- These are 10 huge shopping secrets
only the most experienced Aldi shopper will know.
Hey guys, great to be with you.
I am the deal guy, Matt Granite.
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One thing that I've realized in the comments
from the last video that I shot pertaining to Aldi,
I uploaded all of these things you should be buying
and some of the lesser known products and these subscribers
of this channel not only educated me,
but you guys really watched out for each other
and if there is insight that you have to share,
I'm gonna welcome you guys to please do
that in the comment section that makes these videos
so much better before I get to
these 10 huge shopping secrets.
I just wanna remind you guys that
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I've got tons of deals, coupons,
and savings to rock your world.
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Now, so you can benefit monetarily,
saving secret number one.
In my last upload,
I did mention that the Aldi spices were one
of the best grabs that you could possibly find LD or Aldi,
by the way, no matter how you pronounce it,
I respect you.
I've got maybe a bit of a Canadian accent
on some of my things,
but that's fine.
The spices that you'll buy,
whether it's garlic powder, paprika,
you're looking at a dollar in some cases per spice.
And I'm going to take you
inside my local Aldi throughout this video.
So we can actually compare a lot of this stuff.
But what you might not know,
actually comes to me
from a subscriber.
Tyler commented on my last Aldi video,
that he had an interview and tour of the store
and the manager let him know
that the spices were made up
of McCormick leftovers.
So you're paying a dollar for name brand spices,
which is an incredible thing
that you might not have known.
So yes, you're getting huge bang for your buck
on the spices,
but you are in fact buying into something that is
sometimes 10 times more expensive
from another grocery store
so keep that in mind
as saving secret number one.
Shopping secret number two is also a double whammy.
Number two is very appropriate
because I don't know if you guys are aware,
but you get a double back guarantee on Aldi products.
Now, while this does not apply
to non-food Aldi find items,
national brands and alcohol,
you will be able
to return any item for a replacement as well
as a refund.
So this is not for those situations where you,
you don't like the flavor
of the marinara you purchased.
This is for things where the quality is not up to par
maybe something has clumped or
is just not really performing the way you would like it
to perform, Aldi will not only replace the item,
but they will also refund your purchase,
making this the best grocery store guarantee.
You will see anywhere.
So I'm gonna remind you guys,
if something is not up to your standards
and we'll talk about customer service
and some great ways to approach grocery store with some
of my other shopping secrets in a few moments,
but this is huge
and I wanna make sure it's on your radar.
Shopping secret number three,
there is a place online were many Aldi employees
from around the world all sound off
about their favorite products
and you might not know this form exists
I'm going to give you the link to it
it's in the video description box,
but before we get there for a lot
of grocery stores and a lot of retailers,
the employees are sworn to
these crazy non-disclosures,
they're not allowed
to speak publicly,
unless it goes through the company's PR arm.
That's not the case for Aldi.
Now for Aldi,
there is a Reddit page
and if you guys aren't familiar with it,
Reddit it's a forum compiled of all sorts
of sub pages where people can contribute photos and blogs
and videos in some cases.
But I'm gonna let you guys know
that for Aldi,
when it comes to their winking owl, branded wine,
and many other insights
that you can find.
You're not only gonna score recipes
you are going to score insight from actual store employees
that all come together.
Now this isn't sanctioned by Aldi
but it is definitely encouraged from what I've learned,
speaking to store employees and managers
so you can get that insight.
This is great especially if you come
to a time again,
where you're doing curbside pickup options,
and you can't wander the store and speak
as freely as you'd like,
there is a resource online and
that can bring huge savings
and bang for your buck specifically for some
of those hyper hard to find Aldi items
that are huge bang for your buck.
Now, the fourth shopping secret
doesn't really bring any bang
for your buck unless you follow it.
Now, I hate to say it guys,
but the toiletry island toiletry items as a whole at Aldi
are not a good purchase at all
in fact, I would really avoid it if you can.
No store is perfect in every department.
And while Aldi does check the box
for many wonderful resources for toilet paper, for tissue,
for even things like toothpaste,
these are products you want to avoid.
On toilet paper in my estimation,
you're paying 40% more.
Their toilet paper is not that great to begin with
and if you were to go to Target,
I'm not even gonna bring Walmart up
as a savings because there is a crazy amount of cash
you will lose going
to Walmart versus Aldi
but for those of you
that never wanna step foot in a Walmart again,
let's compare it to Target
or even Amazon 40% more on average for toilet paper
and then for things like toothpaste, guys,
if you go to CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid,
you're paying at least a dollar less at those stores
in comparison to Aldi.
So I'll just throw this on the list as a negative,
but something you definitely wanna know.
Now for savings secret number five,
there's a huge piece of insight tied to
that in terms of saving once you get
into the physical store,
but as you get that shopping cart ready,
I don't know if you guys are aware,
you don't actually need to.
You always have a quarter.
So there's two things that I'm gonna work into this.
First of all, if you go into an Aldi and there is a cashier,
they will generally loan you a quarter
they're very receptive to this,
but if you don't wanna do that,
there are different ways you can beat the system.
I'm telling you don't walk
off the shopping cart, return it,
and then you're not taking advantage of Aldi
or anything that would not be fully legit,
but there are shopping cart quarters that work in all
these shopping carts in different colors that you can tag
to your key chain,
that you can purchase some work in American,
some work in Canadian stores,
depending on where it is
that you're shopping.
So please read everything very carefully.
There's an Aldi key chain
that you can buy.
This is, someone has actually,
branded them as Aldi,
which is kind of fun,
different merchants that do different things
and different things that you can actually put
into your shopping cart.
So it, it depends what you're buying,
what style you like.
There's also quarter holders that you can attach
to your key chain
or the specific branded quarters,
which is kind of fun,
but this is something where you don't always need
to be scrambling for a quarter.
For shopping secret number six, Trader Joe's,
the sister store to Aldi is very even tempered
when it comes to sales.
The idea is that everything is always at the lowest price,
and they're not really huge to push the
whole savings coupons or circular thing
the Aldi mindset is a little bit different,
Aldi has some insane specials,
but the best ones are actually advertised online.
So if you guys have not bookmarked or subscribed,
there's actually a huge differentiating factor
between the Aldi printed ad
and the Aldi digital ad.
And just in terms
of the research I've done,
you guys are going
to find much better deals advertise online
you just enter your specific zip code,
and they do vary significantly from store to store.
So for the 89 cent red grapes from California,
that 25 cent or less loaves of bread,
and some of the brand name offerings,
which are actually getting a little bit
more aggressive right here.
I just wanna remind you guys
that you can set shopping lists.
You can do it all.
You don't need an app.
You can do this from the categories that
are all advertised,
but some of these deals you find are going
to be incredible
and you will actually only know about them.
If you visit the website first shopping secret number seven.
Now this is something that's from my personal experience.
I actually did read a few comments from folks
that can second,
this experience that I've had,
and this is how to get an automatic reduced price
on the spot.
Now, if you guys have been in an Aldi store,
I'm sure you've noticed there were fewer employees
than ever before
and also the cashier work at
this fast paced record setting speed to help get you in
and out of the store as quickly as possible,
which is a little bit different from Trader Joe's.
Now, with regards to Aldi,
they do save money by putting fewer employees
into the stores and fewer managers.
What I can tell you based on my research
as they are compensated well,
and they're generally a very happy,
helpful group of people with that being said,
when it comes to different products,
and you wanna know whether or not they're on a markdown,
or if there is a markdown
that's available at a specific Aldi's store.
If you seek out a manager and you ask the manager,
if a product is marked down or going
to be marked down,
some Aldi managers were actually willing to mark
that product down on the spot.
I know that sounds crazy
I know I seem again, overly excited,
but it's worked.
I asked about a specific cereal.
Is this going to be marked down anytime soon?
And the manager said,
"I actually haven't seen a marked down in a while
here's the markdown take it
and enjoy it".
The other time I experienced a similar tactic being employed
was I approached a store manager because I needed
to buy an inordinate amount of Deli meat
and Aldi actually saves a lot
of money by not having those traditional Deli counters
and the savings already built into the meat,
which are awesome.
Nitrate-free wicked I had
to buy something like 10 pounds of Deli meat
and it was for a test that I
was doing for another video
but anyhow, the Aldi manager
actually slashed the prices for me
on the spot and said, "you know what,
just take the rest of this.
We wanna clear it out.
Thank you for helping us".
So those are at least two instances
where they were very responsive
if you've had a similar experience,
please share that in the comments,
but that is definitely savings secret number seven.
Savings secret number eight,
I'm sure you guys have noticed
at your various Aldi community, local layouts,
they save a lot of money by not unloading all their products
onto store shelves
and having you actually buy products from boxes
and I'm sure you've also noticed there's a lot
of empty boxes around the store.
If you see a box laying somewhere in the store,
you have the full right
and encouragement of Aldi staff,
assuming there's nothing in it to pick it up
and use that to place your groceries in when it comes
to time to check out, why?
Well, Aldi charges for bags,
as many other grocery
and retailer stores do,
that's how they save money.
There's also a cost for boxing
and different things at different stores.
If you see the box, grab it,
they encourage it
it helps remove debris from their store areas
and you can also use this to carry all
of your groceries out,
nicely to your car.
And many times managers
will actually help you carry out the groceries
in these boxes if you do need help.
For saving secret number nine,
shop on hump day, Wednesdays.
I have no life what so ever
and very few friends
in addition to the amazing subscribers of this channel,
I'm actually gonna talk about the subscribers
of this huge savings tip number 10.
But before we get to there,
I canvas the stores regularly with all that time
on my hands.
I look at when products are being restocked,
when the deliveries are occurring
and Wednesday in most communities
is actually a magical day at Aldi, why?
Well, the stores are generally refreshed early
in the morning on Wednesdays
and from what I have found that's when all
of the mark downs seem to occur
I don't know why that's the sweet spot for them.
Some stores are just exclusively a Saturday
and then a Monday
and a Thursday for other retailers,
including Trader Joe's,
which we'll talk about another time
and by the way, subscribe,
if you'd like that information and insight,
but Wednesday's a magical day at Aldi.
So keep your eyes on Wednesday and shop then if you can,
and for saving secret number 10,
there are very specific products you need
to buy at Aldi,
they are life changing.
The quality is incredible.
And before we get to the German roots of some
of the products
and why shopping German is actually a great way
to go for product lines,
the diapers and wipes, BibleBeltBelle left this comment,
your grandmother picked up a box while she was there
one day, they were a 10.99 versus 20 plus.
You were skeptical.
I was skeptical too.
I'm a father and I've noticed this
and I can completely attest
to what you shared
and so can a lot of other people as well.
So I wanna mention,
if you are looking for baby related products,
actually as good as the Kirkland signature products,
which I can attest to being a dad
and I just wanna mention
to the subscribers out there,
the other products that you've identified,
which are the best bang for your buck,
German chocolate, imported German coffee, the wine,
which I alluded to in another video,
which is actually not German
so I'm not gonna mention that right here
and the sausage.
If the product has a German route,
I can assure you,
there is no better place to find that product other
than Aldi the quality,
the way that everything is
so extensively tested before it even appears
on store shelves.
This is the way to go.
And I should mention Aldi is not paying me to do this video
I should have said this at the beginning.
It's not a sponsored video.
They're not endorsing this in any way whatsoever.
This is just based on my personal fines
as a shopper from speaking to other people in
this YouTube community and the subscribers of this channel,
who've really helped me identify
some additional great finds,
including the baby shampoo that Vanessa mentioned in
that other comments.
So there you go.
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