Aldi's is owned by Trader Joe's!

3171kelly
3171kelly Posts: 20 Member
in Food and Nutrition
We have an Aldi's in our area and I just found out it is owned by Trader Joe's!
I love getting fresh fruit and fit and active things there for reasonable Try one out if you have one around. The cereals are also made by General Mills ( hence the name Millville)
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  • LonLB
    LonLB Posts: 1,126 Member
    Plus when you are broke that place is the BOMB
  • LonLB
    LonLB Posts: 1,126 Member
    and I give anyone and everyone the permission to kick me hard right in the shins if I ever say the bomb in person!
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    and I give anyone and everyone the permission to kick me hard right in the shins if I ever say the bomb in person!

    I'll kick you in the shins if you DON'T say "The bomb" in person.
  • Jetta1492
    Jetta1492 Posts: 47 Member
    Yeah I read that somewhere too. Actually, the article said that Trader Joe's is owned by a different division of Aldi's parent company. It also said that in Adli's stores overseas they sell Trader Joe's branded items!
  • coresoaper
    coresoaper Posts: 1 Member
    hey I didn't know trader joes owned aldi,.
  • EmilyEmpowered
    EmilyEmpowered Posts: 650 Member
    I love Aldi's. I agree, the Fit and Active stuff is great! I love their whole wheat thin spaghetti, if I am making pasta normally everyone complains about the whole wheat that I use. HOwever, with these noodles you canNOT tell that they are whole wheat. Also, the fresh fruits and veggies are soooo much better priced. My only complaint is that my local Aldi's does not carry many frozen veggies, which are something I buy a lot of. From Aldi's, I can only get green beans or brocolli, wish they carried more variety in those!

    PS_ If you haven't yet, try their hummus!! The tomato basil is sooooo delish!! :love:
  • tokimaromi
    tokimaromi Posts: 14
    i absolutely love aldi. i've never shopped a trader joe's or even have one around me but i get all my fruits and veggies for cheap there. it's also a really fun place to shop but i have to put my blinders on sometimes since my sweet tooth can get me in trouble
  • shiznick9
    shiznick9 Posts: 1 Member
    I don't know of any other place that has 1 pound of fresh strawberries regularly priced at $1.19. I love ALDI!!!!
  • danibu98
    danibu98 Posts: 281 Member
    Aldi has the Little Garden Salad Hummus that is only 40 cals for 2 tablespoons. Stuff is amazing. I love Aldi (and Trader Joe's too!)
  • marybowldseddington
    marybowldseddington Posts: 71 Member
    Not healthy but all of their crackers and cookies..such as cheez, fudge striped etc are made at the same factory as Keebler. My husband worked there as a temp in his younger years and said they just changed the wrappers on the outside.
  • violettatx
    violettatx Posts: 230 Member
    I've never been to Aldi's but I freakin' love Trader Joes! So much great, healthy stuff for such reasonable prices.

    Not to hijack the thread, but they opened a TJ's near me that had a long-time Safeway store across the street. As of last weekend, the Safeway closed it's doors. Such is the power of TJ's.
  • DanielaScott
    DanielaScott Posts: 2
    I LOVE Aldi. You get so much for your money!:wink:
  • bill323
    bill323 Posts: 100
    I love Aldi. There is one not too far from me and I always avoided it because of the stigma of it being for broke folk. What turned me was being at my sisters house and having a glass of the Aldi chocolate milk. It is thee best chocolate milk evar.

    Their Raisin Bran is also fanflippintastic too. The ice cream is cheap as all get out as well.

    Funny thing is when I go do Aldi I spend between $30-$40 and get a decent cart load, when I go to Costco I get three things and its $50 LOL.
  • PaleoPath4Lyfe
    PaleoPath4Lyfe Posts: 3,161 Member
    We have an Aldi's in our area and I just found out it is owned by Trader Joe's!
    I love getting fresh fruit and fit and active things there for reasonable Try one out if you have one around. The cereals are also made by General Mills ( hence the name Millville)

    No, they are not owned by the same company. The 2 brothers merely opened two different stores. I have asked about this rumor and one brother owns Aldi and the other brother owns Trader Joe's.
  • PaleoPath4Lyfe
    PaleoPath4Lyfe Posts: 3,161 Member
    Trader Joe's does NOT sell genetically modified foods..............Aldi's does as they get many mainstream American companies to manufacture their products.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    Produce in my local Aldi's is DISGUSTING. I hope yours is better. It just makes me sad to hear that it is related to Trader Joe's since I think they are good.
  • CherylP67
    CherylP67 Posts: 772 Member
    It is the same company. The Albrecht family is the wealthiest in Germany. This article talks about the death of the brother, but the history of the company is a couple paragraphs down.

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2012/12/07/german-billionaire-berthold-albrecht-heir-to-aldi-markets-and-trader-joes-dead-at-age-58/
  • LadyWolf66
    LadyWolf66 Posts: 24 Member
    If that's true, that might explain why both stores have opened in my area recently. Neither one of them were anywhere near here a year or two ago.
  • KAS0917
    KAS0917 Posts: 172 Member
    I grew up in a small town with an Aldi, and it wasn't a nice store at all. But the new stores they are building around me are GREAT!
    I do a lot of my shopping there.

    Yesterday I bought a bag of the frozen pretzel rolls. (Lean ham & reduced fat swiss cheese on a pretzel roll under the broiler is awesome!) Anyway, I used the MFP barcode scanner to scan the bag of pretzel rolls. They come up with the barcode as "Sister Schubert pretzel rolls." Doesn't surprise me - the bag looks the same as the Sister Schubert rolls, just different name brand - and about $2.00 cheaper for the bag.
  • QueenE_
    QueenE_ Posts: 522 Member
    It's a little weird how both stores back home opened up around the same time..
  • alheimurinn
    alheimurinn Posts: 25 Member
    Yeah I read that somewhere too. Actually, the article said that Trader Joe's is owned by a different division of Aldi's parent company. It also said that in Adli's stores overseas they sell Trader Joe's branded items!

    As an American now living in the UK, I am still waiting to find something from Trader Joes in Aldi - it has yet to happen in three years! Would especially love to find a big bag of blue corn tortilla chips, mmm.
  • sewingdiscontent
    sewingdiscontent Posts: 112
    I love ALDI. Besides being great for having low prices on produce I could not otherwise afford, they pay their workers waaaaay better than any other chain, and offer health benefits and vacation time to part-time employees. I like supporting companies that treat their employees well.
  • Sylvitryinghard
    Sylvitryinghard Posts: 549 Member
    Im from Germany so I know Aldi for yeaaaaaaaaars lol. All I can say, great products and great company (my cousin works there and what she told me everything is fair) They are modern with their products and food and I nearly get everything I want from there. We have tests for foods and products here in Germany and some goods from Aldi won.
  • Lupercalia
    Lupercalia Posts: 1,857 Member
    I'm an American living in the UK and have never seen any sort of Trader Joe's product in the Aldi stores here. I wish!
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    In north Queensland we don't have a Trader Joes or Aldi. Down south they have Aldi. Don't think there is any Trader Joes in Australia yet. I want both please!
  • headandtheheart
    headandtheheart Posts: 7
    I love Aldi! It's kind of a hassle and it's not the closest to me, but the deals are fantastic, especially on a budget. Unfortunately I don't really care for their produce, but we have some good indoor farmer's markets for produce. The only thing is I tire of going to so many different stores. I wish I could get all of my grocery awesomeness (Costco, Aldi, Trader Joe's, farmer's market, and the rare items I need at Kroger/Publix) in one place!
  • janahcarter
    janahcarter Posts: 42 Member
    We got an Aldi's in my area a little over 2 years ago. I love Aldi and don't shop anywhere else. With only one income, groceries get expensive quick. We can buy groceries for our family of 3 for 2 weeks before we need to go shopping again.I can get a cart full of groceries at Aldi's, where at Walmart I could probably only get 1/4 of it for the same price. Only complaint I have with them is their produce seems to spoil quicker.
  • laurarae1976
    laurarae1976 Posts: 1
    @PaleoPath4Lyf, this is not entirely true. They only "claim" that their house brands are GMO free, but even that is really up for question since they will not reveal their vendors or sources for much of the common GMO crops (corn, soy, etc) and they don't have any plans to label/disclose anything anytime soon without being forced to by law. http://foodbabe.com/2013/08/07/what-is-trader-joes-hiding/

    I am a fan of TJ's, but I'm still a skeptic when it comes to the food I feed my family.
  • Kellihulst
    Kellihulst Posts: 140 Member
    I love seeing all the Aldi lovers out there! It's my favorite place to shop!
  • helenrosemay
    helenrosemay Posts: 375 Member
    I have an Aldi 10min walk from where I live, I love it. I get to walk there and back too, so get a little 20min walk (uphill too)
    I just got a pack of 6 tomatoes 39p lettuce 39p and carrots 39p. What a bargain.

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