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ALDI is notorious for its low prices, and the German grocer did not disappoint one shopper on her latest grocery run.
She was able to score a staple fridge item for significantly cheaper than at Walmart, saving her over $30.
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Aldi shopper Daizie Allen praised the grocer online after spotting eggs at a hefty discount.
“I swear by Aldi,” she raved in a Facebook post from Monday shared to the ALDI Aisle of Shame Community group.
The customer paired her post with an image of the “great sale.”
A dozen Goldhen free-range large grade A brown eggs were marked down to just 99 cents from the original $3.55 price tag.
Her post received over 6,000 reactions and hundreds of comments, with many shoppers weighing in on the best type of egg.
“Pastured eggs are best. Free range doesn’t mean they necessarily get outdoors,” wrote one shopper.
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The original user eventually updated her post to address the comments.
“I am aware of the differences among conventional, cage-free, free-range, and pasture-raised,” she wrote.
“As much as I want to buy pasture-raised eggs, unfortunately, my budget does not allow me to, especially when we go through literally at least a dozen eggs a day.”
The Aldi shopper broke down the math, explaining that she bought seven dozen free-range eggs to last one week, totaling $6.93 thanks to the sale.
Had she purchased pasture-raised eggs at Aldi as many suggested, she noted it would have cost her $4.39 per dozen, adding up to $30.73 for seven dozen eggs.
“That’s a big difference,” she wrote.
The U.S. Sun compared Aldi’s prices to those at Walmart, and shopping at the latter grocer would have cost the customer even more.
A dozen organic free-range large brown eggs at Walmart costs around $5.18 – over five times the price of Aldi’s discounted 99-cent free-range eggs.
Had she bought seven cartons at Walmart to last her one week, the shopper would have spent $36.26 just on eggs – nearly $30 more than her $6.93 bargain buy.
Other Aldi Bargains
Shoppers are rushing to Aldi for other discounted finds.
EGG CRACKDOWN
Many shoppers chimed in in the comment section and warned the customer to check the expiration date.
They suspected the eggs were so heavily discounted because they were close to expiring.
“I’m guessing near expiration date. Regular cheap eggs are more than that,” said one customer.
Another shopper estimated the eggs were a month or more old by the time they arrived at Aldi.
“No telling how old they actually are, especially when they’re this cheap. I’d be doing a float test on those eggs,” they said.
Others came to the original shopper’s defense.
“If someone goes through almost a dozen eggs a day, they know they will use these before the sell by date. And, remember, the sell by date is not the same as how long something is good,” commented one shopper.
“I bet the lady who got the deal can read and knows when to determine when something is not good for herself and her family. I say, Yay to you for finding this deal.”
Other Aldi shoppers were not so pleased with their purchases at the discount grocer.
One customer was “disgusted” after finding a used bandaid in a popular dessert.
Another shopper “nearly choked” on a metal wire baked into a breakfast item.
