I love Costco.... I heard it's opening in Melbourne first though...

We've been shopping at ALDI for a few years and now probably buy more than 50% of our groceries there. We find that their own brands tend to be better quality than other stores' own brands. There are a few things that we do not like but generally most of it is good. We find their fruit and vegetables to be excellent, they do seem to be delivered daily, they do not seem to have cold storage at our store so they are sold out by mid afternoon most days, you know that anything bought in the morning is quite fresh, we find it keeps better than similar items from other stores. Keep away from their own brand of chocolate, it is highly dangerous, good price, good quality but highly addictive. Like their Soy milk but wish they'd sort out the containers.

COSTCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yiipppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eee!!!!

Dear Coles and Woolies,

I would only shop in your rip-off place because I had no choice:curse:....when I learned of ALDI i only shop in your place only if ALDI does not carry it...i wish more of the aussies did the same (i notice its the migrants who go to ALDI, can tell by the accents)

and now finally COSTCO is going to beat the cr*p out of you......FINALLY!!! kiss your greedy duopoly days good bye...

Out here in Melbourne SE everyone uses Aldi now. The joint is chockers compared to what it was a year ago.

I noticed that too. At one time you could choose almost any car park spot under cover in Aldi and now it's that full you have to park outside.

Yesterday Woolies were selling lettuce at $3.49 and tomatoes at $4.99 kilo. Today I bought a fresh lettuce for 99cents and a kilo of tomatoes exactly the same for 99cents at Aldi

Woolies and Coles need a a wake up call. They don't deserve our custom:curse:

unfortunately here in the bayside brisbane, the 3 Aldis (yes 3, hehehe) i regularly visit are usually empty, the only time there is activity is maybe a Sunday morning...the rest of the weekdays are slow.....

i guess the queenslanders like to stick to what they have been used to.....or its simply lack of awareness.... i think the Adverstisement they have been doing are helping though...this weekend had more than the usual number of customers....

one thing i keep telling my friends who still go to coles (their reason is they buy the SALE stuff) i tell them that with ALDI you dont need to look for a sale because 70% of all their item are and will be always cheaper than coles...

btw, i agree that the chocolate is very affordable and bad because it is addicting....have just tried their White Chocolate....yummy....

oh one more thing, i just tried their canned italian pastas ($1.45 each), just sampled the Tortellini dish and it was GOOD too!! if i were to eat the same thing in the CBD for lunch it would have cost me $9

will be buying more for lunch at the office!

You have me curious now. I live in Auchenflower, Brisbane. Do any of you know where the nearest store is please? I can't recall seeing one anywhere.

Does anyone know when they will next be selling their desktop PC's ? I see there was a new one out in Germany, so I am not sure how long it takes to filter through to Oz.

They've got them in store right now... Well at Preston and Northcote. 999 bucks.. however you are much better of going to MSY... here you go.

Not many places beat Aldi for price, but MSY do.

http://www.msy.com.au/SYSTEMS/system.html

Theres an outlet in Brooklyn for you.

The ice cream is nice. Love the raspberry and white chocolate.

We often find the food in aldi has less additives, might be the stuff imported from Europe where they have tighter rules on adding crap to food.

I was really interested to come across this thread earlier - our food bills seem astronomical at the moment so I'm looking to cut back wherever we can.

I had a look at the Aldi website and it's actually got some really helpful tools on there to help you compare prices. As a little exercise (yes, I probably do have too much time on my hands) I found this week's shopping receipt from Woolies and compared a few things at random. Results as follows:

(B) 2 x Fresh Pizza Bases WW $4.39 Aldi $3.69
(W) Low Fat Coleslaw 225g WW $3.09 Aldi $3.09
(B) Frozen Cobbettes 800g WW $3.49 Aldi $1.99 (1kg)
(W) 2 x Low Fat Yogurts WW $2.51 Aldi $1.79
(W) Tuna Chunks 95g WW 99c Aldi 89c
(B) Baked Beans WW $1.59 Aldi 45c
(W) Tomato Paste 500g WW $1.29 Aldi $1.29
(B) Orange Juice 3L WW $5.98 Aldi $3.99
(W) Peanuts 200g WW $1.98 Aldi 99c
(B) Multigrain Flakes 645g WW $4.99 Aldi $3.99
(W) 2ply Toilet Tissue 8pk WW $5.49 Aldi $3.99 (12pk)
(W) 680g Soy Linseed Loaf WW $2.75 Aldi $2.69
$38.54 $28.84
Total Saving $9.70

Anyhoo, I've marked those items I bought which were Woolworths own (W) and branded (B) but to be honest we've only taken to buying branded stuff since we've got here because we haven't been able to find own brand equivilents. I also cannot comment on fresh meat, veg or fruit as I found it hard to compare these online (what with weights etc) and obviously I cannot comment on quality but I thought it was interesting to compare those cupboard-type foods. We will definately be seeking our our nearest Aldi this weekend for our weekly shop. Hope this inspires somebody else to have a look and save some pennies

Any thoughts on the beer and wine ? The cleanskins look tempting at $13.99 for a case of 6 bottles.

where from? I didn't think Aldi sold alcohol

They do in Melbourne . Tried some $4 Chardonnay which wasn't disgusting but I wouldn't get it again. Got some Shiraz Merlot to try tonight so will report back. Will have to give the James Squires Ale lookalike a try as well.