cheapest eggs always. It’s between $.50 and $ 1.00 for eggs usually. SCORE.

If you have never been to an ALDI: Bargain priced food store with no frills. You pay 25 cents to rent a cart and you pay for your own grocery bags. You bag it yourself as well too. Great pricing on everyday foods simply because they are off brand. Some items are a steal such as their yogurt for 39 cents or their pork loins for 5.99. Some items are mass produced and should be passed on such as their grapes (which taste like leather) and their faux Doritos chips. They do not take credit cards here and only take cash or debit.
If you have shopped at an ALDI location before: This is my favorite location. Its never packed here. The parking lot is always a mess but the register experience is always fast.

Always great prices. I never go to Giant Eagle at all anymore. If you pick up an aldi brand product versus a name brand product you will see the same ingrediants. Big deal you have to bag you own food. Ill do that any day to save money. I would say you would save 40 to 50 percent up against Giant Eagle.

Aldi is the perfect no-​brainer for those who indeed have a brain!
Grocery shopping has become a royal thorn in my side in an era of gouge-them-for-all-they’re-worth attitudes. Giant Eagle is downright embarrassing with overinflated prices, considering the mass power buying edge they have, and a few others like Shop-​N-​Save really aren’t all that much better. What’s really pathetic is that my local Rite Aid, the ‘convenience’ store, can actually price Haagen Daaz ice cream LOWER than Giant Eagle.
Now, that being said, I should also clarify that several years ago, I opted to do as much cooking from scratch as possible, tired of the processed garbage that Giant Eagle and pals were over-​charging for, and passing off as ‘food’. Cooking from scratch is easy, can be fun, and let me tell you, it tastes a LOT better than any of the brand names offering a ‘quickie meal’ that really only satisfies shareholders.
So, Aldi had become my primary source of ‘staple’ buying.
And really, there is no better. The basics for from-​scratch cooking — flour, rice, oils, eggs, butter, cream cheese, milk, etc. — are all simple products. Butter is butter. Butter is $ 4 at Giant Eagle, and $ 2 at Aldi. Sure, I can see why you’d want to buy the butter that is twice the price at G.E. — NOT!
EVERYTHING is substantially cheaper at Aldi, and 95% of the time, the quality is just as good as a name brand. And in some cases, even better. I was quite shocked when I started checking some of the ingredient lists on many of the products at Aldi, which come from their own selection of off-​brands. I could actually READ most of them — the ingredients being actual ‘food’ ingredients.
They don’t have the big mainstream brands for the most part, and in my book, that’s just fine. They don’t have screaming ‘shareholders’ shrieking at them to take out real ingredients, cheapen the product, and raise the price. A lot of Aldi’s products are pretty darned real.
And I’ll tell you… I’d challenge the Chef’s Cupboard cream of mushroom soup against Campbell’s any day. Last time I had a taste of Campbell’s, my tongue only detected mushY, not mushROOM. And that Campbell’s costs WHAT for a can? The Chef’s Cupboard is still only 79 cents! Frozen lemonade, 79 cents.
The few items that I do buy as ‘convenience foods’ like Mac-​n-​cheese or ramen noodles, just to have on hand when I don’t feel like cooking, are again, 69 or 79 cents for the mac-​n-​cheese, and if you doctor it up with a little extra cheese (and come on, who doesn’t?) it tastes JUST as good as the $ 2 a box brand name, and less than $ 2 for a full case of ramen. A jar of pasta sauce is less that $ 2, and I’ve actually had people say ‘wow’ when they found out it was Aldi off-​brand jarred sauce.
About the only disappointments that I’ve had were their knock-​off brand of Cheetos, which kind of tasted like orange colored Trix or Cheerios (it’s the same base people), and the off-​brand pizza rolls (like Totinos) just didn’t quite have the full flavor I’d hoped for.
Several have complained about the produce, but again, I’ve never had an issue. No matter WHERE I buy produce, or how much I pay, if I don’t use it quickly, it’s going to rot. So why should I pay twice the amount at a regular grocery store? Their ‘selection’ is not large, but again, they do have the basics — potatoes, onions, garlic, mushrooms, celery, tomatoes, some lettuce, lemons, etc. Some things come and go with the seasons. If you’re looking for something exotic, you won’t find it here, but something exotic would generally require a special trip anyway.
But things like zip lock bags, aluminum foil, plastic wrap… no big names… but they all work just as fine as the stuff that costs twice as much.
Aldi is no frills, but when I go food shopping, I’m not looking for frills. So I have to pack my own groceries, and even take my own bags (you can use the empty product boxes you find around the stores as well). I will need a quarter to release the shopping cart from its chain… but it’s ok, return the cart, and you get your quarter back (actually a pretty brilliant way of keeping your carts together and returned — people are beyond cheap — they WANT that quarter back!)
And aside from not getting financially raped by a big bird, there is actually one fun ‘community’ aspect of the Aldi trip. Don’t be surprised when you’re returning your cart and someone walks up to you and hands you a quarter. You’ve just gotten your quarter back in exchange for a smile and a free cart!
Like I said… no brainer… for those with brains.
You may have to run to another store if you need a few more ‘refined’ ingredients for those recipes. But for the base ingredients, why pay double or more?
Don’t worry Fox Chapelites, Mt. Lebanese or Sewickly-ites…we won’t call you on ‘slumming’.

I dig Aldi. I’m not embarrassed. I like saving money, and most things I’ve gotten from there have been pretty good. I buy cases of water from there all the time, $ 2.29! How can you beat that? Their cheese selection is actually impressive for how small the store is. Cheap havarti? I’m in. The produce is hit or miss. The veggies are never really that great or green, but sometimes their fruit is decent. Did I mention cheap? A box of 4 kiwis for 99 cents is a steal, even if you do have to toss one of them. Their candy selection is fun, nuts are less than half of what Giant Eagle charges, frozen veggies are way decent for the price.
I certainly wouldn’t do all of my shopping at Aldi. Even the Fit & Active brand they carry isn’t really very healthy. But it’s fun to save money and bag my own groceries once in a while.

Not a very good selection. Aldi does help me save on money when funds are tight, which I am very appreciative of. However the frozen food here is not good at all. Yes I did take a risk on buying frozen heat and serve chicken wings. The bag stated that they were made with a 40% solution… solution of what?
You can certainly get the basics here, milk, cheese, eggs and some veggies. But I wouldn’t want to have to rely on Aldi to feed a family.

Want to save money? Get to Aldi’s!
You can stretch your money so far at this store! I even prefer some of their brand food to the name brand. Everything is very cheap — especially the produce and bread. They have practically everything you need to stock up your kitchen and the store is kept very neat and clean.
Oh, they have toiletries, paper towels, garbage bags, toilet paper and cleaning supplies too!
The employees have always been super nice. There are usually lines at the checkout but the cashiers work quickly so you’re not waiting very long.
The only con I have is that I hate their parking lot. I’m always afraid of getting hit by a car when going to and from the store. There are always parking spots though.
Here are some important tips:
You will need a quarter to use a shopping cart. You will get said quarter back when you take the shopping cart back to the store and chain it to the others. I think this is a great idea.
Bring your own grocery bags to save yourself additional money. But if you have to purchase bags from them, I think they’re only about 10 cents.
You will be bagging your own groceries!

Aldi supermarkets, like Dollar Tree or 99 cent stores get a lot of noses turned up at them. This may make some people stand up and take notice about aldi’s, they’re owned by the same German company that owns Trader Joe’s.
They have a small produce section, but more than likely have the staples every kitchen needs, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, celery, onions, etc. Where I think Aldi’s excels is in the frozen food isle. When I go it’s for their frozen ravoli, it comes in three varieties, regular, portobello mushroom and cheese and spinach and cheese. The portobello mushroom ravioli go great with a walnut pesto or just butter and parmesan.
Good dairy section and where can you get a dozen eggs for sixty five cents? Keep Aldi’s in mind next time you see one and give all their products a try in place of the ones you buy at the big brick and mortar places you normally shop.

It was my first time at this particular «Aldi»…it is similar to Sam’s Club and Costco but on a much smaller scale… and without all the hassle… a very chill environment… you will need to have a quarter handy to get a shopping cart (no worries… you will get your quarter back when you return the cart)…though its a much smaller facility than its competitor… it doesn’t lack the bare necesities… it has a produce section, cold food/​freezer section, and even some electronics ! Similar to its competitor you have to bag it on your own but Aldi provides a specific area for this particular task… which helps expedite you out of the store and into your kitchen.
This is a good store just to get something little and avoid the lines of the bigger chains… my mom and I went here to purchase some string beans but unfortunately they didn’t have any… so we went elsewhere… but we were satisfied with the customer service and the cleaniness of the facility itself. Very pleasant… we will be returning in the near future.