I personally would of prefered if you made a specific list and bought the same things at both stores. Like maybe doing a basics, milk, bread, eggs, cheese, fruits, vegetables, and meats or proteins. It sounds like a lot but I tend to shop at three or four different stores within the month just to take advantage of their specifics sales.

Fun fact.. the packages are smaller at Aldi because they remove all the air to save money in shipping and stocking. There’s the same amount of food but less air.

Something to keep in mind: If you buy something at Aldi and it ends up being bad, you can return it and get a replacement AND a refund

This was kinda pointless because it doesn’t compare the stores at all. Comparing them would be buying the same products at each store & seeing how much it was.

I prefer Aldi 100% over Target. You need to look carefully at the produce at Aldi. When it's fresh, it's spectacular and the cheapest deal in the area. They also have a large selection of reasonably-priced organic produce. The few generic boxed or canned items I have tried from Aldi were fine and a very good deal. They're also willing to refund your money if something spoils quickly.

I worked at an ALDI. There are PLENTY of healthy options. It is their: Fit and Active Simply Organic Live Free (Gluten Free) Produce comes from different locations therefore. It is hit or miss as you said. IF YOU WROTE THE SAME LIST, and bought ONLY those products at both stores you would have money left over at ALDI. ALDI also has what is called a Double Back Guarantee. With your receipt if you don’t like an item, or the quality of the item is not good. You get a refund of your money, AND a replacement of the item/something similar of the returned item FREE.

In ALDI You don’t “pay” for the shopping car. And depends of each stores, if you find a nice store it would be fresh, TARGET is super expense. You get more food and good quality in ALDI.

You should do research before you misinform the general public. Aldi's is mostly organic, no one forced you to shop in the allies. There's no real comparison, Aldi's is amazing for the value.

Target is just not somewhere I go to buy groceries. I shop at Aldi every week for a family of 4 and spend about $400 a month. I LOVE Aldi!

I am not one to comment on videos, but I find it very easy to find healthy options at Aldi. I am a vegetarian and dairy free and Aldi is more accommodating to that than an average grocery store as well as better prices. They have plenty of unique items as well as your essentials and name brand comparables. And not to mention, every grocery store has days where the produce is meh. I love Aldi and I love what the brand stands by. Yeah their cookies are $1.50 ... they arent tricking you into anything lol. Their veggie burgers are half the price than at a reg store, as well as eggs, almond milk, granola, yogurt. So many healthy options.

This is a no brainier: $50 will ALWAYS go further at Aldi's. Why do you think they've been able to grow when many brick & mortar stores are shutting down? I grew up on Aldis food & it was always poor & working middle class that shopped there. Nowadays you see is BMWs, Infinitys, & Lexuses filling up the parking lots! The rich learned how to stay richer!! They aren't dumb! Aldi's organics line is great & they have great produce at the ones I've been to. Also, Aldis isn't forcing people to pick up cheaper unhealthier food items & put them in their carts!! Hahahaha! THAT happens at every single store you go to: bombardment of cheaper & unhealthy options! Don't get me wrong about Target either: if you go straight to the clearance sections, 8 times out 10, I ALWAYS find good buys. Use their Cartwheel app & check their sales items too & your $ will go farther. A free tip to everyone: most stores put their cheapest items on the lowest shelving, their sale items in the middle shelving & the most expensive on the top shelving. It has to do with where our eyes normally look while shopping! 😉

My Aldi has very fresh produce! I'm very happy with Aldi's.

My aldi puts your Aldi's produce to shaaaaaaaaaame. My Aldi has amazing produce and as far as the non healthy stuff....can't blame aldi for that lol

You need to learn to shop at Aldi's ....I buy almost all organic for cheaper than generic anywhere. Cookies are cookies - just don't buy them - that's not specific to Aldi's. You also don't have to worry about all of the dyes at Aldi's......everything is dye free.

You must not know much about Aldi. Their products are not ‘generic’. That is their brand.

Quit making fun of ALDI brand name products, Awesome store, Grocery Outlet too!

It kind of feels like you have a bad Aldi or that store was just having a bad day. The Aldi in my town always has really fresh looking produce, breads, dairy products, etc. Their frozen pizza is really good too :) Still a great video though!

You don't "pay" for a shopping cart - you choose to use one and get your quarter back. Personally, I just bring in my reusable bags & fill them. I shop quite healthy when I go to Aldi because I go for the produce + European cheeses. I also like some of their organic snacks. Their tomato basil lentil chips are fantastic. If I stick to seasonal produce, Aldi wins most of the time. If I'm shopping for salad components out of season, Aldi is a steal! compared to a local store. They keep their tomato, cucumber, lettuce etc. prices the same (also from the same mostly Mexican suppliers) all year round. In the summer I hit the farmer's market for local produce & use Aldi's to fill in on some things that are in season but not locally such as cherries or strawberries in July/August etc. I also feel confident trying new things there because their return policy is excellent. I don't even need to bring in my receipt if it's an Aldi brand item that I didn't like...they give me my money back (and a replacement product if I let them which I usually don't)...no quibbling. Some of my local grocery stores have limited hours on their returns counters so even if I had a problem like rotten meat etc. I have to keep it as well as the receipt and wait to return it when it's convenient for THEM not for me. I don't even have to wait in line to do a return at Aldi's - you just do it when you're buying your groceries. They have great deals on European food items, a rotating selection that keeps me from getting bored, quick turnover on popular produce items so they're more likely to be fresh than the grocery store's, and a staff that doesn't get in your way but is there if you need help. I just wish their hours were longer as I can only get there on my day off :( That and I wish I could get the frozen gnocchi there...it was amazing but my local Aldi stopped carrying it. Sure, it's hard to make it a one-stop-shop, but it's great for value for money.

Not a good comparison at all. Buy the same items at both stores and the tell us what you spent. And being in a store you haven't shopped in for a long time is a terrible way to compare. I love my aldi's and wont ever shop at Target. Be a better shopper!!

You got so mad about those cookies at Aldi. Lol nobody is forcing you to buy unhealthy foods?

We do all our grocery shopping at Aldi! We also actually prefer the store brand over the name brand stuff

I know what you meant when you said you have to pay a quarter for your cart at Aldi but you get your quarter back. Lol.

#teamAldi 😂😂😂 I love me some Aldi! By the way, Aldi's take and bake pizza is better than ANY other place, and cheaper. 😍😍😍

I would never think of buying groceries at target 😂 I even asked my friends and they were like ‘Who tf would buy food at target? Walmart’s cheaper and a bigger selection!’

Don't even have to watch this video to know the answer to that! Aldi would beat Target out any day of the week. I've been grocery shopping for my family for almost 30 years now. I've got my grocery game down to a science. We live near a large town & there's just about any grocery store you can desire to go to. They are all nice & competitive. That, among many other things, factor into pricing, selection, availability, etc. To each their own, but I could easy do better at Aldi than Target with any budget.

My Aldi has incredible produce. They will reject an entire shipment of an item if it is not fresh enough. I try to only shop the outer aisles with most grocery stores. That is where the healthier/fresh food generally is. Every store is different, depends on who is running it.

This is the first time i come across your videos, andbto be honest it rubs me the wrong way. Aldi is a good store with a lot of healthy options. Now at Target you can find amazing deals if you where to look for coupons.

Best to go to ALDI on Wednesdays as that’s when the new shipments come in. I go in the mornings and my location has all fresh produce and new items out by the time they open.

Aldi vs Walmart would be more comparable 👌🏼

I think the quality depends on the location. My Aldi has great grocery that’s always fresh my target on the other hand is not so fresh.. 😬

I love watching shopping hauls especially comparison shopping but this video made me never want to watch your videos again! Aldi is amazing, you look like the type that would shop at Target...

I love Aldi! My go to store. You have to know what you are buying. Great deals but do your homework 💜

Love ALDI! The concept of a quarter for a cart is so smart as people are so greedy, they will make sure to put it back, and ALDI just saved on an employee therefore keeps food price low. I also love to bring my own grocery bags, I do it everywhere I go, but generally get a puzzled look, whereas its just standard at ALDI. Great way to be more ecological! I also love how speedy the line is, they just dump everything in the cart and then there is a long table to pack it up myself, perfect. I get to sort things right away. produce together, fridge stuff together etc. Their home brand is very good quality, love the organic cereals and cans, egg free mayo, healthy bars and cheap organic produce!!

I agree with Mypokerbuzz, what you are saying about Aldi is not true of our local Aldi. I have never found the produce looking like that you have shown here. It used to be some of Aldi food was more unhealthy (mostly more salt) but they are striving to make their food more healthy. Their eggs, butter, milk (chocolate & white), pickles...oh just on & on is a huge savings over any other store, plus excellent flavor. So what's a quarter for the use of a cart, you get it back...that is peoples own fault, they are too lazy to return the cart or even to put their cart in a cart corral. Twice I didn't have a quarter cash on me...they loaned me a cart! Their employees are so helpful & nice. At Christmas I had to put 5 things back (actually I had the cashier take them back), when I was loading my groceries into bags the cashier came over to me with the 5 things & said...here & Merry Christmas....and gave me a hug! Even though some of the items were a little more unhealthy (at first) the flavor was even better than name brand. I find their cereal is better by far! Cookies, salsa, pretzels, chips, fritos (once again, on & on) & the flavor is the same! I come out of Aldi with everything I need for the month & have never spent over $65.00. I shopped someplace else & for two weeks I had no food left at the end of the month. I had to go to a food pantry! I live alone so that is one reason, another reason I must shop very carefully to only get what I have to have & maybe one or two things for treats. I can only speak for the things I buy. I mostly only buy fresh food, never packaged food, I do buy "some" canned veggies! These are just my findings at Aldi! Smiles & grateful for Aldi Judie

I find it interesting that you find yourself getting more unhealthy food at Aldi. I actually have the opposite problem. I tend to go for the healthier food there because it's often such a good deal compared to other stores.

I would love to see an Aldi brand compared to national brand video. Aldi’s canned corn, pasta sauce and their equivalent of Rotel are some of my favorites.

So I don't like to negatively comment on people's videos but I feel like you didn't get a good comparison. I love Aldi and if you are careful about your selection it is the rock-bottom price on everything including produce. Throwing junk in your cart happens at every store if you don't shop the perimeter yes Aldi does have insane deals but I find myself coming home more with stuff for the house then random cookies, then again I'm not pregnant. At Target if you're not using cartwheel and coupons no you're not going to get a good deal but you can do fantastically if you shop sales, use cartwheel, your red card, and coupons. You just have to know what you're doing. If I go to my local grocery store with $50 I'm not going to get half of what I can if I just pay attention and coupon at the stores where I'm going to get the best deal and then fill in the rest at Aldi

This video shows me that you don't generally shop at Aldi or Target on a daily basis. You can shop at Target for so much cheaper using Cartwheel (and Ibotta). They actually have some great deals, you just need to know what to purchase there. At Aldi, you're not being "forced" to buy unhealthy food. Just because cookies are a little over $1 doesn't mean they need to go in your cart. Aldi had great produce for very cheap. I buy all my produce there. You can buy organic there as well and so many things without the added dyes. Their "store brand" is actually just as good as name brand in many cases. We are a very healthy family (I'm a Health Coach and very picky). Aldi also has a great Vegan line that is similar to Trader Joes which I buy often because my teen son is Vegan. You can also get name brands on their specialty aisle for a lot cheaper than another store.

I’m pretty shocked that she goes on about how healthy she shops but she buys Perdue products?? They are just as bad as Tyson in regards to how they treat their poultry especially claiming that their chickens are fed a vegetarian diet when free roaming chickens always go for worms and bugs so that right there tells me they just want to throw out claims knowing people just believe whatever they say! And idk anybody that thinks Target can even come close to Aldi not just in price but in quality especially when you factor in how much Aldi has committed to removing dyes from every one of their products and providing a huge array of snacks affordable prices. She would have had a much more successful video if she would have had a list of things to buy and compared prices with each product not just picking whatever she felt like. Figure out what day your Aldi gets their produce and shop then. They are a smaller store so they aren’t able to keep fresh produce as much as bigger stores. Plus if you’re in the junk food aisle guess what you’re going to see... JUNK FOOD! It’s not Aldis fault you didn’t have a list and planned out your video better

If the whole shelf of frozen fruit was mispriced, they have to honor the price. Just a tip

The Aldi in my area is pretty decent. Always happy with my purchases. Especially since Aldi bread is like .89 cents.

My husband and I gave Aldi a try and for the life of us we don't understand why people like it! The milk tasted like onions. No one in our family would drink it. The produce is always in sad shape. We tried a variety of can goods and they didn't measure up to the brands we buy at other stores. A few years later we gave the store one more chance and our findings were still the same. If others like it, good for them. As for us, we will shop where we can get fresh produce and items that taste great!

Micheal is absolutely right about only shopping at Target if you happen to be there but not by choice.

Can you do a comparison between Walmart and you local grocery stores? I think that would be so helpful as I primary shop for groceries at walmart.

I think Aldi depends on the day/time you go. I get GREAT produce all the time. Strawberries have been about $.99/lb most of the summer. Cherries were just as cheap while in season. Aldi only opened here about a year ago, but I now do 80% of my grocery shopping there. The prices can't be beat!! Now I only go to Publix if something is on a good sale or I know it's not available at Aldi. Fun video!

Omgoodness, your Aldi was empty. Mine is like hearding cattle.

My local aldi is way more affordable for all items mostly. Produce the trick is to go when they open in the morning. My store only stocks produce first thing in the morning and they let it all sell out then they restock the next morning. Going mid day or end of day you will find iffy produce. I go on my day off as soon as they open and I always find amazing produce selections. Great video!

Next time try to attempt the same items at both stores, I loved the idea but it's not really a battle at that point. Aldi goes with as much local produce and things are not going to appear perfect while it is totally edible. Aldi also has taken the time to produce products made with better ingredients. I prefer Aldi because it's a more well rounded company, good products, good to their people and good to the environment.

Wow my ALDI has lots of heathy options. We get organic veggies and fruits, gluten-free items, low sodium snacks along with meats, etc. I will say that I usually don’t buy health & beauty item, I go to Target and use Cartwheel app for an extra 5%.

This was 3 years ago but I have found Aldi’s has stepped it up on their healthy food.❤️❤️❤️ But I still have to watch their produce, which you can return any of products. They also have the isle of same… the “finds” isle. It can be a treasure!!!

Those cookies are heavenly, thankyou very much.

Love Aldi. My family actually prefers a lot of the Aldi brand items over name brands. Plus they are healthier because they've taken out a lot of the artificial colors and preservatives in their store brand items. They color their fruit rounds (fruit loops) with beet juice instead of dyes. I know still not healthy to eat sugary cereals but hey, if you're going to eat them at least a little better. :)

I love comparison videos!!! Yes girl💕 Wood makes it fancy 😂

I've been a loyal ALDI shopper for years, but kept seeing local FB friends recommending Walmart, so I was pleasantly surprised there. None of my local stores have such bad looking produce! Now I feel blessed! 😊

SUGAR COOKIES ARE LIFE! We always grab some when we go to the grocery store

Aldi where i live in louisville Kentucky has Beaufiul produce and lots of healthy selections comparing to walmart or target or Kroger....

"im gonna buy healthy food" .......buys bacon, frozen pizza, sugar cookies...

I work at aldi and let me tell you my store NEVER looks like that! Aldi prides themselves on quality them managers and associates need to step it up!

Yes to the aldi brand vs name brand comparison vid!

Loved this! Please do more! Also next time you should try this challenge but setting a list and only buying the exact items at each store. X

... You get your quarter back for your cart at Aldi... Also, I almost never have to pay because there is this unspoken thing at the aldis around me where as you're walking your cart back to the store, you give your paid for cart to someone who is walking in to go shopping and then don't take their quarter, even though they insist. haha Also, this is a weird comparison, since it's not like you're going to buy produce all over again when you just purchased it at Target, so that's why you felt like you were wanting more "crap."

I've boycotted Target a long time ago due to the bathroom issues. I didn t realize they sold groceries. Wouldn't buy'em anyway. Aldo's is the greatest. No nada NO comparison period. Love love love Aldis.

Target and aldi's is not a fair comparison though.

Interesting video! But you do know that you don't pay for your cart at Aldi, you just insert the coin so they have 'insurance' you'll put it back.

Not sure why its aldi's fault that you chose bad food. Literally any grocery store you go into will have cookies. The only reason I could think you would pick more healthy options is that aldi is small so you will was all past almost every item where at a regular store you might not go down the cookie aisle. The produce at my aldi is usually good. If you dont like it you can take it back for a double money back guarantee. So I don't think this was a super unbiased seeming video

I love Aldi 😍! I particularly find amazing deals on meats there, along with tons of organic foods.

Did you use the Target app? It’s a great way to save at Target. Also you save 5 cents on each reuseable grocery bag you use. I love shopping at our Super Target, it has way more options than a regular Target. Our Aldi is ok, but I wasn’t able to do a total weeks worth of groceries there. For me it’s just a place I’d go for a couple of items. Their organic deli meat, almond milk, organic produce, and frozen fruits are nice. 🤗

What most people don't know is that almost all of those Aldi foods are the name brand items. Aldi just has to repackage it under the Aldi name. My husband and I got Aldi's large chicken pot pies one time. The outer box said Aldi with some off brand name. When we opened the box the package inside said Marie Callender. So we knew the repackaging thing is true. Also searching their sauce one day, I noticed the back said Prego. So Aldi is the same exact food packaged under the off brand name. When my husband and I found the name brands (Marie Callender pot pies) we knew most of their food would be the same. Did you know makeup companies do this too? It could be MAc makeup under a different name, and you get the cheaper price. Look it up, it's true.

But... you didn’t do it right!! You didn’t use Cartwheel or any of the digital target coupons on the app 😫🤔 They almost always have at least 5% off the Target brand food but I’ve seen up to 50% off deals on name brand items! No one should ever buy groceries from Target without Cartwheel... it’s always more expensive! Plus I forget to add if you use the Target Redcard you automatically get 5% off your entire total... on top of any extra savings you already got!

A good general rule of thumb is to always shop the perimeter of any store 1st. :)

"That's free. You don't have to pay for that. It's called wildlife" 😂😂

I agree with the size facto and the snack factor. I don’t mind shopping with my kids at Aldi because when they throw things in I won’t see a major difference. Great video

Them pizzas from aldis are so good...my kids love them

What aldi are you shopping at. The aldis in st louis have the best and freshest produce around. (Except for the farmers and farmers markets)

Aldi protip, if you forget your quarter you can always take an empty box off the shelves. The staff doesn't mind, you're doing their job for them

Target is always pricey. That is why I don't shop there.

My best friend has worked for Aldi since they came to Michigan.. I have learned a lot from him 90% of everything in the store is a name brand product with their name on it. I have never seen bad produce like that because as soon as it starts getting even a little bad they mark it way down. As to the names of things the chips are uncle rays, pickles a vlasic, the spices are macormick, the pizzas frozen are Tony’s. The deluxe Mac and cheese is Kraft and the breads come from what ever your local main bread company is and the cake mixes are Duncan Hines etc.

This highlights the importance of a price book. The everyday price of the rice is cheaper at target, so when you are getting close to rebuy time you do a quick stop at target. Always factor in time and travel cost.

Seriously, how hard is it to bring the eggs/expired ground chicken to an employee? I mean, just common courtesy.

I love this idea of spending $50 at different stores! I think you'll love the simmer sauce - we do!

Aldi is amazing. (Our produce always looks great and sometimes they have amazing unique items, like cheese curds and ground bison for low prices too.

A lot of Aldi brands are just as good if not better than the name brands. Produce is dicey as she said but overall, you'll save money shopping there (except sale prices) over any other store.

I love those cookies!

My aldi has the best produce. They have good prices on chicken, fish, & nuts.

The only reason I buy groceries at Target is when sale prices are good. That huge bag of frozen fruit you got does go on sale for $6 and I love it. Also, some flavors of things are Target exclusive--some English Muffins and Ben & Jerry's.

Yes! Those sugar cookies are amazing!

The trick with Aldi is to go early or later at night. Fresh food is out early in the morning and meat is reduced in price later at night. I have found that the baked goods, bread and the cheese is generally of a good quality, cereal and nuts too.

I LOVE Aldi, we do whole foods plant based and it saves us so much ❤️❤️❤️

Those cookies are garbage for your health but sooo tasty!! 🤤😍 I was cracking up that the ad before your video started was a commercial for Lidl. 😂

The “sell by date” is assuming you’ll eat it within a week of buying it, so it’s actual expiration date is 7 days from what packaging says because again it’s a sell by date not eat by date. AND also sugar cookies are amazing!!!!

Love my aldi. Just have to check your produce no matter where you buy.

I feel like with Aldi you have to find the good ones kinda like Walmart. There’s an Aldi near me that always have a good variety of good produce but the other Aldi nearby always has lots of bruised produce. I still love to shop at Aldi because my overall grocery bill is about 30% lower than if I shop deals at the local stores nearby and I can get a 5 lb bag of jasmine rice for under $5.

I know it's not your responsibility, but I hope you notified an employee or brought that outdated ground chicken to a register so the next customer doesn't grab it and ends up getting sick. ❤

I agree about the Aldi produce section. Hit or miss and I found that it can be more expensive too compared to wegmans which were I love to do my grocery shopping

I loooove target for certain things and love aldis for others! Both have pros & cons!

ground meat that far out of date 🙊 Meat is the only thing that I really stick to the dates. they should have sorted through that.

Please do the comparison. I’ve been shopping at Aldi for 25 years. You have to know what to buy at Aldi. You have a ton of comments on this- the Aldi you shopped at was not good. Sorry, but they are not like the Aldi’s around me. We eat paleo (with white cheese, quinoa and buckwheat added). Aldi saves us so much money and I am so thankful for Aldi’s! If you don’t put the junk in your cart- you don’t buy it. Target is only convenience for groceries, but you’re so right about the temptation- if it’s right there it’s so hard sometimes!

If you see something expired on a grocery store shelf, bring it to customer service, you could possibly get one for FREE. When I worked for Rouses (a chain of grocery stores in the South) they had a policy that if someone found someone expired on the shelf and brought it to customer service, they'd get a non-expired version of that item for free. We had people that would comb our shelves every week looking for stuff.

You should do 50.00 budget at Whole Foods! That’s a challenge

The Aldi cinnamon rolls taste like the old pillsbury cinnamon roll recipe was from the early to mid 90s before they started secretly changing the recipe.