What does /ck/ think of this place?
>>22278755they are winning because they are simply better at running a profitable business than everyone else
Lidl is slightly better
>>22278755They have good sourdough bread. Unlike most crappy supermarket bread here in the US, it doesn't have any added sugar.
Cheap food and the quarters for carts thing is kinda funny.
>>22278755Cheap stuff, and some of it is even worth the price.
I dunno why but there was always this rumor that's so false that the Trader Joe's founder's brother started Aldi.
>>22278755Since the dead of the Aldi Brothers the brand is slowly dying in Germany
>>22278755S’okThe poorfag bailey’s is pretty good
>>22278770i have zero objection to it. in fact, it should be a dollar
>>22278755I go there in 30 minutes
>>22278755i always feel like i need to shower after i go in one of these
>>22278809must be your area. mine is full of milfs.
>>22278799I just ordered 10 of those jars of acacia honey with the comb inside Luv me AldiLuv me acacia honey
>>22278755I do prefer Lidl because of the continental sausage and the weekly themed isle, but neither Aldi nor Lidl have a large enough selection to get everything I need.
>>22278888>Blend of non-EU honeysThe comb is just cheap filler and made from Chinese paraffin. The honey itself comes from an earwig's butt. Cool 8s though.
>>22278792>>22278770Fun fact: the reason why they introduced it was because the carts got stolen by wealthy tennis clubs. Not because lazy unemployed suckers didn't put them back where they got them.>>22278755You're getting scammed on any so-called quality they have: pasta, charcuterie, cheese, nuts,... meet the absolute lowest requirement.Where they make their real money is in their one-off deals: computers, bicycles, tablets, IoT, patio, outdoor, kitchen or power tools: that stuff causes a flood of customers/sells out within a day but it's always misconfigured, doesn't last, doesn't work the way it should. People buy an item they really want and buy all their other groceries as well. Scummy. It's great for bulk products though. Toilet paper, onions or cleaning products.
They are good for cheese, chocolate, etc. but isn't really good for being your main grocery store. In the US most don't have a fresh bakery section either. Nice to pop in for some deals every other week or so though.
>>22278764Its a lidl bit better
>>22278765Yeah I bet for like three dollars i bet. I'm not gonna pay that much for a fucking loaf of bread. Especially one that's a ball like that you can't do anything with. Make a fucking loaf so I can make sandwiches with the bread dumb fucks. Dunno why I see these bread balls everywhere now with inconsistent slice size. Retarded.
>>22278931why would wealthy tennis clubs want grocery carts? these kind of things always interest me a lot
>>22278931wealthy tennis club members must be too posh to bother with peasant currency like a quarter
>>22278972if you're not paying at least $3 for a loaf of bread you are eating 50% preservative
>>22278972>>22278972>>22278972>wtf why is a boule shaped like a ballI pray that you're just ragebaiting
>>22278931this is the weirdest bait I've ever seen.
>>22278931>>22279061yeah he sounds like one of the guys working at a local grocery that rages and seethes when an aldi moves into town>REEEEE ITS "LOW QUALITY"okay then you shouldn't be worried about a little competition from a weak competitor>NOOOOO THEY'RE "RUINING" THIS COMMUNITY!!!you collect the shopping carts out of the parking lot dont you
I'm a flyover so it's sadly the best option I have. Cheaper and much better quality than Walmart though I still go to Walmart sometimes if I want some slop that I can't get at Aldi.
>>22278931>WE DIDNU NUFFIN IT WUZ DA WHYTEPEEPO TENNIS CLUBnoones falling for it deshawn
>>22279091>Cheaper and much better quality than WalmartI know Aldi has certain things they specialize in but I've found them to be pretty comparable on average.
>>22278931>>22279110Nobody was stealing the shopping carts. If somebody was gonna steal a shopping cart, they would put a quarter in and steal it, since it's clearly worth more than a quarter.They just don't want to hire somebody to walk out and collect all the carts that people leave strewn around the lot, and they determined that a quarter is enough money to make most boomers return the cart themselves to get their money back, and of those who don't, some other boomer or bum will do it for a free quarter.
>>22278755They use to have 4 or 5 registers, then covid shrunk it to a single one and multiple self check outs that are card only. Now the line for the live person is 5 deep and since I only pay cash they're not worth the extra 5 minutes to drive just to wait longer.
>>22279118>I only pay cashdamn bro doordash wont give you direct deposit?
>>22278755I can't stand it. I used to live in an apartment that was a 5 minute walk to an Aldi, and after going there for a couple weeks I gave up and started driving 20 minutes to a Wegmans instead. It just wasn't worth my time to walk there only to find that they're out of half the produce I want, spend 15 minutes waiting in line at the single open check out aisle, and then end up driving somewhere else afterwards to get whatever Aldi didn't have. I only pay like $0.05 more per item at Wegmans anyways. Maybe I just live in an area with really shitty Aldis, they're always in the most run down locations and the people who shop at them reflect that. I once went to an Aldi in a different city when I was visiting a friend and it was really nice, nothing like the ones around me.
>>22279123It wouldn't be so bad if every other shopper wasnt a boomer or welfare mom buying $250 worth of shit.Just let me pay for my steel cut oats and get the fuck out of here please.
>>22279127Yeah, this was my experience more or less. Obese black women pushing carts overflowing with junk food as their 3 kids run screaming up and down the aisles and octogenarians who hold up the line because they can't figure out how to swipe their card at checkout.
>>22279116>SHEEEEEIT this cart don't take EBT
>>22279116>boomers
>>22278972>three dollars i bet. I'm not gonna pay that much for a fucking loaf of breadtime for bed, grandpa
>>22279159>>22279187If boomers were willing to pay $3 for a loaf of bread, maybe they wouldnt need to pay $300 a week for their "Try not to die" pills
>>22278755I just go to Walmart, Kroger, and Publix because people bring it to my car.
>>22279194Are you supposed to tip?I have super autism and I never know if I'm fucking up a social interaction and looking like a huge asshole.I know the website says "no tip expected" but there's always all these little social faux pas like are they really saying >no tip expected (but you understand really we are expecting a "gratuity" for service ;)
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>>22279194They do that at Aldi too
>>22278931I like the cheese, especially their American cheese. Leagues better than Kraft
I do nearly all my shopping there. Have for years. Kids like the chicken fries and cookies and chips, I can get bulk chicken for cheap and the marinara sauce is pretty good. A few things I have to get at Kroger or Meijer but Aldi is great.
>>22279258>cart return guy rich despite him being out of a job if the people return carts>weird dog>'also i am X'>worse-than-grr-graphics labelingA perfect rebuttal.
>>22279258> yss> bilbisWhat r those
>>22279250They're not allowed to accept tips at pickup. A lot will, but they can be fired.
>>22278762They are winning because they are like a third the overall cost of other grocers. Food prices have gotten fucking insane and Aldi is the only one left where you can fill up your cart and walk out spending under $200. This is a good thing IMO, it forces their competitors to adjust to compete with them or get fucked.For my opinion, IMO they are very mixed. Some of their stuff is great, some is shit, most is generally in between, but you can't beat the prices they have. I don't mind the cart thing because it means you get more close parking spaces and less retards leaving carts out in the lot, plus it's funny watching morons going there for the first time showcase their nonexistent problem solving skills trying to figure out how to get one out. They seem to treat their employees better too, they get to sit when at the cash register at least and it's the only store I've been in where employees will talk back if someone is being an obnoxious asshole.Meat tends to pretty good and very cheap, I get chicken leg quarters there for $1.17 a pound, four of those suckers for under $6 and I can eat like I'm King Henry the Eighth or something. A lot of their cheese and chocolate selections are really good too, especially for the price, and for some reason the knockoff Ritz crackers are tastier than the real brand. The low sodium sprouted bread is cheap and a lot healthier for you then most other pre sliced store breads.The only consistent thing I've found really sucks dick there is fresh produce. It's always, ALWAYS clearly old and low quality. Yes, it's dirt fucking cheap, but you have to check like 8 bags of potatoes before you find one that isn't already sprouting or moldy. Last time I went there I checked their yellow onions out and the first bag I grabbed had juice soaking out of it so I just gave up.
>>22279116You underestimate how fucking stingy rich "people" truly are anon, they lie, cheat and steal. They're worse than the poors.
>>22279122>wanting all your spending data to be tracked and sold so meta/google/daddy government can improve their data profile on you
>>22279122Direct deposit is the only option for gig jobs like dd
>>22279708>The only consistent thing I've found really sucks dick there is fresh produce.That is my experience as well. It doesn't look old or bad in the store but will 100% be rotting way faster than you expected, as if they were being sustained by a magic spell that only held while they were in the store.
I was impressed when they first turned up 15 years ago, less enamored now. Half of it is not really caring for the food itself and half noticing it's for the same general scum clientele who love Ross / Marshalls / generic discount store. Also one of my first times there they had their own Sun Chips. They were soon discontinued and I never saw them again. Haven't forgiven them for that, but hey I guess the cheese selection is still pretty good
iga > spar > aldi
>>22278755I have never been inside one. That's where yuropoors shop. I'd never debase myself to yuropoor level.
>>22279123That’s been mine experience too, the ones in bad area are bad, but the ones in better areas are great
>>22278765that labeling should be illegal>Ingredients>Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Salt, Wheat Gluten, Fermented Wheat Flour, Yeast
>>22278755It's fine and the cheapest. A good 20-25% discount from Walmart on chicken breast and pork loin.
>>22279358When I worked at Pavilions, we were told to turn down tips but if the person insisted, just accept it and say thank you instead of arguing with them.
>>22278755Aldi is the best store to dumpster dive. If you know, you know.
>>22278931>Fun fact: the reason why they introduced it was because the carts got stolen by wealthy tennis clubs.Are you for real?>Chaim, it's gonna cost us $10 to steal those carts!>Too expensive..cancel the Operation.lol
>>22279258Cart return wagies take the carts from the parking lot corral back into the store corral. It is neither intended nor expected that customers leave carts in parking spaces, curbs, or grass medians. If you cannot handle putting your cart in a parking lot corral, you do not deserve to live in a first world civilization. I, a White Man, do not shop at Aldi’s because their cart/quarter system is an insult to my civilization. They make an assumption of antisocial behavior and create a forced ritual of humiliation.
I rarely shop there now. The stuff is cheap and the taste usually ok, but I always get a slight feeling something's off - cheap, unhealthy, something of the sort.
>>22279194>because people bring it to my car.Cringe AF.Are you old or partially disabled?>No.Oh, so you just want to waste resources and get pampered by some Wagie.dick
>>22280119>Cart return wagiesStop being a Lazybones.
>>22279191you're an idiot
>>22280121I pay poor people to do things that are beneath me.
>>22280057What's about any of that would be an artificial flavor, preservative or color?
>>22280119That's ridiculous. Just sounds to me like you're looking for any excuse to be a lazy slob. If you're returning the cart anyway, like any decent person should, your precious coin is never at risk. You're just pretending to be above that as an excuse to always have the option to be a subhuman.
Not my problem.
>>22280701You a Working man, huh?Strong-ass fingers and hands.
>>22280705Fuck off gay.
>>22280710>Fuck off gay.rofl.Took the bait.
>>22278755the logo looks like MOS burger's.i love nippon bagas! sugoi! desudesu.
>>22279067aldi doesn't sell computers and bicycles and stuff
>>22282008They do here
>>22278779And so is the entire country
I will never ever understand why returning the cart is such a huge fucking issue for Burgers.
>>22282017really? where's "here"?
>>22278755
>>22282026https://youtu.be/PP1BJ8W3lqI?si=4nZhaIUonD3dWrta
