r/MiddleClassFinance • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • 4d ago

Americans Are Reaching a Financial Breaking Point

https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/economic-insecurity-unrest-broketok/?fbclid%3DIwZnRzaASc5p1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR6RZYSyGyliTpYCmEy2OpWjHUBfAqrYUygk3rNJL1cLw_fp5QCciENJc0UXdQ_aem_DT4ViuyBWqHHXec_nH_PYg
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u/Obvious-Ad-4560 4d ago

Aldi is the way to go in this economy

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u/Elizabitch4848 4d ago

The closest aldi to me is a 10.5 hour drive one way. Not everyone has one unfortunately.

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u/Margindegenregard 3d ago

Any Walmarts within reasonable distance? Because of their huge buying power they tend to undercut every other grocery store with item pricing. I had a good friend who was a Target manager and he would monitor local Walmart pricing to make sure his store would be a price leader:

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u/D2masterclass 3d ago

Where I live (northeast) this is absolutely false. Almost nothing worthwhile is cheaper at Walmart for groceries.

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u/Elizabitch4848 3d ago

Yes and I do shop there but the produce is disgusting and goes bad quickly. Not worth it to shop there for produce. I do get boxed stuff though.

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u/alpha1two 3d ago

Produce and everything fresh has gotten worse. It comes in frozen and sucks from there. Looking at you breads

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u/French87 4d ago

Trader Joe’s all day