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I have never shopped at Aldi's yet. And there is one within a couple of miles of my home.
But yet, I also have a Whole Foods, Krogers, Meijers and Trader Joe's closer or the same distance away.
Some people said that their produce section isn't very big or good?
A great produce section is a must have for me....because I buy a lot from that department.
I try to make it to the Farmers Market also, but sometimes don't have time....so a good Produce Dept is a must have.
They just expanded the Aldi's near me. I shop there because it is cheaper than the regular supermarket.
Ours, both before and after expansion, had a very nice produce section with individual items and packaged ones to buy. Now they have organic everything too. Grass fed beef at really low prices too. And always something interesting on special.
It all depends on the individual store. The people at mine are a ton friendlier than at the Acme or Shoprite down the road.
The problem with expansion though, is that they have to pay for the construction and decor. Prices came back higher than they were a few months ago and the store has a whole aisle of stuff now: kitchenware, toys, t-shirts, etc. There's a Walmart a mile away. I'd rather have more groceries in a grocery store.
We are healthy eaters and have walked into Aldi's perhaps 4 times - and always walked out with nothing.
I really can't imagine the success of such a place. "Hey, we have less stuff but big boxes of it".
Maybe I'll try again in a few years. The place looks nice on the outside but when you walk in you have to think they haven't stocked it up yet (been there for years).
I LOVE the fact that you have to use a quarter to use their carts
and if you don't put them back, you lose your quarter
Path Mark had those carts with the quarter slot. Many shoppers would pass the cart to the next customer.
Do you Aldi customers ever pass the cart on to the next shopper?
Path Mark had those carts with the quarter slot. Many shoppers would pass the cart to the next customer.
Do you Aldi customers ever pass the cart on to the next shopper?
ALL THE TIME.
I have actually had people hand me the cart and tell me to pass it on.
To me, the shopping cart thing is a great idea. For the customer, ALL of the carts are at the front of the store as opposed to bumping into my car or blocking parking spaces in the parking lot. Also, there is ALWAYS a cart in front of the store when you need one. For the store, there is SIGNIFICANT savings as you don't have to send employees out chasing after carts. You reduce the risk of employees getting hurt pulling a long row of carts from the parking lot. If customers walk off with the carts - and that happened a lot in the Chicago area - the local neighborhood kids would bring them back to the store for the quarter.
At my local Kroger store, I walk to the front of the store where there is rarely a cart, and then head back into the lot to find one of the many carts floating around out there.
Maybe the big shots at Aldi's will read the Food Forum at City-Data and realize building new stores would not be wise because few people will shop there..........SARC
Path Mark had those carts with the quarter slot. Many shoppers would pass the cart to the next customer.
Do you Aldi customers ever pass the cart on to the next shopper?
Qrtr idea is phenomenal and very human nature. Where we shopped at Aldi in Nasville, there were 2 competitors across the arterial. Albertson's and something else.
You could see THEIR carts all over the places everywhere around. Aldi's - all neatly tucked in lines. Why? You got YOUR money invested into it.
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