Aldi

I love Aldi.
It is not fancy, they do not spend a lot on advertising. You have to remember to bring a quarter to rent your cart (you get the quarter back if you return the cart.) You have to either bring your own grocery bags or buy theirs (.5c for paper, .10 for plastic, .79 for insulated cooler bag.) Everything in the store sits in the boxes they were shipped in. There are usually only about 3 employees working and sometimes you have to jump out of the way to avoid getting hit by the lady with the floor sweeper in between customers.
So why do I love Aldi? THE PRICES. Everything at Aldi is a fraction of the cost for the same or better quality than anything name brand you’d buy at Publix or Winn Dixie. They are the perfect store to stock up on the staples: butter, milk, eggs, sugar, flour, spices, etc… Great, fresh produce if you go at the right time of day. They have a generous freezer section too. Gourmet cheeses. A little meat department (hit or miss, but I did find grain-​fed ground beef here for 5.99/lb last week.)
Apples to apples, about 90% of what I’ve tried there has been less expensive and exactly the same quality as other grocery stores. Except their queso. Spend the extra for name-​brand queso at the bigger grocery stores, but do try their white tortilla rounds for less than $ 2 a bag.
I did knock off 1-​star because they are NOT one-​stop shopping. I almost always have to supplement a trip to Aldi with a smaller trip to Publix or Target for the more specialty items or household products I need. Also (and I know this is done to save money) I do find it a huge pain to bag my own groceries. It’s worth it for the lower prices but almost always do I overstuff one bag with too much heavy stuff.