Re: Bread (was Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux)
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Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Friday 30 March 2007 22:43, Greg Folkert wrote:
>> On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 22:19 +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
>>> Greg Folkert wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 14:46 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>>>> On 03/30/07 13:59, John Hasler wrote:
>>>>>> Ron Johnson writes:
>>>>>>> We buy the cheapest *whole* wheat bread at the local store that
>>>>>>> doesn't taste like crumbly cardboard.
>>>>>> See? You're picky.
>>>>> Taste pickiness != snob pickiness. (Although snobs like to pretend
>>>>> it is.)
>>>>>
>>>>>> Cathy Consumer buys the cheapest white bread,
>>>>>> full stop.
>>>>> Not true unless you're on a very tight budget. Ask your wife
>>>>> whether she'd spend an extra 30 cents on bread from a brand she
>>>>> trusts.
>>>> We buy Bread at Aldi. $0.45 a loaf or $0.15 a loaf when trying to sell
>>>> off before tomorrow's shipment. Seem pretty much everything is that way
>>>> at Aldi.
>>>>
>>>> The white bread is very good for "tasteless" bread. Wheat is $0.50,
>>>> $0.15 respectively, I like the wheat better than most "branded" kind.
>>> Which country is this? Here, Aldi doesn't ever sell bread that cheap.
>> The good ole US of 'Murica. Specifically in Grand Rapids, MI.
>>
>> And to be honest, the only thing I don't like about Aldi bread, is that
>> it isn't always the "tradition" loaf shape. Sometimes a bit deformed.
>>
>> I'll go out on a short limb and say that more than 95% of the stuff Aldi
>> carries that has direct "brand-name" equivalents, is better tasting...
>> or SUCH a great value, that the taste doesn't matter at that point. Most
>> fall in the first category. Cereal, Milk, Bread, Ground Beef, Pork
>> Chops, "frozen" burritos, Fish Sticks, Fired Potatoes, Potatoe Chips,
>> "Juice" (cranberry, Apple, Sunny D knock off orange, etc) drinks, Soda
>> pop, Vegetable oil(different kinds), shampoo, hand soap, Paper Towels,
>> Tissue, Frozen seafood, fresh vegetables, beef Steak cuts, brats,
>> sausage, yogurt, pre-made pudding, boxed stuffing, "mac and
>> cheese" ($0.29 each box and significantly better tasting than Kraft
>> equivalent) and many other products in similar shape and form.
>>
>> One product that falls into the second category:
>>
>> "Manwich" costs $1.99 in most stores(plus or minus $0.20)
>>
>> Aldi equivalent $0.29. It isn't quite as flavorful, but it still
>> tastes a might good better in comparison to plain ground beef
>> and really is only slight less tasty than "Manwich"
>>
>> I mean, since the price difference is so HUGE and the quality is mostly
>> as good or even better, why Aldi is not deluged by people from open to
>> close, I'll never know.
>> --
>> greg, greg@gregfolkert.net
>
> Recently bought a webcam from Aldi. Reduced from 25 to 5€. It works fine using
> the ov511 driver. They had some more there at the same price, so I bought 2
> more. Nothing like having a couple of spares.
>
> And the breads ok too.
>
> You don't find the usual brand names, but I have no problem with the stuff
> they provide. It tastes ok, and all I'm trying to do is stay alive.
>
> Nigel.
>
>
>
I don't know if they sell them there, but here aldi sells computers too.
I did a little digging and they are all over the place. A simple visit
to http:/www.aldi.com will tell you all of the countries they are in.
Quite a world player. 'Twas news to me. Maybe I'd recognize some of
the products they sell.
I did buy a computer from them once. It was a bargain price for a very
well designed computer. Of course, it came with Windows.
Joe
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