Welcome back to another Aldi grocery haul! There’s just something so fun about seeing what’s in someone else’s cart, so I thought I’d share everything we picked up this week.
Whether you’re looking for meal inspiration, grocery budgeting ideas, or you’re just as nosy as I am when it comes to grocery hauls, I hope you enjoy taking a peek inside! 😉
This week’s haul was all about picking up our staples, a few snacks, and ingredients for a dinner I’m planning to make soon. Alright, let’s get into it!
Refrigerated Items 🥛
Half & Half – $2.49
We always seem to need half and half since we’re big coffee drinkers around here.
Almond Milk – $2.29
I use this for my nightly bowl of cereal.
Shredded Mozzarella Cheese – $3.29
I use this in egg wraps, on pizzas, and will be using some in a recipe for manicotti I plan to make soon.
Whole Milk – $5.17
Sadie and Mordecai use this for hot cocoa each morning and a bowl of cereal each night.
Orange Juice – $3.75
This is Sadie and Jimmy’s drink of choice, and we go through it so quickly! I probably should have bought two of these.
Cedar Plank Salmon – $8.85
I could eat happily eat salmon every single day.
Hot Dogs – $0.99
All three of our kids enjoy hot dogs, so these are an easy lunch or dinner.
Sliced Muenster Cheese – $1.49
I use this cheese in Jimmy’s lunch sandwiches.
Mushrooms – $1.29
I like to roast these with balsamic vinegar for an easy vegetable side dish.
Chobani Flip Yogurt – $1.58
This was an impulse buy for Mordecai! I asked if he wanted yogurt while we were shopping, and this was the one he chose.
Snacks 🍪
Peanut butter crackers – $2.85
The kids love to snack on these.
Vanilla wafers – $2.89
Another snack all three kids like!
Chocolate sandwich cookies – $2.49
I plan to use these to practice chocolate covered Oreos for my baking business.
Vanilla sandwich cookies – $2.75
I grabbed these for more Oreo decorating practice, too!
Pantry Staples 🍚
Crunchy peanut butter – $1.99
Am I the only person in the world who likes crunchy peanut butter? Maybe. But at least I don’t have to share the jar with anyone in my family. 😜
Macaroni and cheese x2 – $0.59 each
Once again, an inexpensive staple that all of our kids will eat!
Microwaveable rice – $1.29
This is my “emergency” side dish whenever dinner needs to come together quickly. I always like to keep one in the pantry.
Croutons – $1.15
I put croutons on Jimmy’s salads every night. Dakota also likes to munch on them like a little hamster.
Pasta sauce – $2.99
This was for the manicotti recipe I’m going to make soon. I was bummed Aldi didn’t have manicotti pasta. I’ll have to make a Walmart run!
Gallon freezer bags – $2.99
I store so many things in our freezer in gallon bags—cookies, lunch sandwiches, leftovers, and more. I needed a restock on these.
Grand Total: $53.76
Just over $53 isn’t bad for another week of stocking up on plenty of snacks, a few pantry essentials, a few items I need for upcoming dinners, plus my beloved salmon. 😉
Living My Full Life 
Aldi hauls like this are always fun to peek at — the price gap on pantry staples versus the big chains still surprises me every single trip. One extra grocery-budget trick I picked up this year: checking whether any class action settlements owe you money (food and consumer brands settle these constantly, and most people never file a claim). I use settlementcheck.pro every couple of months and it found me a refund I would never have known about — every bit helps the grocery fund!
What!! I have never heard of this website! Going to check it out right now and see if there are any settlements applicable to make. Thanks for sharing!
Just over 53 dollars for a full week of staples plus salmon is genuinely good, and the whole milk at 5.17 is the only line that jumped out at me, since milk tends to be the one item where a loss-leader run at a competitor actually beats Aldi. In case you have not run into it, the Twice as Nice guarantee covers their own-brand products, so if one of those cookie packs turns out to be a dud for your decorating practice you can get both a refund and a replacement rather than just eating the loss. On the manicotti hunt, dried manicotti shells are one of the categories Aldi almost never stocks, but no-boil lasagna sheets rolled around the filling work as a straight substitute and would save you the Walmart trip. Team crunchy, no contest.
Love the no-boil lasagna sheets idea! I haven’t found lasagna at Aldi yet. I hope to someday!
I will start price comparing the milk more—thank you!! I have heard of the Twice as Nice guarantee but haven’t used it yet!