"Aldi does a lot of things very well. Customers have clearly taken a liking to the German grocer's consistently low prices and streamlined layouts. There are also myriad staple products to love in its freezer section, pantry aisle, wine area, and well-stocked beer shelves. However, produce is not an area where Aldi is known to excel. It's even gotten to the point where some shoppers refuse to pick up certain fruits and veggies at the store, including its bagged onions."
"The reasoning for the bagged onion boycott doesn't have to do with the image of an obscene hand gesture that accidentally wound up on 23,000 packs back in 2024. That's a story for a different day. Instead, customers are blacklisting Aldi onions because of consistently poor quality. Within Reddit threads and other social media conversations, onions pop up often as an item shoppers avoid buying at the store."
Aldi offers low prices, streamlined layouts, and many popular staples across frozen, pantry, wine, and beer sections. Produce quality falls short of other departments, with bagged onions repeatedly reported to spoil rapidly or arrive rotten. Complaints center on bagged red onions, though yellow onions and other produce can also be affected. Some shoppers note individually sold loose onions last longer, but not all locations stock loose produce. Reports of poor onion quality date back years, and frequent spoilage has led many customers to conclude the risk outweighs the value of buying Aldi bagged onions.
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