Sweet, will have to hit and stock up. I've been needing more dividers for some time now.

Didn't know you guys had Aldi over there. They are getting a good following over here now - taking the 2 major grocery chains on and winning. I'm guessing there is a lot more competition in the US though.

Nice. I will have to check these out... always outgrowing the organized storage space i have for small items.

I already have 10 of those. They are much needed, especially if you do your own board work and keep ample supply of resistors, caps, diodes, chips on hand.

Urrrrgh... you sound like my wife trying to get me save money by shopping at Aldi...

I was thinking about resistors....... have a drawer for 2.2 valued resistors (or caps).... 2.2 ohm 22 ohm, 220 ohm, 2.2k ohm, 22k ohm, 220k ohm, 2.2mohm etc..... one for every value in 2.2. Next drawer is 2.4, etc......

Oh goody!!! And one is getting ready to open near me....

Aldi has the best brownie mix!

Aldi's is finally hitting Southern California. Billboards everywhere. Saw one being built on old Route 66 in Rancho Cucamonga today. I'm busy with this health food right now.....

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I usually keep the smaller electronic parts in parts boxes that I get from walmart. Then I put all the boxes on a shelf and slide them out as needed. Parts drawers end up being half empty and waste too much space.

I've only been using parts drawers for ICs and hardware since they can easily fill a parts drawer (which means little wasted space)

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I have an Aldis 2 miles one direction and a Trader Joes 2 miles in another direction and within a 4 miles radius of my house I'm surrounded by at least 20 major supermarkets, 5 Super Target, 4 Walmart, 3 Kmart, 2 Festival, 6 Cub, 1 Costco, 2 Byerlys, and a couple others I can't think of right now.

looks healthy to me. Look you ate a banana

Cool, I'll pick up some bags of concrete while I'm there too.

Would you like a set of traffic cones with your bread & milk sir?

How big is it? I didn't know aldi sold anything like this. I just though aldi was a grocery store for low income families. I went in there once and all I remember seeing is what seemed like an aisle of generic fruit flavored soda and sugary drinks.

Most Aldi product is really high quality and extremely good value, at least over here and in Germany. But you don't get a choice of brands - it's all Aldi (but with different names). Peanut butter comes in crunchy and smooth. That's it. Water is fizzy or still. It's like a communist era supermarket was meant to be, but with stock and fresh food.

Most of the perishable product in Aldi here is sourced locally, and usually from the same producers that make the big brands. In many cases the food is better than the big brand stuff. And they look after their suppliers much better than the big supermarkets over here.

But the wierdest thing is every week they have Aldi specials on completely random non food stuff. One week it's computers, next part drawers, next ski gear. It's usually pretty good value also. And it mostly sells out. Then next week it's a completely new range of specials. Their buyers are constantly sourcing supplier close out stock and paying cash upfront. These Aldi specials are a deliberate marketing policy worldwide - it's like bait to lure shoppers, but also builds loyalty and differentiates them from competitors.

Once you get over the lack of brand choice, you can save a significant amount on groceries. It's popular with all income groups over here, but obviously it's great for lower income families. The locations are generally not as convenient as the major chains because Aldi won't pay the rents.

And their German beers are legendary.

In fact one of their $19 bottles of champagne (that's cheap by Australian standards) outrated many of the big top end French brands in one of our local wine tasting magazines.

Interesting.
Does anyone know if the same is true with aldi in the states?

Agreed, you can put a pile of these on a shelf or in a cabinet. I get them for $3.99 at Harbor Freight.

http://www.harborfreight.com/24-compartment-large-storage-container-61881.html

If a stand up bin falls over and the drawers slide out you have a mess.

Their processed food item are "ok". Some are complete garbage like their soups. The labels are designed to resemble Campbell's but they are of poorer grade than the old "Staff" line. Most of their snack foods are as good as the name brands for less. But, yesterday at Stater Bros. Supermarkets in SoCal, all name brand snacks cheetos, fritos, rold gold etc were 4 bags for $5.00 but if you did not buy in lots of 4, they were $3.00-$3.50 each. With this deal, the name brands are cheaper than Aldi's "Clancy" brand. Alas, Aldi's Salsa is a screaming deal. It tastes just as good as the name brands and is $1.20 less per jar.
Aldi meats that need cooking are garbage as well. Loaded with water so it shrinks to 60% of normal size. Their lunchmeats seem to be OK, but they aren't any cheaper than the store brands. Milk/dairy is fine.

I had five linear feet of wall space covered with these things for a long time. Great storage but encouraged me to become a pack rat.

I've only been to Aldi once, but it made me think of this Simpsons episode -

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Man, I'm jealous!

Well, I stopped at my local Aldi's today, and not only did they have the parts drawers, they also had a small selection of tools, a socket and bit set, and a second parts drawer unit with small plastic bins, rather than drawers.

Definitely!!! It's awesome!

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Funny. Aldi is like the most normal thing in my life.

The concept is very easy. No shelves, everything on palettes, buy in masses, no services, no fancy store inventory. Aldi brothers haves been the richest family in Germany if i remember correctly.

Their stuff is ok. Mostly rebranded stuff that's exactly the same as the ones in the commercials that have a name.

Their wine is great, they have a line of electronic products called MEDION, their stuff is often rated pretty good, too. The beer sucks though.

I saw the automotive tool set (ratchets, sockets etc.). Interesting "warranty"; makes Harbor freight look good.

But you're spoilt for choice in Germany.....compared to other imported beers available here, the Aldi stuff is just as good and 1/2 the price.

I know a genuine panaphonics when I see it.

Aldi Store manager here. I like my job but the hours prevent me from going to more shows and tournaments...

maybe it already has the pot already included. Instant munchies.

I really like Aldi. They have great nuts and trail mixes. The best thing they sell is the fresh salsa. I get two tubs of the Hot every time I go in! It is the best grocery store salsa ever.

These are addictive:

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Agreed about the Salsa. Just as good as the name brands and $1.20 less per jar. I'll edit my post above.

Taco and burrito kits rule at Aldi, bottled water is great. Food product quality in Oz is really good. Also sells some bizarre German food which I like

The salsa I was talking about is in the refrigerated section in a plastic tub.

I'm talking about the glass jars that you only need to refrigerate after opening if you don't finish it. Never bought Salsa that is refrigerated to start with.

In and out Bruce! It's been about 10 years for me.

Even put some in the freezer to bring home!

Unit #34 in Ontario. Drive thru and walk-up only location. Built in 1984. I walked over from the hotel. In shorts of course.

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Very sorry to hear that. What brand do they sell? Wondering how different the product palette is.

Do they sell the beer in glass or plastic bottles?

This is the one i will always buy when they have it. It's a Pils from Hamburg....it's good, but they don't always have it. So I stock up when they do. I think it's about $30-$35 a case.

They also do some local ales and lagers which are just rebranded big Australian beer brands. They're as good as any of the local beers.

No plastic bottles - doubt that would sell at all here.

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Okay. First of, this is a local beer from where i live and it's almost 180km away from hamburg. Flensburg ist right next to the Danish border.

Astra is a beer from Hamburg.

Both are very good German beers. They would never ever sell those at aldi in Germany. Aldi is a discount super market and they sell beer in plastic bottles in Germany.

I guess your aldi is very different from the German original. But it's great you can have that beer over there. I pay much less though

The Aldi here is an Americanized version. But yeah, it is where I go to get my German sugar fix. I spent 8 years in Germany and miss a bunch of foods, snacks, wine, certain beers, etc...

I like how all of the beers there looks like their name brand counterparts from a package/bottle design standpoint.

First encountered ALDI when I lived in Scotland.
ALDI is sort of a cross between a Grocery Outlet Warehouse store and Big Lots!
You can find some good deals, but choices are very limited,
actually fairly random, one can not go with a full grocery shopping list
and expect to find everything you want.

All the SoCal Aldi's opened yesterday(March 24th). Those poor people.......