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You might find yourself drawn to budget grocery store Aldi by the lure of its specialty products and weekly finds… but you'll find yourself (more)

You might find yourself drawn to budget grocery store Aldi by the lure of its specialty products and weekly finds… but you'll find yourself staying for the basics, mainly because their prices tend to undercut just about any other grocery chain. And one of those staples is milk.

Why is Aldi's milk so inexpensive when compared to some of those other brands? It has partly to do with Aldi's shoestring operating costs. Smaller stores, shorter opening hours, limited product selection and, of course, the rent-a-carts and bring your own bag policy both help keep Aldi's prices way down.

There's also the fact that over 90 percent of the items Aldi's offers are store-branded, so they can cut out all of the middlemen f rom their supply chain. According to the website Taste of Home, the milk Aldi purchases comes in racks. All the workers need to do is transfer these milk racks directly into the cooling case — there's no need for them to unload each individual container. Less labor equals lower labor costs, after al...

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