I actually just subscribed to you, recently, via Patreon. Does that still help you, too?

Absolutely, thanks so much Stephen!

Also a happy Patreon supporter. Next time you are in the US, you need to stop by a Wegmans... especially one of the newer ones. Until then, a quick google image search will make your mouth water. :) Eating at the Wegmans Pub, their Burger Bar, and other restaurant areas inside the supermarket are great. Not all have all the restaurant options. Also, Amazon now owns Whole Foods.

Commie Cat commie cat would know atx stuff 😂 🤘🏼🤘🏼

Aldi has been in Ohio for 40yrs

That's why we prefer to go to Trader Joe's. ;)

In the last few months Whole Foods was bought by Amazon, which apparently has plans to get into bricks-and mortar food. My guess is that it will go somewhat downmarket.

I was talking with my nutritionist a couple of weeks ago, and when she referenced a yogurt drink that she liked that she said was a little pricey, I asked her if it was found at Whole Paycheck. Made her giggle. :-)

Bob Thomas in Austin??? I think I had heard something about Amazon and Whole Foods. I love West 6th and 5th, but I really try to stay away because it’s so crowded.

I was in WF the other day; they were _really_ pushing Prime memberships, which confused me until I remembered who owns them now. Meanwhile, Trader Joe's is owned by the guy who owns Aldi!

that. is. AMAZING. XD XD

Same!!! I loved that as a kid!

I've been there!! It's probably so customers don't have to get rained on!! LOL

my life has been a lie before reading this comment. *shakes fist at the gods*

Same. The Food Lion by my mom's house still does that, but that's the only good thing about that grocery store lol

You're right about it. I'm not sure where you're from, and how long Aldi has been in your area. I'm on NW Indiana, and the first Aldi opened in Merrillville Indiana on 1979. They were that basic when they came to my area. The hours were a lot different then. Before I believe 1993 or 1994, they were open 9am to 7pm Monday to Thursday, 9am to 8pm on Friday and Saturday 9am to 6pm, closed Sundays and all federal holidays (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day). In the 90's, they expanded the hours to 9am to 9pm Monday to Saturday. It would not be until 2006 before they experiments with opening on Sundays being open from 9am to 6pm, to eventually being open to 8pm on Sundays. For bags, before 1992, Aldi never offered bags at all, and you either brought your own, or used empty boxes from the shelves, I don't remember when some produce started being sold by the pound (US pound for weight to those from other parts of the world), but I know it was after they got scanners, and I'll get to that part in a moment. Before they got scales built into the scanners, produce was sold individually. Like then, produce quality is a hit or miss. Back then, it was more miss, because produce was not refrigerated at all in the earliest days. At older stores that haven't been remodel, still have room temperature produce. Before 2004, cashiers had to memorize the prices of every item, because price tags were never put on the products. I never understood why Aldi waited so long to get scanners, since most grocery stores were getting them in the mid to late 80's. Their store products back in the early 80's, were already set up with multiple barcodes, but never utilized until 2004. So cashiers weren't as fast back then. They had to look at each item, enter the price, and department. Then put the items on the cart. At least local to me, stuff wasn't as dented and smashed. With scanners, they throw everything in the cart fast, resulting in damaged groceries. Carts didn't get the locks on them until 1994. Aldi started selling bags in 1992. They accepted debit card payments in 2000, and credit cards in 2016. Scanners were put in in 2004.

@@davenwin1973 if you don't have coins forget the cart as aldi's now charges a quarter to use.

@@lindawright8949 it's a deposit. You have to return the cart back to get the quarter back. At most locations currently, they have been limiting people in their stores, and sanitizing carts. So they're temporarily putting quarters in the locks of carts themselves, but you still have to return the cart to the front of the store, so they can sanitize them for each use.

Haha me too!!

Same😂

Lol same

Same 😂

Carrots at the 6:50 mark... hilarious!!

Love Aldi in the US.

Wow, finally someone got it.

I love that Brit supermarket pack the groceries! In Italy none of them does, in fact you always have this anxious feeling when checking out to be fast to not block the next customers.

I live in England and I’ve never had someone pack my bags except if I’m buying a bag(which I never do I bring plastic bags and woven ones from home) but apart from that for me it’s never happened

Yea but here where I live in america Aldi is cheapest of cheap grocery store with mostly off brand goods, maybe one step from a dollar store its like a big dollar general grocery store.... Don't like that they charge change to get a simple grocery cart to use that's probably been paid for twenty times over

@@shadeshiest22 they do that thing with the carts to eliminate shop cart damagecto your automobile and they don't have to pay someone to round up the carts which saves even more money.

Frankie I’m in Colchester Essex. U.K.

@@suzannewebb7913 So what.

Thanks Holly! Any support is appreciated, so thank you so much x

I didn’t know! I can do that!

Ah that’s interesting. I never knew that and will do that from now on x

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Really??? I'm going to have to start doing that

Thanks so much!

Being British: Joel & Lia Aldi is springing up sporadically across the US. Still haven't been in one,, but there's one not far from my house. I can go take pictures if you'd like. Also, as far as comparing grocery stores, every tend to be regional here. For instance, a lot of the grocery stores I had growing up in San Diego, aren't here in Texas where I currently live. Although, a lot of them have merged, but like you said with Aldi/Sainsbury's, they kept their names for the brand recognition/loyalty.

Julia Sal-Rod I grew up in Texas I remember HEB, we went to Kroger’s. I live in Colorado and we have King Soopers here(owned by Kroger

Haha I just mentioned that in my comment!!! I live in the DFW area and the closet one is about 40 mins away!! I wish HEB would expand more up here.

H.E.B is in South and Central Texas. We do not have them in North and Northeast Texas. We have Brookshire's which is based out of Tyler. It is a good Supermarket but kind of pricey. I believe H.E.B is better. I shopped at the one in San Marcos when I lived there

yeah definitely will!!!

Being British: Joel & Lia 😀

Get popular snacks that everyone would eat, and not the random stuff only a couple people eat. Then again, I don't know what you have in the UK that we also have in the US.

So why not do a video about popular UK snacks and then ask Americans what they snack on in the comments?

I like it.

Rita Broils and they’re not nice... or at least the ones I’ve been to

Aldi has great organic foods and excellent meat. At least here in Chicago.

Hubby and I were shopping at Aldi in, like, 87 or 88 in Ohio. They've changed a *lot* over the years, though. Their food is a lot better now -- no weird artificial colors, lots of organic and free trade options. The stores are cleaner than when we first started. Unfortunately, the closest one to my place out in the boonies is, like, half an hour away by car. There's one just down the street from my hubby's work, though, so he'll buy stuff and bring it home. No frozen stuff, though -- too far away. That said, I don't think they've been everywhere for as long as they have been in the Midwest.

I got some good organic stuff at the Aldi's near Granville station on the Red Line, and it didn't cost an arm and a leg.

My family has been shopping at Aldi in the Midwest for years. Quality has definitely improved and it's great for Middle Class families.

Yay! That's brilliant, thanks Tek! What was your fave when you lived here?

Being British: Joel & Lia really a toss up between M&S and Waitrose. Is it true M&S is closing a lot of stores? I know they closed my fave at CG.

Yessss sadly :(

Being British: Joel & Lia nooooo!!! I also LOVED F&M when I felt rich or was trying to impress. Nothing quite like it in the world.

Savannah British people = endlessly charming.

SUV's are People Carriers.

LOO ROLL

Oh wow! That is different! I might start saying it cause I can never say “dish soap” and sound normal 😄 🧼

ahahaha

hahahahha!

Lol. So true. From another Floridian

Yesss, Publix!! (Proud Floridian)

I use Publix a lot too

Port Charlotte Florida in our winters and I love PUBLIX.

In Colorado Kroger calls itself King Soopers. It's much better than Safeway here. We used to have actual Albertsons, but they've pretty much all closed.

In the Pacific Northwest Kroger's regional brand is Fred Meyer

The top store in the Midwest is Hy-Vee.

Your right about HEB but they are different. The market ones are best if you want prepared food. The one we go to you weight your produce and the scale prints the price. Some grill the chickens others don't. Been to Chicago and California for the price and quality it is hard to beat. They are expanding to other states I have heard.

Here in Atlanta I'm in Walmart at least once a month to by things I can't get online or at Kroger, or secondarily Publix, but at WM stick to groceries and avoid the veg, the meat I've never been brave enough to buy, also don't eat much of it. Bit good for lotions, odds and ends too since less that half it food - can buy TV's, etc though there's lore that some manufacturers make Walmart specials, you figure out what that means. Curiously, Walmart has the Prima Della proprietary brand of cold cuts which are half the price of Boars Head, and better, including lean but not that flavorful pastrami, used to have same of corned beef, but has disappeared, along with other cold cuts, including monstrous concoction of the cold cut world - roast beef, roasted in some distant city and sold here in Atlanta - Yuk, no preservatives like other cold cuts. If you were in a store where the employees, always nice and always nice to them, but you know that they're downtrodden by Walmart, an interesting question to the owner about his distant city roast beef would be: "Tell me, when your mother comes for dinner here in Atlanta do you serve her this roast beef roasted in NYC and on a truck for the better part of a week? and see what s/he says. Grocery stores which sell roast beef and can't roast one in the back for deli sales - only in a country which fresses on fast food - you German scholars will understand the verb, although curiously Walmart sells excellent tasting packaged potato salad made in Oregon, but their prepared sandwiches made in Illinois make me gag.

haha good idea!

Donna Okoniewski Publix is from the southeast US islike their sainsburys, good quality, for all middle class. Whole foods is for those who feel they are richer. Aldi's is up and coming...side by side with Publix. Winn Dixie is a step down and then save a lot.

Donna Okoniewski I am so glad to see your post, from MI also (downstate) Meijer. No _s_ at end. I always say it with the _s_ though.

Fixed it. Thank you. xo

Jimmy Floyd I used to shop at the “Weggies” outside of Princeton, NJ. I had never seen a supermarket with an elevator before.

Is it really eastern US? When one opened here in northborough I was under the impression it was from the south for some reason.

I wish one would come to Burlington VT. I had to wait about 7 years for a Trade Joe's to finally come here after moving her in 2007

Trina Golas do you like Trader Joe's... Though they have some decent products, they seem to do a lot of prepackaged meals and are kind of light on individual ingredients...

Trina Golas Trader Joe’s is very cheap!

I don't think Trader Joe's is pricey, but SOME items are a little more. The thing is, the QUALITY from TJ's is so much better, it's worth the price. I go once a month and get some of my 'standards'.

When i lived in SE VA about 10 years ago, Harris Teeter and Kroger were my saviors to get organic, health/natural foods before Trader Joe's came to the area.

Ahhh I see!

Dale is correct. Aldi was where working poor shopped when I was a kid. But now it’s become trendy for upper middle class to shop there. Making a show of saving money is a thing now, and at the same time Aldi is owned by the same company as Trader Joe’s. Win win.

I love Wegman's. I wish they would have one down in Pittsburgh. I always stop there when I come home to visit my family in Erie.

From Rochester. Can agree, Wegmans is the best! They currently have 98 locations. As far north as Boston area and as far south as North Carolina.

Only the Eastern half the of the US has Aldi, aside from Southern California.

Tesco EXTRA is great! They even have this little Krispy Kreme doughnuts kiosk!

Georgia HemmoPenguin I hate Tesco!! Their sandwiches SUCK!! Co Op does by far the best sandwiches anywhere!!

You can

I only buy Tesco Finest (premium range) when I venture there. I'm such a snob lool

It's Tesco's, Not Tesco... It's the Mandela Effect... You should know betta.

Ahh okay! Good to know!

George Cunningham agree way overpriced

I live in Pennsylvania. A lot of our Aldi produce comes from Canada.

Aldi and Trader Joe's are in fact the same company.

DeShiia Coleman Oh, good to know. I just recently discovered a Trader Joe's in Utah. They don't have much of what I'm looking for and carry organic. I don't remember there being any produce there.

In the UK that would be Whole pay cheque

Well I guess you can take the UK out of Europe but not the Europe out of UK spelling.

Charles Henry Bell Geographically Britain is still part of Europe, we've just left the European Union

I understand that Britain is still geographically part of Europe. I also understand that the political entity that is The European Union is sometimes referred to as Europe. Moreover, Joel & Lia previously made a video in which they explained that as Brits, they don't see themselves as European. It wasn't their best look. So I decided to do a play on words.

Its Amazon Whole Foods now and totally American!!

Anthony Ragan a year to the date of your comment, actually.

Sanskar Wagley yesssssss i been shopping at sprouts since it was called Boney's haahahah

I'm in Colorado and we have Sprouts.

Sprouts is cool, but the four-dollar sandwiches ... well ... you get what you pay for.

In California, Sprouts used to be Henry’s.

Sprouts is also in Oklahoma!!

Wallace Santos “my day at Tottenham!” Lol

Love it! hahaha...

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Ralph's is actually owned by Kroger

Yeah you should definitely go!

When I was in London & Edinburgh last year, I made it a point to check out random grocery/convenience stores just so I could see hahaha

haha thanks Andrea!

🥕 carrots 😆

Nina Campbell HI Nina, Portland Oregon here. Do y'all not have New Seasons up north? Definitely top tier and I'd put Freddy's in the 2nd tier in place of QFC, especially the "mothership" large stores for their pricing and selection. Cheers 🍻

Hi Nina, My wife went to college up in Bellingham so we shopped at Haggens back then. I don't know that there are any down here in the general Seattle area. Town and Country is a very high end supermarket out of Portland that is making inroads here. They put one here on Mercer Island a couple of years ago replacing an Albertsons that left. It's too pricey for my blood, so I go to Safeway over in Bellevue. I also go to Walmart or Costco for branded goods because you get a better price for the same items.

Costco,and Trader Joe's are nice in Upstate NY.but Wegman's is Super Nice!!!

I agree same, although I'd personally switch Asda with Lidl

Waitrose, marks and Spencer, Aldi, Morrison’s, Asda, coop, Lidl, Tesco

Publix is my favorite “mid range” market. Excellent selection, fantastic service, always clean.

And Publix started in Florida...but is expanding all over the Southeast. We have a lot of new ones in N. Alabama, but they've been in Georgia for years.

Natalia Andrea and last is save a lot...

I may switch Winn Dixie and WalMart depending on the individual store but the rest is pretty accurate for Alabama as well.

Save a lot and Aldi are on the bottom tier after Wal-Mart.

Loooove Trader Joe's. High-quality cheese that's affordable.

Trader Joe's Is Actually Owned By Aldi

Ben Dover yeah but you can only get in if you have a Costco membership

Yeessss! Costco is a must. I'm sure they could find a friend with a membership to take them.