ALDI vs. Walmart: Which is cheaper?

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I took a trip this morning to one of the new ALDI stores in South Florida.  I bought a few items there, but my main mission was to find out which is cheaper, ALDI or Walmart?

Before I went to the store, I looked through all of the shopping spreadsheets that I've posted as part of my Wednesday Weekly Shopping feature here at Frugal Follies.  I made a list of the items I most typically buy at Walmart.  Because I match coupons to weekly sales at grocery, drug, and national discount stores, I typically only shop at Walmart for items that rarely go on sale and/or rarely have coupons.

I wrote down the prices of these items, then checked for the same items at ALDI.  ALDI did not carry a few of the items on my list.  Others, such as honey, were in different size packages.  But here's what I found:

Item	Walmart Price	ALDI price
apple juice concentrate, can	$0.97	$.92
apple juice , 64 oz	$1.50	$1.19
juice boxes, 10 pack	$1.98	$1.79
white flour, 5 lb	$1.58	$1.19
whole wheat flour, 5 lb	$2.98	not available
whole wheat bread, loaf	$1.48	$1.19
tortillas, 20 ct	$0.92	$0.97
sugar, 5 lb	$2.54	$1.99
bananas, per pound	$0.54	$0.39
cereal bars, 10 ct	$2.00	$1.89
powdered dish detergent	$2.27	not available
chocolate chips, 12 oz	$2.48	$1.69
cocoa powder	$2.18	$1.99
oil spray	$1.74	$0.99

So for the items I typically buy at Walmart, buying them at ALDI instead will save me money! 

But, you are asking, I buy different items than you do - will shopping at ALDI save me money, too?

Well, I also checked the prices of many standard grocery items.  I don't currently have the comparable Walmart prices, but they appeared to be much cheaper, in general.  Look for my next post about ALDI coming soon!