Aldi's Meat?

[readyin07]

I used to be anti-Aldis. The only one we had in the area was in kind of a crummy part of town in a renovated storefront and it always smelled musty and not fresh. I also feel like the produce was poor looking. Now we have two that are in brand new buildings and are less smelly I've tried them a few times when they have had ridiculously low produce prices and was pleasantly surprised.

But the last frontier is meat...what do you guys think? Good? Great? Ok? They have chicken for $1.29 a pound right now, hamburger for $1.49 a pound and boneless ribeyes for $6.99 a pound! Super cheap! But I don't want to throw it away on crummy meat either!

[katfco]

I'm not super picky on meat, but I've found their chicken breasts to be really good. Their flash-frozen bags of chicken breast are good, too.

[orangeblossom]

I haven't had any issues with It. I mostly buy chicken thighs, pork chops and ground turkey. No issues.

[cinderbella]

We buy most of our fresh chicken breasts there - so cheap and we've always been happy with the quality.

[tacokick]

We have a nice new Aldi too and we have bought tons of meat there and it is fine different than at the regular supermarket or their sister store, Trader Joe's.

[MadamePresident]

I buy it. They have some really good sales.

[rosiebear]

Their ground round is really good; chicken and pork loin and country ribs are fine. Steaks aren't that great, in my experience. Their spicy Italian sausage and breakfast links are good, too.

[lilibet]

My inlaws buy a lot of their meat there and it's really good. We've had burgers they've made with meat from there and they were tasty.

I second the rec of the bags of frozen chicken breast. I buy those pretty often.

[rachel6789]

We buy all of our ground beef and ground turkey there. We've tried their chicken breasts too. All good.

[cereal K]

I don’t shop there (only because it’s limited assortment/doesn’t have all the things on our list each week and I don’t want to make two trips), but their hot dogs are awesome! A family member served them at a party - they were so much like Costco’s hot dogs. I was impressed.

(I realize that hot dogs aren’t “real” meat, but it’s what I could contribute!)

[cabbagecabbage]

I buy and eat it and it's good. Their "never any" hormone free chicken is always a good deal compared to other natural chicken brands and ours has grassfed ground beef sometimes.

[Deleted]

I used to hate Aldi because my Mom got everything from there for a while and nothing quite tasted like it should- like the cheeto knockoffs tasted stale. Aldi has really stepped it up though. H loves some of the German desserts they get in the frozen section. The Specialty Select products are good too. We buy the uncured bacon and just bought some grass fed ground beef to try. We also bought baby back ribs on a whim, they were fine but a little tough. Most of their produce is organic, sometimes you have to look through to find some decent looking ones, but I think this is more because they do not throw out the blemished things like other supermarkets might. They have a great cheese selection now too. I think I stumbled upon this article from this board or because H kept talking about how they were going organic:

www.businessinsider.com/aldi-is-fixing-is-biggest-weakness-and-that-should-terrify-whole-foods-2016-1

[sproctopus]

@bigredgum yes on the cheese! I am always impressed with their cheese selection.

I haven't had any issues with meat, steaks included. We had filet super cheap a few weeks ago and it was perfect.

[fumbalina]

I have no quality concerns about anything at Aldi. Some things I don't like but that is a flavor problem.

I don't buy meat at Aldi very often because it is cheaper at HEB, but when I do I am not disappointed.

Really the only thing I did not like recently was the generic Doritos because they tasted too corny.

[eav2c]

I tend to actually prefer their meat over my other alternatives. The only thing I haven't been able to get into at aldi is their lunch meat but other than that I've found it all to be the same quality as any brand name meat.

[balletofangels]

I've never had an issue. They have really good flavored pork roasts. We don't shop there anymore for most stuff because a bigger discount store opened (Price Rite) and I can usually get everything there. We do go to Aldi for snack food every couple of weeks.

[elletr13]

I buy their chicken, organic beef and ground turkey. No issues. My husband likes their cheddar brats more than Johnsonville. We also love their bacon!

[textbookcase]

We just got an aldi like a month ago, but I've been pleased with everything so far. I've been buying meat there and have had no problems with quality.

[hymen]

I just started buying meat there a month ago and have had no problems with any of it. Their roasts are some of the best I've ever had.

[whiskeytails]

They have the cheapest & best center cut bacon!

[puggaho]

I actually have a controversial opinion here. I had some of their frozen chicken and it was so disgusting I threw the rest of the bag away. And I'm someone who usually will eat anything.

[starlily]

I'll be one of the dissenters. An Aldi opened up near us last month, and while there are several things I would purchase (cheese, boxed goods), the fresh meat and poultry looked sketchy as hell. Like, I wouldn't be able to bring myself to try it to find out how it tastes, because it looked so terrible.