[Beijinger]

Aldi (and Lidl) are okay. But I wish Europe had Trader Joe's (owned by Aldi) and Costco.

[KomoD]

We have Costco in Sweden, it's terrible, I'd never pay for a membership to be able to shop...

[333ads]

I've always found the cashback rewards to cover the membership cost, YMMV though. I also live for the hot dogs

[KomoD]

They don't have a cashback program here.

[333ads]

Ah I didn't realize cashback was US and Canada only. Purchasing over $6000/year will cover the fee, which isn't cheap if you don't do much shopping there. The rewards site has a table with reward estimates: https://www.costco.com/executive-rewards.html

[Kon-Peki]

In the US, the standard Costco membership does not offer cash back, the premium membership does. If you don't have the auto-renewal set up, they'll tell you which version is a better deal based on your purchase history from the prior year.

[badpun]

There are some Trader Joe's products in my local Aldi in Poland.

[TillE]

At Aldi Nord in Germany, the "Trader Joe's" products are just the usual cheap garbage with a label slapped on it. It's nothing like the interesting stuff you get in the US.

[renw0rp]

We have Costco the last time I checked, at lest in the UK and Spain.

[coev]

Lidl expanding into the US makes my european wife very happy.