I don’t think there are any Aldis near me.
Trader Joe became my favorite and regular food store after I started using the Buycott app and realized Fred Meyer/QFC/Kroger, Safeway/Albertsons, Fred Meyer and most others are full of products by companies which all support policies which are abhorrent to me in one way or another, and are also often less healthy and/or higher-priced than I find elsewhere.
My favorite Trader Joe items include:
Milton’s bread
organic mayonnaise
tuna in water
round olive bread loaf
prosciutto
apple juice
plain fizzy water (mix ¾ fizzy water with ¼ apple juice, cold – favorite cold drink!)
various cheeses
free-range chicken
“Mediterranean” hummus
pretzel bites filled with peanut butter
cheese puffs & Cheeto-like things
blue corn chips
BBQ potato chips
spanikopita
clam chowder
real juice bars
spicy frozen mac & cheese
spinach fettuccine
wide egg noodles
pesto
tomato basil pasta sauce
shallots
avocados
onions
I used to like their chicken noodle soup and their raspberry vinaigrette, but they got discontinued.