My German Husband Shops at LIDL in the USA!
German husband goes shopping at LIDL in the USA! Lidl is a German supermarket chain that has been opening a lot of new stores around the US! It's a popular discounter grocery store with a bakery section! We wanted to visit one here while we were in the US! Have you been to a LIDL before? Is this one similar or different to the one near you?
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Have you been to a LIDL before? Is this one similar or different to the one near you? 🤔🍞🛍
That's the one we shop at, surprised it wasn't that busy
although this LIDL in USA looks pretty cool, i HATE the LIDL near me in Hamburg St Georg, stopped going there, it's horrible, including the staff! (i really dislike LIDL, period!, but ALDIs can be ok) i go the REAL that's about the same distance from me as the LIDL, and they've got EVERYthing! thumbs up of course, #204
Yes this would be a typical Lidl in the US. Grocery stores in US usually don't make a lot of profit on most items, so they "gauge" you on a few items to make up for the loss of profit otherwise. It really pays to keep your bills when you shop(maybe make a spreadsheet) to know how much that you are spending for each item between stores.
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The LIDL stores in Georgia that I go to don't have self-checkout. They're also a little smaller than the store you went inside but nothing like some of the tiny locations in Berlin (and cleaner). I wish they did have self-checkout b/c many times I go has no one at the checkout counter with a wait for someone to come over or a line of 5, 6 or more people for the single cashier open. The chicken prices are good, btw. It's not always that cheap based on the weekly sales. I have a mountain home in North Carolina and will go to LIDL and pack a cooler before going because the prices are so much higher up there for many things. Eggs, block cheese, frozen potatoes, milk, cream, and especially olive oil and kalamata olives are much less expensive. I'm fortunate to have 8 grocery stores in Georgia within 10-minutes of my house, so I can comparison shop there, but LIDL is still cheaper on most things with ALDI very close and Deana will attest to the BOGOs at Publix that can be time to stock up on things. No coins for the carts, but everyone here brings them back inside or to the return area.
I think LIDL is a good addition to the US supermarket landscape. It is definitely an americanized version but it brings some affordability to some basic foods including the bakery section! :)
I have never found it that much cheaper
Try out Wegmans
I like to shop Lidl & Aldi.
I have not been to LIDL but we have ALDI here in Pennsylvania. I don't really go there though but last time I did they had coin carts. Also I work in a mom & pop bakery. We mix, form, proof and bake bread daily and they have been in business for almost 40 years We also have everything under the sun including many German items as the owner is 3rd gen baker whos family originated from Germany. He still uses his grandpas recipes for many items like the Stollen he makes at Christmas. I'm really enjoying the American series of videos.
What part of Pa? The LIDL in Lancaster has been open almost a year now and one is going in around Mechanicsburg area if I'm correct.
@@paulascheib5347 Closer to Harrisburg. I've only been down that way once since covid and that was to Shady Maple for my birthday...lol Didn't realize they opened one.
been to an Aldi in Philly, early 2000s.... and here in Germany the local Lidl and Aldi just 200m apart...
You should there a few Lidl in PA now. They are great
I really don't get the lazy attitudes so many have about returning the carts to the designated areas. I, for one, won't park near an area in a parking lot where there are a lot of abandoned carts. I'd prefer not to have my car dinged up by carts rolling into it. I always return my carts, even if I have to walk a bit extra...which I do, since I park further away from the stores and cart return stalls.
Me too. I always return my cart. For heaven's sake, it's not even a hard walk. You can hold on to the cart while you walk. I try to pick up stray carts on my way to the corral too.
It's a big pet peeve of mine
You need coin operated ones as we have here in Germany. You need a coin inserted into a slot on the cart to unlock and use it, when you return the cart and relock it, you get your coin back.
As someone living in the uk are you insane you always return the carts to the areas that’s the point?
@@schecter5035 Yeah... You'd think but we have a lot of lazy and inconsiderate people in The States. They will literally leave the cart in the parking space that's right next to the cart corral. Ugh, so annoying.
I started shopping at Aldi when I first moved to the US (Toledo, OH) in 1997. Aldi has been one of main grocery stores then. When I first moved down to Atlanta, GA in 2002, my husband would make fun of me, saying that I was the only IBMer who shopped at Aldi:-) Hey, it helped (in some small ways) us pay off two houses in 5 years!
That's awesome! Shopping here orginally in California for a couple of years before moving out of the state. It helped me save to move out of the state for 2 years later.
Ya too bad we don't have Lidl here in SE Michigan, I'm not far from you
I hate when people don’t return the carts. I live in Korea now, and we had the coin system when I arrived in 2012. They stopped that 2-3 years ago.
bud that’s dust eh
What’s it to you? Like why do you hate it?
Donut with a treat 🦟 Those custard tarts are from Portugal, Lidl exported the idea to the US. Those US Lidl's are also different from the ones in Portugal, they are much larger and spacious.
I am such a fan of Lidl. I use to go to Aldi but Lidl hands down. Wonderful quality in the baked goods, vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, and their organic selections along with the price is a welcome change in the supermarket environment in the states. Anytime I see a Lidl I make a point to check out the store. That's how hard core I am about this German import. And I wish we carried even more imported foods because that is where the quality lies in my opinion.
I went to Aldi in Harrisburg, PA, and it was the most disorganized grocery store I've ever been to. I haven't been to Lidel yet, but look forward to it
Authentic (ie. German owned) German bakeries in the US can be very pricey, gourmet oriented, and often worth it. Fresh bread will be $5-7 a loaf, pies $20-30, cookies about $30 for a large box, black forest cake $65-70 before any custom icing.
good fresh bread costs about the same in germany, the pie for 20 or 30 bucks seems okay too but the rest is expensive
Ja ja we have enough fatty sweets here already. The fresh pastries are interesting but we don't have a Lidl yet in Michigan
We have enjoyed the bakery at LIDL. We don't have one where we live but there is one close to our daughter's in Staten Island, New York. I saw you bought the egg tarts; those tasted good. We also bought some of the cookies; chocolate chip and macadamian nuts; also very good. We will definitely be trying more next time we visit; I'll have to try the hazelnut croissants.
We have Aldi here and I go once a month and stock up. I also do a Walmart pick-up and get produce at farm stands. I lived in Germany growing up and my son just came back after being a student there for 5 months. I find German produce, bread, dairy and deli items to be cheaper than here and better quality for the money. Pork and fish is generally a tiny bit cheaper in Germany. Chicken and beef are definitely more in Germany than here. Beef is usually a lot more.
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They finally built an ALDI near my Wal Mart! I love the ALDI! But I also love the effect on Wal Mart, their prices dropped immediately!
Lol Walmart openly admitted that the German stores Aldi and probably Lidl are a threat to them because as you said they dropped their prices, but the food (pastries) are better Walmart don't have fresh pastries
I live in New Zealand and I found an amazing German bakery. They have the bretzels, the kaiser rolls the rye rolls and something called Gassenhauer Bread. The owner is German with 40 years of experience baking.
One of the very few things we Germans can be proud of when it comes to our cuisine is our bread. My favorite is a simple sourdough bread with some sort of grains, fresh from the oven. Just add some good butter... omg.
Ubër this video is about USA store's not Europe, this video is two years old and we still don't have a Lidl In Michigan 😔
I had to laugh at the generated closed captions... "Aldi and Lethal grocery stores"
Hahaha
Lidl's bakery looks great, I've never been to any but after seeing the food and I have to try it out here. Thanks for the great video
Except for that nasty fly sitting on the donut and the ciabatta
lidl bakery is not comparable to a good local bakery in germany. Its like comparing the cheap nutella and the original nutella shown in the video
@@pjschmid2251 lol true
@@Dennis-vi1uv thanks idk cuz I'm in the states
@@Dennis-vi1uv yeah, but the lidl bakery is still not bad and way cheaper.
4L ice cream? Yes please! =)
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Aldi in the US is owned by Aldi Süd. The Aldi Nord presence in the US is Trader Joes.
you are making me hungry! I've been to a Lidl that just opened about half an hour away, just found out there will be a Lidl opening 10 minutes away, SOOOO EXCITED!! :)
Never been to a Lidl but there is an Aldi near me. They are small and streamlined, they keep the coin system for the carts, they charge for grocery bags, and other things that make them stand out from most grocery stores.
Great video! I noticed that since the Panera started, my local Lidls & Aldis in the Southeastern US still have the coin system. However, some of the stores stopped connecting the carts together. Probably to cut down on touch transmission. And now it seems shoppers have continued that.
7:45 husbands talking with their mouths full is a universal language
The second Lidl store in the US is near me. Having been in their stores in Romania and Germany, I was shocked how big the store was. I found the prices to be lower then the local grocery chains and forced then to lower their prices on eggs, bread and many other items. Over time they have started carrying name brands like Lays chips, for half the price I will buy the Lidl brand. Love your channel and energy.
My fellow American
😮 wow, There’s still good content on the internet
We are fortunate to have a Lidl and an Aldi where I live. We also have a Wegman’s nearby and other International stores - Asian, Mediterranean (halal) and Middle East, as well as, European-style stores. Also, some Latin and Hispanic stores and even African stores. I am so thankful for these places.
I live in Timisoara, Romania, and I do most of my shopping at Lidl, even if Kaufland is a bit closer to where I live. And for about 2 months, Lidl stores in Timisoara (and there are enough, I think about 8 or 9 stores) have introduced self check. Very useful and very practical.
You know Kaufland and Lidl are from the same company, the Schwarz group.
LIDL hat sich in den letzten Jahren extrem entwickelt in Deutschland! Tolles breites Sortiment, immer mehr Bio! Gehe immer zu LIDL! Interessant zu sehen, wie die Läden in 🇺🇸 aussehen! Ist definitiv nochmal ein riesigen Unterschied, aber es gibt einfach unterschiedliche Standards und Wünsche ☺️ Danke für den coolen Einblick 👍🏽👍🏽
We have a LIDL here in the MD suburbs of DC. So far we have been pretty pleased with it. The store you are in is 2-3 times larger than ours. The prices are, for the most part, a lot cheaper than our local stores.
I've always found Walmart and Target to be far more expensive than the local chains.
Love the channel and the cheapest store I've gone to is a 99 cent store has name brands of soup ,ramen, tuna and sausage and bread , 2nd Walmart and Frys market have a great one folks always a pleasure to watch!🙂🤙🤙🤙
We LOVE Lidl!!! It's so much cheaper and the quality is great!! But ours doesn't have a self checkout... 😔
Does yours have coins for the shopping carts?
In Sweden ICA is to big. Axfood and Lidl is better
Regarding the size of the supermarkets and thus the more relaxed feeling when you go shopping, I am very positively surprised. European cities are often too cramped to allow for such buildings. Even if there is space, supermarkets tend to be not that big. Prices seem very competitive, even slightly cheaper than in Europe. Packaging of items could be much improved to produce less waste.
Less Waste ? What happened to Recycling in America ?
The LIDLs in my area (Austria) are smaller than this one but I was in a LIDL in Croatia once and it looked exactly the same as this one, almost spot on.
Lidl stores in Germany are either in Shopping Plazas or outside the citys nowadays and they are the same size and look, besides this one looks not as fancy as the German ones its lacks the fancy lighting and interior it looks more like a warehouse. About the Supermarket sizes old ones are smaller but new ones tend to be bigger nowadays called "Centers" (Rewe or Edeka) ...if you want a even bigger "all in one" store you go to a Hypermarket like Globus or Kaufland. Also Lidl and Aldi are not Supermarkets they are Grocery Discounters,they have way less items and are smaller in size for the reason to make as much profit in a shorter time (In-buy-out) with having a better customer flows.
We just got a lidel and I love it. We go there almost daily for baked goods and vegetables. I’m so happy they opened so closed to us in our city.
Hubby and I were just at Lidl yesterday, we live in southeastern PA. It opened last year and we have to drive about 20 minutes to get there so we don't go too often. Once a month about. There is an Aldi that is closer. The Aldi has carts that require a quarter, but Lidl does not. Neither of the stores are as big as the one that you guys went to.
I love Lidl grocery store! I just wish they would have Milka chocolate and the ALDI store near me does have the coin slot but the Lidl doesn’t unfortunately
I live on Long Island, about 60 miles east of N.Y.C. We are lucky enough to have both LIDLs and ALDIs close by. They are much cheaper than our other grocery stores. I shop there all the time, along with Costco.
When I visited Lidl I was totally blown away by the variety of refrigerated/frozen pizza. Two types of veggie burgers, one type of string cheese, three types of granola, but literally over 20 types of frozen/refrigerated pizza.
the fly at 1:19 just living his best life lol
I love lidl! 90% of the time I go to REWE since that is what is in my village, but if I'm feeling cheap I go to the Lidl in the next village. Seems much nicer then the Aldi there.
Actually, I love shopping at Lidl! To me, it's a breath of fresh air compared to shopping at Walmart and Target 🎯. Every Wednesday I shop at Lidl to see what they have in new. Since I am an USAF Vet I pick items that are on sale there. Now, the most important reason I shop there. IT'S FUN!!
I'm waiting for my Aldi grocery delivery as I watched your video. I hope Lidl will open near me, it looks like a good store. Thanks for posting
Where are you from
I live in New Jersey and there has been a push by both Lidl and Aldi to expand here over the past few years. I do occasionally stop at Lidl (it's next to a Lowe's) but the prices for the few things they carry that I frequently use is not as inexpensive as my Shoprite (big chain in NJ & N.E. Pa). Sometimes when I have gone there for a special priced item I see in their circular, it is out of stock. I like the concept of Lidl. No tall shelves, which contributes to the open and airy feel. Certain things are definitely cheaper than my regular supermarket, even when it is on sale. But the name brand items are not usually a lower price. And it definitely does not have the huge selection and variety of my Shoprite (or most other American type grocery stores). BTW, I also shop for a certain few things at BJ's (like Costco). The milk, 1/2 & 1/2, Purdue chicken, pork tenderloin and few other things are much much lower prices.
There are some stores here in the Stuttgart area that do have self-checkout. Like the REWE store near the Stuttgart Airport (Leinfelden-Echterdingen) has six self checkouts or the Selgros wholesale warehouse adjacent to the airport runway (Filderstadt) that has two self-checkout points. I live near a Lidl, REWE, and a Netto Discount markt and they sadly don't have self-checkouts there.
we also have an edeka in weimar with self checkout. my mom rarely uses them because these confuse her but it's really cool if you are in hurry. and i guess a lot of ikeas have them too now
What an awesome grocery haul!! Great prices!!
They opened a lidl here about 4 years ago, and I love it....especially their bakery. I don't really buy meats and produce from here but other things I do. People here actually return their carts to the designated spots. People not putting carts back in place is one of my biggest pet peeves.
I went to one in North Carolina when I was visiting on Memorial Day. Seems similar to the one that you visited in the video. No bags unless you pay for the reusable ones. I don’t go to Walmart. I would go to Lidl if they had one near me.
Great video Deanna and Phil, while viewing the video. It looks like you where on Woodruff Road in Greenville. My former home town. Love the German Grocery Stores they really bring grocery prices down. When I lived in Greenville I shopped at the Aldi on Wade Hampton Blvd. There is great deals on produce at the Flea Market on White Horse Road in Berea and the Flea Market on Highway 14 in Greer. When I lived there there was no Lidl. But there is a Trader Joes..they are owned by Aldi. They are on Woodruff Road too. I think you would both enjoy shopping at Trader Joes its like Aldi but more upscale but still affordable. Now that I live abroad. Miss shopping in those places. Keep enjoying your trip.
You forgot to be specific about who owns Trader Joe's. Aldi Nord owns Trader Joe's, as it was easier for them to buy them out, as it was already established. Another reason is that Aldi Süd owns Aldi USA, and owns the US rights to the Aldi name. While both were owned by the Albrecht family, they're separate companies. Both companies are owned by foundations that each brother set up to run each company. Who knows if both Aldi's will ever merge. If both did merge, in the US, Trader Joe's would have to be sold to allow such a merger.
I have a few Lidl near me and on way to work as well. Love it as I can do a good week shop for near half of what wife would spend elsewhere. Also we have the coin system.
Seeing the prices makes me jellous. In New Zealand most things cost 2-10x the amount. Chicken thighs are about $10 usd a kilo with skin and bone and $17 without
There are two Aldis within about a half mile distance from my home and two additional Aldis and a Lidl within a 2 mile distance. We do our main food shopping at Costco, but for spontaneous or emergency purchases we usually go to Aldi.
Lidl in the Netherlands uses self check-out everywhere, very cool.
We loved going to Lidl when we travelled through Europe and my husband loved the cheap 🍺😀 I miss Lidl it is so reasonable priced, we have Aldi here in Aussie bit cheaper than the other supermarkets.
I love Lidl. Great prices on organic foods. Quality produce.
1 of the 3 Netto-Marken Discount in my city here in Germany has a self-checkout (2 actually) but nobody is using them and mainly cause its confusing because they put a sticker that says you should allways ask for a staff/cashier ... wich is weird because it defeats the purpose of checking out on your own ... I noticed it some days ago as a elderly woman read the sticker and was confused and than asked her husband if he knew what that means and he said "isn't that the same as a normal cashregister than?" and so both at the end lined up behind me at the regular checkout. I also saw this (with 3 self-checkouts) in a Rossmann in another city and I also used it, but many people still don't like to pay with their cards so that Rossmann tried to encurage people if they can than they should try to self-checkout and only use the normal checkout if they can't use a card (as for example kids can't pay with a card)
I discovered Lidl during the pandemic. Brand new down here in Georgia right south of Atlanta. Love it. Compared to Aldi it is a bit bigger built not overwhelmin.I told my mom we have specific stores we go for different things so we often have a Lidl list. My only concerns are wishing (even without the pandemic) that they had doors on the bakery goods especially the ones not in boxes like pretzels and croissants as I saw a fly in that segment of the video. I also wish to know if you can return items if you get the wrong one. In the US we have a customer service area. Unless we get in line to return items which seems like it would back up cashiers. All in all. Love the store. I hope one gets built closer to me as 20 mins is a stretch but it is worth it especially for meat products. Also, lucky our store for the most part ppl put the carts back. I wish our Lidl had self checkout.
Live in the Pacific Northwest and we don’t have Aldi or Lidl here. I shop at Winco; the most reasonably priced in my area.
We also have Lidl in Bulgaria and here it is also a fair priced shop.
Suggestion: If we don't use coin system, then we should switch to credit card system who would make it necessary to return the cart to a correct place in order to get the credit card back.
I have an Aldi about a mile from me. It does have the carts that take a quarter, but it is very, very small compared to the Lidl in this video and it doesn't have a bakery. There are a few things there that I love and buy regularly; they have a breaded, uncooked and frozen pork schnitzel that is absolutely awesome. But unfortunately, like a lot of other things at this Aldi, they don't always have them. The last time I made some (in the oven) I made mushroom gravy and so I had jagerschnitzel and mashed potatoes with the gravy...delicious!!!!
I love the local Aldi in central Florida.I hoard Deutsche Kuche pumpernickel/schwartzbrot and whole rye.If a hurricane hits again,I'll just replace my roof shingles with it.Oh,and it tastes great,along with marzipan stollen.
But did the taste Berliner remind you of “home?” Omg! I am so on my way tomorrow!!! Our Aldi’s is always so dirty, I am hoping that this store is as clean as your location. My sister tried to get to get me to go a while ago, but I just wasn’t convinced until…the Berliner! Lmbo! Thank you for sharing!
No Aldo or Lidl in Canada; my nearest Aldi is in Ogdensburg, NY, about 45 minutes away. With the Canada-US border closed, I haven't been there since February 2020! The nearest Lidl is in northern NJ!
I live in South Carolina, and I enjoy shopping at Lidl here.
I love LIDL, I'm very familiar with it because my girlfriend is Romanian and they have these supermarkets all over Bucharest, did not know that we had these in the US, thank you for sharing the video, I will search to see if they have one in Miami. Good vibes to you
My region is getting like 3 or 4 Aldis by the end of the year and I'm excited to go some time
I don’t have a lidl near me but I do have an aldi and I love shopping there. Definitely the best prices
Yes we have Lidl and Aldi in France. 4 Lidl in my town ! I mostly shop in Lidl, they have very good bread, seeds baguette, tradition baguette ( less white inside), big loaf of seeds bread ( love this one), Nordic bread ( dark with seeds ) " sportif" with hazelnuts, cranberry... ( perfect for breakfast) and other breads (rye, whole grain...) Sometimes they have the bretzel Brötchen. Usealy good quality, food or other product, less expensive.
In Germany at LIDL we have Awesome Crossaints with Ham and Cheese Filling Delicious.
The closest Lidl to me is over an hour away. I have a local Aldi that I go to a lot. I wish there was a Lidl closer. I'd go to it also.
Lidl is expanding in the US. I can’t wait for one closer to me.
That donut with the fly on it looks amazing 🤤
In Oxon Hill, MD, there's a LIDL and an ALDI...right across the street from one another.
We have lidl and aldis. We shop at aldis once a week. Lidl once a month. We hate wallyworld but sometimes you have to depending on what you need
German Sourdough Bread. After living in the States for 20 years, this is the real treat. And compared to the general bread prices in the States, it is huge bang for your buck. They even have the bread cutting machine in the store.
I love Lidl! We have them here in Hampton Roads (Virginia Beach). MWR have quite a few of them in the metro along with Aldi. I believe we were the the first metro to get Lidl in 2018. I prefer it over Aldi.
Aldi and Lidl are very similar except Lidl has the in-store bakery.
Aldi in Brooklyn has coin shopping carts as well. I think it's pretty much all Aldi's. Kinda shocked about Lidl. However if a store is somewhere that carts rarely go missing maintaining the coin things wouldn't be worth it.
A TON of LIDLs have been opening up across the US. Especially in the NJ, NY, CT area. I think they saw the large success of Costco’s expansion around the US and saw the gap in the market for cheap groceries besides Trader Joe’s. They will do very well
Germans do it better
Trader Joes IS aldi
We have about 5 Aldis in town. I seldom go there because I like other stores better. Plus they are closer to where I live. I can find some German products at a huge store that's only a local one but they are very cheap. No LIDLs even close to Wis. I'd check it out if we did get one.
bretzel roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love it
We now do most of our shopping at Aldi. They have great prices but they are often out of sale items and sometimes regular priced things as well. This is particularly true for the non-food Aldi Finds. Local Aldi stores do not sell beer even though it is permitted and other groceries in the area do (wine cannot be sold in groceries here). The stores tend to be dark and dingy although some remodeling has recently taken place. I would love to see a Lidl here but they are still moving along the coast and we are several hundred miles inland.
Cheap grocery stores in the US really depends on where you are in the US. On the west coast you have a hard time finding a Aldi, but there's Trader Joe's (vice versa on the east cost - both chains are Aldi owned, but as usual it's Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd). I have yet to see a Lidl on the west coast of the US. We do have other chains on the west coast that are cheap on groceries. Favorites include Grocery Outlet, 99 Cent Stores, Walmart and Trader Joe's. There are a few Aldi's in Southern California. 99 Cent stores are by far the cheapest - they sell the kind of produce other stores don't accept like crucket cucumbers etc. So you can really score in the "dollar store for groceries" if you don't mind a bag of something that has imperfections. For the most part, if you really want to save money you have to know what is cheap where. Every chain focusses on different items as customer magnets. I usually hop to the 99 cent store to see what they have in produce, then hop to a grocery outlet which in my case is right next door and see whether they have good sales like a pound of Salami for $1.99 or a jar of Hengstenberg Sauerkraut for $1. Right now they have 8lbs of whole wheat flour for 4.99 and that from a good manufacturer. Then I hit Walmart for some things (not great in my area) and Trader Joe's has good quality items all around for a reasonable price - they don't do sales, they have low prices for good quality for the most part. You can also find things in a TJ's that no other store carries because a TJ is essentially all store brand (most imported and no genetically engineered items anywhere in the store). They essentially cater to the healthy hippy crowd on the west coast. Then of course watch sales because the regular grocery chains like Safeway, Kroger or Vons all have below cost sales on some items to lure people in. Safeway for example sells meat real cheap every now and then - like $2.99 for a pound of sirloin or new york steak if you buy 5 lbs or so. I stock up on those sales and make sure to only buy the sale item because everything else in the store costs more than elsewhere.
Our Lidl in Switzerland they have selfcheck out I love it
With how high inflation is in the U.S. I almost only shop at Lidl and Aldi nowadays. They are by far the cheapest. I only go to Walmart when I need items I can't find at Aldi and Lidl. Loved this video!
Our local Aldi has a bakery like the Lidl. After watching this I wish we had a Lidl around to try.
Hope you's try out Wegmans. One of the best grocery stores.
look for grocery stores that have 'Super Valu' trailers parked at their docks. Check their prices.
What a nice open store. I wish Lidl had the coin carts too if it helps get people to return their carts. I should shop at Lidl more often since the prices are good and look at the items. The bakery would be hard for me to resist so its a good thing I don't come that often - haha.
I'm not aware of any Lidl stores in Minnesota, so far we have Aldi which is expanding. You might want to see if there is a discount grocery store. You just have to be careful on the fresh fruit. I really like Aldi, I first encountered it in Germany when visiting relatives. I always have a quarter in my auto.
I'm on the Midwest and Aldi is the only German grocery store in my area. I also have 2 American versions of Aldi as well: Save-A-Lot, and Ruler Foods, Kroger's version of Aldi. Neither one come close to what Lidl lookes like. So I get what I need. What I can't get, I go to Meijer, or local grocery store, Strack and Van Til.
Thanks for the comparison vid. I was also impressed with the bakery selection. I save $50+ off of weekly grocery expenses shopping at Lidl. They’re hands down better than Aldi and other grocery stores for basic necessities; I.e., fruits, vegetables, eggs, bakery, smoked salmon, cheese, and euro chocolate snacks. I spend less than $60 a week shopping there for two people.
No Aldi or Lidl in my state. But grocery outlet is where I shop. I spend half as much as any chain supermarket such as Kroger, Safeway, Albertson's. They even have some Costco stuff even cheaper than Costco!
5:56 I live in South Carolina and like Aldi but noticed we have a Lidl store down the road I need check it out I hear it’s like aldi just bigger, but I also like Save-A-Lot stores
I hate the self check outs. Super happy LiDL is in the US. Prices have gone mad lately, hopefully LiDL will keep us afloat. Thx for great video. UKer in USA-er.
That Lidl's layout and size though the US one seems to be a bit bigger) is much like the new Lidls being built in Italy. We have a bunch of the older Lidls however they have been expanding in Italy and building stores like this American one. I think this is Lidl's new standard layout for stores as even the building design is the same. The newest Lidls also have that self check out you used.
In the 2 small Aldi Stores in Denton TX at least they have Knoppers!! hahaha...but still bummed that they do NOT have fresh baked goods! (just packaged) My fave pickup at Aldi is the 3 oz smoked salmon. Great price and great protein snack. woohoo Enjoy your stay in the US Phil...Guten Tag.
a lot of places are cheaper than walmart. you have to look around your local area. For me its Detwilers for most meat and produce and publix bogo for box and can things
Costco is cheaper than Lidl (for items you can/like to buy in bulk) and Costco's quality is very high...some of the Aldi/Lidl items are not well made. (The Lidl US headquarters is in Arlington, VA - about 1.5 miles from the new Amazon HQ and the Pentagon.)
Agree on the quality, but on the price, many products at Costco are not cheap(er). It really depends on the individual product.
@@DaTruAndi when it comes to Costco, they sell fewer brand name products than Sam's Club. So some items, you're not able to compare to a similar brand name product. I can tell you that eggs and milk are not a bargain at all at Club stores. I'm in Gary Indiana, and the dominant grocery store in my area is Strack and Van Til, and a gallon of milk usually sells for $1.99, while Sam's Club sells theirs for $2.50, and Costco for $2.79 (milk for both Sam's Club and Costco come from the same dairy supplier, Superior Dairy out of Ohio, at least in my area. A dozen eggs usually sell for $1.69 at Strack and Van Til, while Costco sells eggs in a 2 dozen case for $4.50. So if I need 2 dozen, it's cheaper at the local grocery store. My local Sam's Club sells eggs in a 3 dozen form (in 2 packages of 18 count), and sells for more than $5 or $6. One thing I find much cheaper at Costco than at any grocery store is real maple syrup. I get the Costco brand, and for being organic, it sells over $11 for a large bottle, while the bottles at most grocery stores are almost as much as Costco's maple syrup, makes the Costco brand the better bargain, especially if you use it a lot. I did find the hard way that you don't need as much of it for pancakes, like you do with traditional pancake syrup, as traditional is mostly corn syrup, and thick.
@@davenwin1973 in other words, you are agreeing to what I am saying that many products are NOT cheaper. Sometimes Costco directly attacks a specific product category in a regional market - such as beating all milk prices. As said, it depends.
I saw eggs for less than a $1 at local Aldi often btw - currently they are between $1.19-$1.39 a dozen depending on the week.
@@DaTruAndi eggs occasionally get that cheap in my area too at Aldi. Usually when it gets that cheap, then Aldi places a limit of 2 or 3 per customer, rather than their normal 6 per customer. That's only the cheap eggs. I have yet to see limits on cage free, and organic eggs, as they're priced higher, but usually lower than the average grocery store.
Every German or Austrian supermarket (even a small SPAR in Vienna, or an Aldi in Germany) has about the same bakery section including cabinets of various very different rolls and other items made there and sold individually really cheap. That Lidl is the closest thing I've seen in the US. Aldi in Brooklyn at least doesn't have any bakery section at all.
I’ve been to a few Lidl and Aldi’s in Europe and I’m always happy to find one to get some bread.
We have the coin carts in NJ but it depends on the store if the have them. Shop Rite, Aldi, and Lidl use them but Walmart and Target don't.
I did not know that Shop Rite uses coin carts too. Maybe a NJ thing?
Here in the german Lidl I go to, there is no self-checkout, but I don't have to have money on me or even any card. With Lidl-Pay I can pay with my phone. And the receipt is digital on that. (But the thing is, that the scan-station is nearly everywhere on the wrong side.) In another store in Germany is a thing, which is even more convenient than a self-checout, in my opinion. The you have a special cart and you scan your items while shopping. And then, at the register, the clerk, or how do you name that person, just copies that files to the register, you pay, and can leave. That is much quicker.