Winn Dixie vs. Aldi - Part 2

As promised, here's Part 2 of my Winn Dixie vs. Aldi post.  This one focuses on comparing prices on about 40 items that I consider staples in our house.  The list also includes a few "extras"...items I may not always purchase but wanted to compare prices on for future use.

A few notes:

• These were the store prices as of 2/20/16 at my nearest locations.  They may be different at your location or vary week to week.
• The highlighted price for each product is the one that came in least expensive.
• If you don't shop by unit price, it's worth the couple extra seconds to compare this in store!  You'll see below not all items I compared were sold in the same size, so in order to figure out which one was the best deal, I had to compare unit price.

At a quick glance, you can see Aldi easily came in less expensive on almost all the items.  I would even spend the few extra pennies on the Aldi brand of peanut butter in order to get something organic with no sugar added.

For a closer look, let's take 10 items as an example of things that would always be on my grocery list.  Aldi comes in $8.14 cheaper.  That's a good savings!

You know what I could do with that extra $8.14?  Buy enough extra ingredients from Aldi to make at least two more servings of a meal, with leftovers of certain items to use in even more meals down the road.  

And the quinoa, salsa and chips would all have plenty leftover to store in the pantry or fridge to use at a later date for snacks or as part of another meal.

Added bonus...the "extra meal" above is a well balanced meal of protein, whole grains, good fat and vegetables (and vegan!)

So which grocery store wins?  For me, I would say it depends.  Aldi does have the vast majority of the items I shop for, and at a cheaper price overall.  But, Aldi does not have a Fuel Perks program for discounts on my gas, it is farther from my house and it doesn't have a Deli section for those times I like to pick up a rotisserie chicken or fresh sliced turkey.

Winn Dixie is much closer to me and it would be the winner if I just had to pick up a few items or if I was getting something on my way home from work/didn't feel like driving the extra miles to Aldi.  If I let my pantry supplies get very low and needed to stock up on a big list of items, I'd be heading to Aldi.

What do you think?  Have you shopped at these store before?

I hope this post was at least fun and informative for you and maybe even prompts you to venture outside of your grocery store comfort level and check out a new place!