Fit & Active Bars

The Fit & Active brand at Aldi is excellent. Here are a couple of samples of Fit & Active brand bars that we enjoy. They are comparable to the Special K bars. Except in price of course, they're much cheaper at Aldi!

The Vitality Cereal Bars were $1.79 at Aldi, the Special K bar equivalent is $2.50 at Wegmans. The Protein Meal bars are $3.99 at Aldi and the Special K version is $5.49 at Wegmans. Buying these two items at Aldi will save you $2.21! That's enough to get another box of Cereal bars and still have change leftover. 

Comparison Shopping

I've been wanting to do this for awhile. I took my weekly Aldi receipt and did a direct comparison of prices at our local Wegmans. It was very eye-opening for me. There was not one single item that was cheaper at Wegmans. There was only one item that was the same price. (Spaghetti sauce was 99 cents at both stores.) All the rest of the items were cheaper (and some by a lot) at Aldi. And I'd have to say, the comparison for taste and quality are at least equal. There is not a single item that I bought at Aldi that I would prefer to buy at Wegmans. Granted, I do still shop weekly at Wegmans for things that Aldi just doesn't sell, but the majority of our food each week comes from Aldi.

The total I spent at Aldi that week was $45.20. For the same food at Wegmans, it would have cost me $58.66. That's almost a $14 savings. Add that up over a year and that's a $700 savings. Who wouldn't want to save $700 a year?

* This shopping trip was actually a smaller trip than I usually do, I normally spend about $60-65/week at Aldi. So I would imagine my savings would really be more than $700/year!

Beaumont Coffee K-Cups

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Happy New Year! We're starting the new year off on the right foot in my house. Coffee is first thing on the agenda for New Year's Day. We received a Keurig for Christmas this year. (I know, we're late to the Keurig game, but better late than never I guess!)

Since then, we've been experimenting with various brands and flavors of K-Cups. And let's face it, they're not cheap. A friend gave us the Aldi Breakfast Blend K-Cups as a gift and we picked up the Hazelnut flavored K-Cups during our last Aldi trip. In my opinion, they are terrific. We've now had several flavors and several brands, and the Aldi K-Cups are just as good as the others. But of course, they're a lot less expensive. A comparable flavor and the store brand at Wegmans is priced at $7.49 for a 12-pack. At Aldi, they are $5.79. That's a $1.70 difference. That's a big savings!

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