ALDI — Local services in Bolivar

I have always loved Aldi. I have been to the Cape Girardeau location multiple times. I lived in South County for the past 9 years and frequented the one off south lindbergh. (I do believe their manager's name is Marsha). That location was kept TOP NOTCH. It always looked clean, fresh, organized. The food from there was exceptional. Since August, I now live U City. A month ago, I brought home groceries from Aldi on Olive. I kept smelling this light rotten odor. When I was putting up my food, I found that the french onion dip I had bought was leaking and was bad. That smell/dip and had gotten all over my food. Now that wasn't a huge deal. That can happen. However, last night I went into Aldi. I had made it to the meat section and picked out a Fit & Active rotisserie turkey. (these are uncooked in partially clear plastic packaging marinating in seasonings). I put it in my cart and moved on. Seconds later, there was a rotten, disgusting odor. I smelled my hands and almost threw up. That turkey package was leaking and was rotten. I think there were more, though. Because after I put the package back AND told an employee about it, that smell had permeated all through that area. Other people were smelling it too. I don't recommend this location. It's not being supervised well, as all the food needs to be checked periodically...especially the refrigerated items. It seems organized, but...

We love shopping at Aldi as it’s usually a much more relaxed experience than Walmart. They have everything you need, a little bit extra of what you want. In the past two weeks or so, we’ve noticed the quality of meat decrease. 3 dinners now, we’ve had to change plans as the meat we bought either the same day, or a couple days back, are spoiled. It may be a temporary issue with transport or the way they’re stored, as before the last couple weeks we’ve never had issues with Aldi meat. Specifically the pork steaks, thin sliced sirloin tip steak, and a package of brats, have been spoiled when bringing them home. We’ll probably still shop at Aldi for shelf stable goods and their frozen section by the registers. But we will be shopping elsewhere for meat. Hopefully something is figured out with the meat as they have the lowest...

I find things here that are not available anywhere else. The mixed nuts that they sell, for example, are good and a little less expensive than Walmart. Just perusing the frozen food section for both vegetables and pre prepared meals, for example,is eye opening. They have Greek yogurt that you can't find elsewhere. The off brand cookies, bread, and cereals look strange, but I've bought and tried several. They are surprisingly good. The fresh ginger they sell is excellent. The meatless meatballs just taste good, so get a bag of these. I make soup out of chicken, frozen vegetables, and this chicken broth that Aldi sells. Anyway I think my point has been made there are some good and very different things to buy at this store. If you are looking for variety, you'll find it here....