Archive for the ‘food’ Category
01/16/2015

Chianti Salami
ALDI
One of the things that always interests people is, who actually makes store brands? Here’s a product where we can probably find an answer.
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Tags:aldi, calories, chianti salami, price, review, salami, volpi
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01/08/2015

Sartori
Bellavitano
Gold Cheese
This is one of those odd, seemingly out-of-place, things that pops up at the local ALDI for some unknown reason.
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Tags:aldi, bellavitano cheese, calories, cheese, food, price, review, sartori
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12/29/2014

Simply Nature
Organic Corn
Tortilla Chips
ALDI – front
Ask and ye will have.
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Tags:aldi, calories, food, organic, price, review, tortilla chips
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12/23/2014

ALDI – Belmont
Pumpkin Pie
Well, originally, I wasn’t going to review this. It’s such a mundane thing. But then I thought, what are future generations going to do when they face the same problem we did this year – What to bring to the family Thanksgiving dinner? We were assigned the pies.
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Tags:aldi, calories, cooking, food, pie, price, pumpkin, review
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12/12/2014
Several readers have posted comments inquiring about the GMO status of various products reviewed on this blog. A recent comment on our favorite tortilla chip prompted me to ask the grocer via email what the GMO content was for the tortilla chips specifically and their GMO policy in general. The reply appeared well thought out and further briefly explained specific U.S.A. (United States of America) regulations (and non-regulations) which affect the food grown and consumed in the U.S.A. As the grocer points out below, these regulations affect many other retail grocers in the same way.
So hopefully without me getting in the middle of the GMO debate, here is one retail grocer’s take on the status of GMO products in the U.S.A. Note also the reference to USDA National Organic Standards mentioned in the reply (linked here). Hope this helps you find the product(s) you want.
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Tags:aldi, food, food policy, gmo
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12/07/2014

Grifone Chianti Riserva 2010
For $1.50 more and a couple of years more aging I was expecting great things from this wine in comparison to its IGT little brother recently tasted (Grifone Sangiovese IGT 2013). What I got was at least $1.50 better wine. But that’s not a bad thing, and just points out how good little brother is.
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Tags:price, review, tj's, trader joe's, wine
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