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[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We shop at Aldi a lot and, anecdotally, they seem to be the most reasonably priced by a pretty hefty margin.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That's because ALDI doesn't cushion cost increases or sell loss leaders. If eggs shoot up in price 400% they immediately raise the price to match. Most grocery stores will try to eat at least some of that cost for some time hoping it will go down before they have to raise even further. That kind of pricing model means they need much larger margins on all their other products to afford that. Same way they sell milk and rotisserie chickens at a loss to get people in the store.

ALDI does not play those games and keeps their margins more consistent but their prices are more susceptible to spikes in costs.

[–] Fish@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Then how do they keep their chocolate so cheap? Their chocolate bars are cheaper, larger, and better than most American chocolate.

[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Aldi and Costco look like great places to shop at

[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Costco is the other location that we so most of our shipping at and I agree.