Reason #52,491 that I love Aldi: Seasonal special buys.
With the winter holidays upon us, Aldi is stocked to the brim with speciality food items, baking goodies and a whole aisle of toys!
Today when I went to Aldi to do my weekly produce stock-up, I took some time to check out their special holiday items.
Although kosher-keepers can’t partake in Aldi’s holiday meat and speciality cheese selection, I was very impressed with the number of items I found that did have a hechsher on them (looks like I’m going to need to update my Kosher Aldi Database!).
Many of the Special Buy baking items are kosher, including my absolute favorite: Andes Creme de Menthe Baking Chips. (These make the best minty chocolate chip cookies.)
And of course, Aldi carries plenty of items that don’t require a hechsher — from paper goods to fresh produce to toys.
Aldi’s Seasonal Special Buys are priced extremely competitively, but you can save even more when you shop the Lower Price Red Tags.
Nearly all of Aldi’s Seasonal Buys get marked down even more following the “season”. The section below, for example, features post-Thanksgiving goodies for as inexpensive as $.25 (sadly none were hechshered).
I plan on visiting Aldi again in the days after Christmas to scope out the markdowns. In my experience, discounts range from 25-75% and the longer something sits on the shelves, the deeper the savings go.
Even if you’re not looking for a Seasonal Buy, I absolutely adore the everyday savings in Aldi’s produce section. Sales vary regionally, but at my store today, I was able to snag pineapples for $1.29 and a 3-lb bag of navel oranges for $.99.
I’m especially excited to see Aldi carrying more and more organic selections. My store had organic cherry tomatoes, apples, carrots and bananas — and with the exception of the bananas, those items are all on the Dirty Dozen list.
As we’ve talked about before, while I can’t necessarily afford to buy all my family’s produce organic, I do try whenever I can to avoid conventionally grown produce for those Dirty Dozen items.
Do you love Aldi, too? Perhaps you’d like to try out Aldi for the first time? You can find an Aldi near you on the store locator.
Two lucky KOAB readers will each win a $50 gift card to Aldi to splurge on some special seasonal supplies or to help cover their weekly stock-up. (We shop weekly at Aldi for produce, milk, yogurts and eggs and never spend more than $40, so if you win, your $50 should go a long way!)
Here’s how to enter the $50 Aldi Giftcard giveaway:
#1. Leave a comment on this post telling me what you love about Aldi. If you’re new to Aldi, just let me know that. This comment is required to be entered to win this giveaway.
For up to three additional entries, you may do any of the following:
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This giveaway is open only to residents of the United States who are 18 or older. Entries will be accepted until Wednesday, December 25th at 11:59 p.m. CST. The winners will be selected randomly and notified by email immediately. They will have 48 hours to respond. Good luck!
Disclosure: Aldi will provide the winner of this contest with his or her prize package. I was not compensated in any way for hosting this giveaway nor for sharing my (positive) opinions of Aldi.
I love the organic selections at Aldi.
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Oh Gosh – thought I had commented here! LOL I commented every where – I would soooooo love an Aldis gift card – thanks again for all you!
I love their low prices and selection of produce
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I haven’t shopped at Aldi but found out I have one 10 miles from me! Would live to win!!
Oh I have never been to Aldi’s before. We have a newer one it he town next to us and I really have wanted to go and check it out! The deals everyone finds are so great. I cannot wait to try it, cause I know I would love all the prices!
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I love the low prices on their fresh produce!
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I have been shopping at Aldi for about 1.5 years now. It was kinda my secret place bc I don’t like going to ShopRite with all the yentas, but now a new location opened up closer to my community. Oh well. I love that I can go get eggs, milk, creamer, basics, coffee, bread – kosher and competitively priced, clean store, easy to shop there.
I only pop in from time to time for a last minute produce need (our Aldi is on the corner of our block) but after reading some of your other Aldi posts, I may need to check it out a bit better!!
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I love the size of ALDI – not so big that you get exhausted just picking up what you need. And I love the prices, too! Thanks! — Laura @ Frugal Follies
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I like the produce and cereal.
I love that I can shop for the entire week in under half an hour and for around $100. Our cashiers are efficient AND super friendly. Aldi rocks!
Produce prices and inexpensive basics like yogurt, milk, tuna…
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I love that their brand is just as good and sometimes better than other leading national brands and I particularly love their produce section!
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LOVE the prices at Aldi! I also love the produce packaging… its always a manageable amount.
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I like the price on their canned food.
I love their baking products like confectioner’s sugar and butter!
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It’s been a long time since I have shopped at Aldi. I really should go back. It has great prices.
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I love the canned goods and European chocolates & cookies.
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Love the great prices on produce at Aldi!
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I LOVE ALDI’S!!! I’ve been going to Aldi’s for years. My mother introduced me to Aldi’s years ago. I go there at least once a week if not more. They have great quality produce at great prices, that I can afford on my budget which helps me keep my family healthy. A $50.00 gift card would really help us out. Aldi also has many other items we also purchase when we can at a great price.. I’m glad there is an Aldi’s close by. I love that store!!! I also subscribe and love your daily newsletter. My daughter introduced me to KOAB and Pinterest which is great, I love you both. Thank you for doing KOAB for all of us.
I love that I can buy most “staple” items at Aldi for about half to 2/3 the price of a regular grocery store!
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I love the great deals they have on produce. I also love the super quick check out lanes.
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I love the deals at Aldi and go there for basics and produce whenever I can. In the summer I got these amazing frozen fruit bars.
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I love Aldi’s. They just opened one by my house. I go there first and what ever they don’t have on my shopping list then I hit the regular store. I save tons at Aldi’s and from tips from KOAB!
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Went today for the only the second time- the first time shopping for myself. Love the cheap cheap produce!