Save a Lot is it worth the drive?

I think that Save A Lot is pretty much just like Aldis. With the price of gas I don't think that I would go out of my way just to go there.

No I wouldn't drive 16 miles for Save a lot. They are good for can and boxed goods but I don't eat meat or produce from them. One time I got some burgers and they were the nastiest thing I think we ever tasted. Our local Save a lot is dirty as well.

i don't know actually... to be honest, i never used them before... i usually just shop in the fruit market or the main grocery stores like Coles or Safeway here... i know the prices are a bit high... but it is just more convenient for me since i am busy working everyday as well... anyway, i will check it out... if it really can save me heaps of grocery money, then i might try it... take care and have a nice day...

I don't think that I would go way out of my way to go. I don't see much difference here than what is at Aldi's.

If going to Save-a-Lot is the only reason you are driving in that direction then chances are you are spending just as much in gas as you are saving by going there. I used to go to Save-a-Lot when I lived in the city because it was only about 8 blocks from my house. Now, if I want to go then it is about 28 miles to the nearest one. I only stop there if I have to go that far away anyway.

I love to go to Save-a-lot. Its way close and is really good. I think that you should go there. It is really worth the drive if i where you. I have heard good things about it to and i go there a lot and i know a lot about it and it is really worth it. I would drive there if i where you. Its a really good store.

I would certainly do it for the big grocery trip. To get a few things no. You have to be ok with off brands, which I am. You can save a lot! We used to have a wholesale food outlet, they were discount but would add 10% at the register, this wasn't a good deal. But save a lot is a great place. Ours is little and always packed so I try to plan my trip at odd hours.

It can be a good thing or a bad thing. We drive over 45 minutes to visit one sometimes because we can get large quantities of items sometimes for pretty cheap prices. Sometimes their bananas are cheaper than anyone else and they have good prices on potoates and stuff. However, the one in my college town is quite expensive. We stopped there once to see if we could get anything good to make meals with and everything was much more expensive than it was at Walmart or Krogers. It may be worth a visit to check out their prices but just know that they may not be cheaper than everyone else they could run much higher.

I go to Sav-a-Lot once a month since they are cheap on some items. Then I do the rest of my shopping at a store closer to home.

Morning, Kimbers. I used to shop at Save-A-Lot in the town where I used to live. I usually got foods like canned vegetables, cereal, boxed foods, paper towels, toilet paper, and bread. One thing I liked about the canned vegetables was being able to get the salt-free kind for the same low price as the others. In the other stores, the salt-free canned vegetables were always higher. I could never figure that one out; after all, salt is an additive. Right? I don't know if I would drive 16 miles just to shop at Save-A-Lot, not unless I had no other choice. I would only shop there if I just happened to be where the store is located. If you knew when you are going to be there, you could make a shopping list to take with you. Then after you shop, you can compare prices with the store where you usually shop. Also, account for the price of gas going to the town 16 miles away and back. Man, that is 32 miles!! There's a gallon and a half of gasoline! This way, you'll know if it worthwhile in making the special trip to Save-A-Lot that is any distance further from where you regularly shop.

Well it depends. First of all yes SAL does have low prices and they do take coupons. But you have to look at the sizes (or quantity) of the items as well. Like a bag of their frozen veggies (1lb) usually runs around $1 compared to another grocer I usually go to (Krogers) where it is about $1 and some change. But then when you get to the box products I have found that not only are the prices almost the same as the bigger grocer chain you get less of the product at SAL. They used to be super cheap. And I only shopped there, but then they started raising up their prices and the krogers I go to has a shopper program where you rack up points and save at the same time. The points go towards gas cents off. I have shopped ALdi's before when I lived up North. And I do not know the other one you mentioned. But you might want to mention these kinds of programs to your closer grocer. And the doubling coupons is a wonderful thing. Last week I took my mom shopping at my krogers on SNR citizen day (it's like the after T-day shopping event in my area) and we saved in total around $58. And $12 was in coupons the rest was instore savings with our card and her 10%. Another thing about SAL that made me stop going there was I got a gallon of milk once that did not last one week, expired before the exp date on the bottle and the meet began to concern me. Plus, the one in my area I happened to be in while they were cleaning their freezer section....they left all the frozen goods in the isle while they were cleaning the freezers. Kinda grossed me out. So go once and check them out. I doesn't hurt to try it once. Good luck and happy shopping.