9 Best Aldi Deals on Groceries in August

What’s new at Aldi this month? The upcoming fall season means shoppers can start adding pumpkin and apple cider flavored treats to their shopping carts along with frozen foods, pantry staples, drinks, and more that won’t break the bank.
After viewing an exclusive preview of new groceries arriving to Aldi in August, we selected nine standouts which give shoppers the greatest bang for their buck. You could buy all nine of these recommendations, and your total would be just under $30 -- giving you more money for back-to-school essentials, Halloween must-haves and more fall budget buys.
Here’s where the Aldi grocery deals on new arrivals go the furthest at Aldi.
1. Beef Birria Bites
Price: $5.99
Name another grocery store that carries frozen beef birria bites for less than $6. (We’ll wait.)
These bites are made with seasoned beef birria and cook up quickly in air fryers and ovens. Find them in the freezer section starting Aug. 5.
2. Bake Shop Apple Cider or Pumpkin Coffee Cake Bites
Price: $4.49
The wait is (almost) over for fall flavors. Bake Shop’s coffee cake bites will be available in apple cider and pumpkin flavors on Aug. 19. Plus, every container comes with 12 bites so you’re only paying 37 cents apiece.
3. ALDI Smashed Potatoes
Price: $3.99
Yes, please to Aldi smashed potatoes, arriving in stores on Aug. 26. Take your pick of garlic or salt and pepper flavors – or add both frozen bags to your cart to try out since they’re less than $5.
4. Specially Selected Mediterranean or Red Onion and Sweet Chili Jam Flatbread
Price: $3.99
Level up weeknight dinners with new flatbreads from Specially Selected starting Aug. 19. Choose from Mediterranean or red onion and sweet chili jam, both of which look much more expensive than their $4 price tag lets on.
5. Sundae Shoppe Peach or Tangerine Fruit Bars
Price: $3.89
Cool off after a long day with new fruit bar flavors from Sundae Shoppe. Peach and tangerine flavors arrive on Aug. 5 in six-count boxes. That means you’re only paying 63 cents apiece.
6. Breakfast Best Pumpkin Spice Waffles
Price: $2.19
Start your morning off with an inexpensive breakfast from Breakfast Best. Their new pumpkin spice flavored waffles will be stocked in freezers on Aug. 19. Each box comes with 10 waffles so you’re only paying 22 cents per waffle.
7. ALDI Quinoa
Blends
Price: $1.99
Add a few boxes of Aldi quinoa blends to your pantry to shake up dull weeknight dinners. Red pepper and basil and garlic and basil flavors are available to buy Aug. 5. Shop your favorite flavor or stock up on a few boxes with that unbeatable low price tag.
8. ALDI Assorted Rice and Sauce
Price: $1.19
It’s cheaper to buy Aldi’s new rice and sauce packets than it would be to shop for similar rice sides at Dollar Tree.
You’ll save 31 cents and get to explore a wide range of flavors like sriracha, kimchi and Mexican Adobo. Find them in the dry goods aisle as early as Aug. 12.
9. PurAqua Sparkling Frost Fall Flavors
Price: 59 cents
PSA: new fall flavors from PurAqua sparkling frost are coming Aug. 19 and they’re less than $1 per bottle. Go ahead and splurge on cranberry, crisp apple and sugar plum before they’re sold out.
Editor’s note: Pricing and availability may vary depending on location.
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