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14 of the best specialty items to get at Aldi this month for $5 or less

Composite of Mama Cozzi's biscuit-crust sausage and cheese pizza next to Choceur red velvet cookies and cream bark
Aldi has a number of frozen meals and fun snacks coming in January.

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  • This month, Aldi is stocking shelves with frozen appetizers, easy meals, and seasonal snacks.
  • Ahead of Valentine's Day, Aldi is set to have heart-shaped ravioli and hot-cocoa bombs.
  • Stock up on breaded cheese curds, shrimp-queso bites, and wood-fired pizzas for game day at Aldi.

This month, Aldi is ringing in 2025 with a slate of exciting offerings, from lighter dinner staples to frozen game-day appetizers.

Here are some of the best specialty items to get at Aldi this month for $5 or less.

Make eating vegetables more fun with Season's Choice veggie fries.
Composite of Season's Choice ranch veggie fries in bag and crunchy black bean veggie fries in bag
The Season's Choice veggie fries come in two varieties.

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For a vegan-friendly snack or side dish, pick up a bag of Season's Choice veggie fries.

The fries come in black-bean or ranch flavors and are made with at least seven different vegetables. A 10-ounce bag is just under $5.

Add bulk to your meals with Simply Nature legume rice.
Composite of Simply Nature organic legume chickpea rice  next to tri-color legume rice
This Simply Nature legume rice is plant-based.

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Aldi's Simply Nature legume rice is vegan and gluten-free.

Each $3 box of rice is made with either legumes or chickpeas and lentils and can be used as a base for lunches or dinners.

Enjoy pasta night with liveGfree refrigerated gluten-free pasta.
liveGfree refigerated linguine pasta in linguine and fettuccine varieties
The gluten-free liveGfree pasta can be found in the refrigerated section of Aldi.

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Aldi's selection of gluten-free products is getting bigger this month with liveGfree fettuccine and linguine.

Each refrigerated 9-ounce pack is $4 each and can pair nicely with olive oil or your favorite pasta sauce.

Satisfy a sweet tooth with Sundae Shoppe's no-sugar-added gelato
Composite Sundae Shoppe No sugar added gelato in fudgy cookie dough flavor and chocolate peanut butter flavor
Sundae Shoppe announced two flavors of no-sugar-added gelato this month.

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This month, Sundae Shoppe is releasing two flavors of no-sugar-added gelato. For just under $4 a pint, you can choose between the flavors fudgy cookie dough or chocolate peanut butter.

Prepare for Valentine's Day with an assortment of Moser Roth macarons.
MoserRoth chocolate macarons in package
These Moser Roth's macarons come in a pack of 10.

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It's never too early to start planning Valentine's Day surprises for your significant other. To start, pick up a package of Moser Roth's macarons, which are set to arrive at Aldi in early January.

Each pack contains 10 Belgian-chocolate macarons with decorative toppings β€” all for only $4.

Treat yourself to a bag of Choceur's seasonal barks.
Choceur Valentine's bark bags in strawberries and cream flavor  and red velvet cookies and cream bark
Choceur has bark perfect for Valentine's Day.

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The end of peppermint-bark season may be drawing near, but you can still enjoy other flavors of bark from Aldi this month.

One bark has a white-chocolate-style base and strawberries-and-cream toppings, and the other has a milk-chocolate-style base with red-velvet-cookies-and-cream toppings.

Each 5-ounce bag of bark is $4.

Cozy up with Choceur heart-shaped hot-cocoa bombs.
Choceur heart-shaped cocoa bombs in milk chocolate and white-chocolate strawberry flavors
Choceur has hot-cocoa bombs in two flavors this January.

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Prepare a warm, festive drink using Choceur's filled heart-shaped hot-cocoa bombs that are only $2 each.

Choose between a white-chocolate-strawberry cocoa bomb filled with milk-chocolate chips and marshmallows or a milk-chocolate one filled with milk-chocolate chips and marshmallows.

Upgrade pizza night with Mama Cozzi's Pizza Kitchen's wood-fired options.
Mama Cozzi's Pizza Kitchen wood-fired crust pizza in Greek style and five mushroom pizza
Mama Cozzi's Pizza Kitchen is famous for its pizzas.

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Mama Cozzi's Pizza Kitchen is one of Aldi shoppers' favorite brands, and this January, they can enjoy new flavors of its wood-fired pizza.

The pizzas are available in a five-mushroom blend with white, portabella, shiitake, crimini, and roasted mushrooms or a Greek-style pizza with garlic sauce, chicken, black olives, artichokes, red onions, and mushrooms.

Each wood-fired pie is $5.

Pair chicken wings, burgers, and more with Season's Choice flavored waffle fries.
Seasons Choice fiery hot sweet-potato waffle fries and chili-lime waffle fries bags
Seasons Choice waffle fries come in chili-lime and fiery-hot flavors.

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For a unique dinner side or a tasty appetizer on game day, pick up the Season's Choice waffle fries slated to arrive at Aldi in mid-January.

The fiery-hot sweet-potato waffle fries can pair well with chicken wings and ranch or blue cheese β€” and the chili-lime waffle fries could be a unique base for "nachos."

Each 16-ounce bag is $4.

Whip up a romantic dinner at home with Priano heart-shaped ravioli.
Priano heart-shaped ravioli with Parm and Truffle
Priano heart-shaped ravioli are filled with Parmigiano Reggiano and truffle.

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Aldi has plenty of options for a Valentine's Day dinner at home this year, including Priano heart-shaped ravioli filled with Parmigiano Reggiano and truffle.

Each pack of pasta is $4.

Start the day with Mama Cozzi's Pizza Kitchen breakfast pizzas.
Mamma Cozzi's biscuit-crust sausage, bacon, pepper pizza  and cooked pork-belly crumble pizza
Mamma Cozzi's breakfast pizzas have a biscuit crust.

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Those who'd be happy to eat pizza for breakfast, lunch, and dinner may love the Mama Cozzi's Pizza Kitchen breakfast pizzas.

They have biscuit crusts and come in two different flavors: sausage and cheese or pork belly, bacon, onion, and pepper.

Try one or both for $5 each.

Serve Appetitos crab rangoons at your next gathering.
Appetitos Crab Rangoon bites
The Appetitos crab rangoons have a cream-cheese-crab filling.

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Whether you're hosting a party or just want delicious appetizers with dinner, you may want to pick up Appetitos crab rangoon to keep in the freezer.

Each 6-ounce box has crispy wonton wrappers stuffed with a cream-cheese-crab filling and costs under $4.

Fremont Fish Market bites can be ready in minutes.
Fremont Fish Market shrimp-queso and cheddar-bacon-scallop bites
Fremont Fish Market shrimp-queso and cheddar-bacon-scallop bites can be found in Aldi's frozen aisle.

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For game day or other festive gatherings, serve Fremont Fish Market shrimp-queso and cheddar-bacon-scallop bites.

The frozen bites can be heated up or air-fried in just a few minutes, and they come in 11-ounce bags for $5 each.

You may want to bring Appetitos breaded cheese curds to a Super Bowl party.
Aldi breaded cheese curds
Appetitos breaded cheese curds have Wisconsin cheese.

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The Super Bowl is scheduled for February 9, and why not bring Appetitos breaded cheese curds to the party?

Set to be available at the end of January, the curds feature Wisconsin cheese and a crispy, golden brown breading β€” perfect for enjoying as-is or with a wide selection of dips.

Grab a box (or two) for just over $4 each.

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Putin tells Russia 'everything will be fine' amid the nation's military and economic struggles

Vladimir Putin speaking
In an address in December, Putin acknowledged the country's inflation struggles.

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  • Putin told Russia the nation would be fine in his New Year's address.
  • He refrained from giving a concrete outlook for the Ukraine war or Russia's economy.
  • The nation is facing growing costs from its invasion, from rising casualties to soaring inflation.

Vladimir Putin assured Russia he was "certain that everything will be fine" in his New Year's Eve address on Tuesday, as the nation heads toward its fourth year of war in Ukraine in 2025.

In his speech, the Russian president said the nation was overcoming various challenges and would continue to move on. He also referred to 2025 as the "year of the Defender of the Motherland," and gave respect to Russia's "fighters and commanders," The New York Times reported.

Still, Putin refrained from giving a concrete outlook on the war in Ukraine, or the path of the Russian economy going forward. He also did not mention Russia's inflation struggles, one of the nation's key economic problems.

The comments come amid swirling military and economic uncertainty in Russia, which is under increasing strain as its war against Ukraine is set to turn three years old in February.

A report from the Institute for the Study of War said that Russia suffered about 427,000 casualties in 2024 while gaining about 1,600 square miles of territory. Russia's military slowed its advances last month, with forces gaining around seven square miles of land a day in December.

On the economic front, the costs of Russia's invasion continue to mount. The nation has earmarked 13.5 trillion rubles for its defense spending next year, amounting to around a third of Russia's total federal budget.

Private business activity has also been hindered by the flight of capital and younger workers who fled the nation at the start of the war. An analysis from S&P Global showed that private equity or venture capital-backed deals and investments plunged 39% from 2022 to 2023.

Inflation, meanwhile, remains well above the central bank's 4% target, while interest rates have risen to 21%.

Putin has generally brushed off concerns about the Russian economy, but acknowledged the nation's struggle with inflation in a recent address. In December, he acknowledged that Russia's inflation rate was "alarming" and the economy was "overheating."

At the end of 2023, Putin apologized for the soaring price of eggs, adding the rapid price increase was a "failure of the government's work."

Economists expect 2025 to be another difficult year for the country, and some predict that its economy could be headed for a period of stagnation similar to the Soviet Union in the early 1980s.

TsMAKP, a think-tank tied to the Russian government, said the nation was at risk at stagflation, a dire economic scenario that typically involves spiraling inflation, sluggish growth, and rising unemployment.

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