July Aldi Finds That Will Take You On A Summer Vacation From Your Own Home

While "summer" and "vacation" are two words that go together, like, well, "Aldi" and "savings," the sad truth is, in 2024, nearly half of us (47%, according to a Bankrate survey) won't be going anywhere at all because it's just too darn expensive. Instead, we'll be spending the summer getting in touch with our inner Backyardigans. In case you missed the best children's TV show of all time, "The Backyardigans" was about a group of friends who let their imaginations take them all over the world without ever crossing their property lines. Before we begin enjoying the ambiance of our decks and patios, however, we'll have a gander at Aldi's staycation supplies.

While Aldi carries a wide range of budget-priced staples, it also offers a number of affordable indulgences that can help put you in the vacation mood. Even if you won't be traveling yourself, you can send your taste buds on a globetrotting adventure with snacks that will put you in mind of destinations ranging from the Mediterranean to a tropical island. Of course, Aldi will also be featuring some All-American merch in case your next imaginary destination is right here in the good ol' U.S. A.

Limoncello, a liqueur from Italy's Amalfi coast, is meant to taste of lemons (but not cellos). Aldi doesn't typically carry the boozy kind, but you could always make your own limoncello if you're so inclined. The grocery chain will, however, be adding mini limoncello-flavored cheesecakes to its seasonal lineup starting on July 24. These bright and sunny desserts are packaged in individual 3.5-ounce portions, with each one priced at $2.59.

For more elaborate party fare that's still in keeping with the island motif, you could wait until July 24 since that's the date that the Mama Cozzi hot honey Hawaiian flatbread drops. This rectangular pizza (since that's basically what a flatbread is) has the typical pineapple and ham toppings, while hot honey is used to flavor the sauce. These will be priced at $6.99, but for that sum, you'll get over a pound of pizza (16.8 ounces, to be precise).

Shrimp are an excellent summertime entree since they're easy to cook, fun to eat, and not quite as pricy as certain other types of shellfish that might rhyme with "lab" or "mobster." Starting on July 3, Aldi will be selling stuffed shrimp in two trendy flavors, these being dill pickle and Nashville hot. To be honest, we're not entirely sure what the shrimp are stuffed with, since from the pic on the box it seems as if they themselves are the stuffing inside a big ball o'breadcrumbs. Still, they promise to be crispy, crunchy, shrimpy, and spicy (or pickly, depending on which one you pick) and will cost $5.99 per 6.8-ounce box.

Mamma Mia, looks like Aldi's journeying back to Greece again on July 10 with an offering of frozen spanakopita. Okay, so the expression's an Italian one, but the movie franchise with the Swedish soundtrack takes place on a Grecian isle. Even if you can't feel the ocean breeze from your backyard, you can still enjoy tasty spinach and cheese-stuffed pastries from an Aldi aisle (the frozen one) for just $4.49 per box. This modest sum, we'd like to point out, is approximately 0.5% of what you might pay for a plane ticket to Greece.

When you're lounging around outdoors on a hot day, it's important to stay hydrated. Salty snacks may make you thirsty and more inclined to reach for your water bottle, so while potato chips aren't exactly health food, this is as good an excuse to eat them as any, besides the fact that they just taste good. For your summer snacking pleasure, Aldi will be releasing two new flavors of its $1.95 Clancy's chips on July 17, these being sweet Maui onion and chili pepper lime. (The latter should technically be "chile" pepper lime, since chili-with-an-"i" is a stew, not a pepper, but we'll let that slide for now, Aldi.)

This season's choice for Aldi's smoothie blends includes two summery varieties: Green Dream and Seaside. The former includes mango, pineapple, apple, spinach, and avocado, while the latter is made with mango, pineapple, strawberry, apple, and banana. Neither one is sweetened or includes dairy, so if you toss them into the blender as is, you'll be drinking pure liquid produce. The price is $6.99 per box, with each box containing four 8-ounce single-serve pouches. The will be available beginning on July 3.

While the Fourth of July will have long passed by the time Aldi drops some of its red, white, and blue merch, like the water bottles mentioned above, perhaps the German-based company is low-key lobbying to make July Independence Month. Sure, we'll go for that, and these $4.99 t-shirts coming out on July 17 can be the official uniform. They come in three varieties: men's navy blue, ladies' white and ladies' navy blue. While we don't have pictures of the first two, the last one features red and white stripes and a "USA" logo along with a few white stars.