The Returning Aldi Advent Find That Customers Say Isn't Worth The Price - Tasting Table

"Aldi's creative response to counting down the days until Christmas includes two returning advent cheese calendars - but customers say the retailer's savory twist on the classic Christmas ritual isn't worth the price. Aldi's two cheesy advent calendars from the Emporium Selection brand include a 12 Days of Artisan Cheese Advent Calendar for $24.99, featuring 12 1-ounce bites of select cheeses like gouda, smoked cheddar, and pepper Jack, and a Winter Wonderland Advent Calendar for $16.99 offering 24 half-ounce pieces of imported cheeses"

""Big waste of money just small pieces of cheap tasting grocery store cheese," one person wrote. Others cited repeating flavors and a lack of variety as reasons why they wouldn't be buying one of the cheese calendars. "Don't you enjoy the variety of 12 slightly different flavors of gouda?," someone joked (looking at you, mature gouda, mustard gouda, and black pepper gouda in the Winter Wonderland calendar)."

Aldi offers two Emporium Selection cheese advent calendars: a 12 Days of Artisan Cheese for $24.99 with twelve 1-ounce bites like gouda, smoked cheddar, and pepper Jack, and a Winter Wonderland calendar for $16.99 with twenty-four half-ounce imported cheese pieces described as a "taste voyage". Customers report the calendars feel overpriced for tiny portions and criticize underwhelming taste, perceived low quality, and repeating flavors. Shoppers note little variety and some mislabeled or indistinct-tasting cheeses, including a French Mimolette that tasted like cheddar. Complaints center on taste, quality issues, and lack of variety.

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