Aldi in America is so different! Absolutely everything is in plastic packaging. Also a lot of produce items are packaged together, so I can’t just buy one zucchini, I would have to get three or four packages together with a styrofoam tray and cellophane wrap. I’m so jealous that you have so many options!
That's what I noticed when I went to my local Aldi. Everything was extremely expensive, no bulk, the actual items that were there were extremely small like in a Dollar Store (on top of their net price also being more expensive), the selection was terrible, everything was packaged, and there was no music/ambient noise playing or anything. It was terrible. I was really surprised after all the hype I heard about it. I was like "Why would anyone shop here" lol.
Sometimes difficult choices have to be made, at a recent trip to my Aldi I could buy peanut butter in glass but containing palm oil or in a large plastic tub with no palm oil. I chose the tub (no palm oil) and plan to use the tub for plants.
Ahhhh, I’m so jealous of your Aldi! In the UK, there’s very limited loose veg (but they’re making Aldi completely plastic free in the next 5 years apparently?) 😭
I was literally about to the say the same thing. I always struggle in Aldi for plastic free stuff (also from the UK) I hate how the consistency of the shops are different from country to country... However, I didn't know about the plastic free plan!! Thanks so much for this info :)
I've managed okay in my local one but since this year my farmers market has been closer and cheaper so I only head there for bread and things like oil and vinegar. If you're looking for cheap loose veg in the UK try Indian or Chinese supermarkets as they tend to have good loose veg sections but that might just be where I am as the nearest shopping street to me has five Indian supermarkets on it.
Thank you for this video, it was really interesting! I would love it if you did Lidl, if you have it near you. As a fellow dane, who's trying to be conscious of my impact on the Earth, it would be so helpful to see your take on a shopping trip in Lidl :)
Great video! 😃 Tip on the wrap, try cutting the core out to make it easier. Aldi in America is all plastic the last time I lived near one. Boo on plastic. Be aware that BPA free doesn’t mean better. From my research the replacement is BPS which it’s thought to be even worse. I try to avoid cans as much as I can but it def better than just plain plastic. Thanks again Gittemary! 🌿🦋
That's amazing, thank you so much for the video! :) I have been waiting for this and wasn't disappointed. As we don't have a lot of a grocery stores you have it's so cool you went to Aldi, because we do have that here in Germany :) thank you so much!
Deimantė S. In Denmark most supermarkets throw out a lot of food, but they are getting better I feel like, still it’s about 40% of all food that’s wasted 😭
What an inspirational video! Looks like it's pretty much the same products you can find plastic free in Finland except that I haven't found any plastic free breadcrumbs here.
your food always looks so delicious. Yes, absolutely do more of these. I have no idea what kind of stores you have where you live. I wish in Ontario, Canada we had a Aldi's and or Tesco.
I live in SW Ontario. There are a decent amount of options here--do you live in a small town? I know small towns can be harder to make good choices. As Gittemary said, do your best. :)
European Aldi and American Aldi are completely separate companies, and have very different products. They have a few similar aspects but they don't have the same level of variety as this one.
i dont know the name of the green leaf vegetable you were using for wraps, but try chopping off a slice of the base, it will probably loosen the leaves (like cabagge chopping) and they will come off in one piece (im guessing)
I live in Argentina and EVERYTHING comes in plastic, it's hard enough to be vegan here (it's a "tradition" to eat meat here) imagine trying to live zero waste!!
I could imagine, meat is also a crazy essential part of most Danish holidays and traditions and it’s easy to offend someone if they don’t understand why people choose veganism 🌿
I've lived in both places and came to the conclusion that it is easier to be plastic free in argentina, but vegan in denmark (way more accesible, price wise). Sweden I guess, it's where its easy to do both.
Oh you have to come to Greece to see meat eaters! 😂 and if I try to not eat meat they are looking me like I am an alien! The good thing that is I live in the country side where why have so many little shops to buy anything plastic free 😊😊
Ohh the pure heaven of Pre-Covid hell of 2020 when you can bring your own bags and use your own containers and not get any plastic. Also the Aldi's in the USA are WAY different. A LOT if not all stuff is in plastic one way or another. And God forbid you put bread out like that without putting it in plastic first.
I used to work in that specific Aldi. lol. I don't know if you plan on making more of these videos but if so I would love to see one done in Rema 1000.
Omg those collieflower things look so delicious I HAVE to try them. Can I make those in an airfryer too? I don't like hearing up oil either ;) And our Aldi is a bit more plastic. I loved the info on the BPA. Not sure if that is marked on all tins tho? I have to look in to that cause I buy a lot of canned cause I am clumsy and afraid to drop glass pots. XD And good idea to shake the box to hear about if there is plastic. Why did I not think of that myself :P
Thank you. Love your videos and have been getting addicted to all of them :D just a question from far away (New Zealand, it's quite hard to go zero waste here but I'm giving my best💪), is there anything in specific you do with the leaves of the corn? Do you keep them and use, or do they go to the Compost? :)
Unfortunately in America, all Aldis I’ve ever been to (from Chicago to Texas) have majority packaged everything! Even bakery areas in America, everything is packaged 😢
Omg the coliflauwer (no idea how you write it because in Dutch its is called bloemkool) it looks like chicken 🐔😂❤️ it looks really good actually is wat I am trying to say (no I don't eat chicken I am a vegetarian).
Hi Gittemary, Thanks for making your videos! I'm just wondering if there is a reason for the preference for glass over tin? I know later in the video you mentioned that some tins contain bpa, but if it says BPA free would you still go for glass? Where I live both, aluminum and glass are very recyclable, and I know that glass is heavier, therefore shipping it can create more emissions. I want to be making the best choices I can, which is often complicated, but the more info the easier it is to choose. Thanks again!
Oh I was also wondering where do you buy bread Ive been buying vegan bread (the bread I was eating turned out not to be vegan 🤔🙄 but now I am eating vegan bread but it comes in a plastic bag always in every shop. We do have the same thing as the Aldi where they have like small bread in 'bulk' and you can put in in your own bag but that is so much more expensive then just buying a whole bread but then I have a plastic bag I don't want.. How do you do that? (I am a bread person and usually eat it for breakfast and lunch, which is quite normal for Dutch people)
Dear Gittemary, I urgently ask you, please go to a Danish hospital - I know two of them from an employee's perspective - and get a horror from the plastic waste you witness there: Plastic, plastic, plastic ..... disposable, disposable, disposable ...... every day, every shift. The bright madness.
Too bad European Aldi doesnt take better care of their employees, I know thats not what this video is about, but they have had lóts of troubles with that in the past years. (Not paying their workers overtime, making it difficult to unionize, cutting back on personel to the point where the whole store has to be run by just 2 people and then being angry that that can not be done etc.) They have made some improvements but its definately not at the point where they are a good employer.
Aldi in the US is horrible. I completely boycott it. Everything in their “green” section is wrapped in plastic. You cannot buy a lemon or a pepper without plastic. Even if there are few items in glass or cardboard, I don’t want to support their business. We vote with our money!
