Aldi's Opening A Limited-Time Charcuterie Experience To Ring In The Holidays

Discount grocer Aldi celebrates every season with limited-time offerings in its stores, featuring quality products for affordable prices. In particular, festive Aldi Finds are a great way to kickstart the holiday season. For 2024, though, the store is doing something different: It's bringing an immersive experience to the public via a unique sampling experience of charcuterie wonder.

On December 4-5, Aldi will be opening a Charcuterie Chalet in Chicago, Illinois (a notoriously cheesy city) — just east of the store's headquarters in Batavia — with the intent to inspire party hosts to create their own charcuterie boards through Christmas and New Year's. Aldi Certified Cheese Expert Kim Brazington said in a press release, "No matter if shoppers are charcuterie connoisseurs or just looking for budget-friendly ways to impress guests, our holiday food assortment of over 300 items will make hosts the talk of any holiday party (in a good way!)." She acknowledged that hosting holiday parties can be stressful and expensive and explained that the Charcuterie Chalet is the company's way of showing shoppers that they don't have to spend too much to host a great party.

With a cozy, winter vibe, Aldi's Charcuterie Chalet will be filled with an endless selection of curated selection of meats, cheeses, crackers, sweets, and more for guests to test out and inspire their own holiday parties. All of the items can be purchased in Aldi stores, and some of the items are similar to the fancy foods and drinks that you should always buy at Aldi anyway.

Possibly the most impressive offering will be the Windy City Board, a culinary masterpiece made from gourmet meats, cheeses, and fruits in the design of the Chicago skyline. Additionally, there will be a Chalet Board, which, as it sounds, will form a chalet of charcuterie foods decorated with olives and candied pecans, as well as a Holiday Sweater Board constructed with meats, cheeses, crackers, and dried cranberries in the shape of delicious holiday sweaters. Aldi will be provoking creativity, too, with its Charcuterie Drink Toppers, which are miniature boards that rest on top of wine or drink glasses. Other specialty boards on display to provide inspiration include a Sweets Board, a Fresh Board featuring fruits, and a $50 Board of premium offerings. 

Luckily, those who are nearby but can't make it in person can use the Aldi DoorDash page to get started on their boards right from home. However, lucky attendees can also partake in an interactive photo booth and get personalized gifts engraved at the experience.