Stores

每星期我們的郵件都會收到各商店的廣告單，優惠的貨項… 我見ALDI連銷店的某些貨項優惠，真的很便宜，如無子葡萄价格是一盒USD1.58／两磅裝，而Steve喜歡去的Schnucks 連銷店，我們曾買過的無子葡萄最優惠也要USD1.50每磅，平時价是USD2.90每磅。

剛開始我要Steve帶我去ALDI，他很免強，他不喜歡ALDI，認為廉价可能是品質不好、貨物品類不多、不提供免費購物袋等… 但我買的葡萄、橙，都很甜、好吃。我堅持再去，幾次后他才慢慢改觀，比如一些他熟悉的牌子Pringles薯片，ALDI平時价是USD0.79，而其它商家優惠時是USD1.00（平時价格當然更高），若我們消費的話那是節省至少21%，以此類推其它消費的貨項，實能讓我們省了一点錢，在這貨物高漲的時期，還是要貨品三家，盡量節省。可是ALDI是小規模的商店（约1/5的Schnucks面積），只有两、三位的收銀員（没有包裝員，購物者須自行整装所購的東西），但我想應該是它的成本較少，所以是其中一個使其貨品標价廉宜的因素之一吧！

其實我也欣賞ALDI不提供免費購物袋（但它有售塑料／纸膠袋），那可減少塑料／纸袋的消耗，環保地球的一項。

ALDI可没付我廣告費哦！

We receive grocery store sales ads every week…. I read one from a franchise chain, ALDI, which had some very good deals, likes seedless grapes for USD1.58 for a 2 lbs pack. Steve likes to go Schnucks and we have bought seedless grapes there, with the cheapest sale price USD1.50/lb, and the normal price about USD2.90/lb.

Steve didn’t like ALDI but I wanted to go there. He thought, since ALDI’s prices were so much cheaper they might not be good quality. They don’t have many varieties of products and you have to buy the shopping bags for your groceries if you don’t bring your own. After I bought some grapes, oranges and other things, I thought they were good. So, I wanted to go there again and after a several times there, he changed his mind a little bit. He likes Pringles potato chips, which is a brand he is familiar with. ALDI’s price is only USD0.79, but its sale price is USD1.00 at other stores (of course the normal price will be higher). If we bought it, the savings is at least 21%, and similar savings on other items. These will save us a little money. Recently many products prices have increased, we will compare and try to save money. However, ALDI is small (about 1/5 the size of Schnucks) with two or three cashiers and no bagger. Maybe because their cost is lower compared to others, so their prices are cheaper!

In fact, I appreciate that ALDI doesn’t provide shopping bags (they sell plastic/paper bags). That reduces the quantity of plastic/paper bags, which is one solution to help protect the environment.

ALDI didn’t pay me for commercial ads here!