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6/26/2025, 7:28:26 AM
No.508760773
6/26/2025, 7:28:26 AM
No.508760773
>>508751008
>Will Aldi soon be the second largest grocery retailer in the USA?
Wouldn't surprise me, a lot of their products really are a good value. That being said, Aldi isn't much cheaper than Wal-Mart. Those are the two cheapest grocery stores. I don't know the exact cost breakdown, but I would bet that some items are actually cheaper at Wal-Mart than Aldi, and vice versa.
>>508759582
>> customers bagging their own groceries like it's communal punishment
This is the worst part about Aldi. Of course, at a Wal-Mart or other grocery stores, there is the option to do self-checkout, in which you bag your own groceries (and sometimes at Wal-Mart that is mandatory because no cashiers), but at least it is optional. At Aldi it's not optional, but there's no self-checkout either, so you can't bag your stuff where you pay, you have to move the items to a shelf and bag them there.
Overall, those little quirks are what holds Aldi back. You have to put a quarter into the shopping cart to unlock the cart. Not a terrible idea, but most Americans don't even carry cash anymore, and the ones that do, rarely carry coins on them. Why? Because everything is so expensive now, there's practically nothing that you can buy solely with change.
For me, this makes Aldi inconvenient, because every time I make the decision to go, I forget about needing a quarter. Then I have to go inside, ask a cashier to borrow a quarter, and then go get the cart. It's just embarrassing. And if you don't do that, well they don't have baskets either, so you have to walk around the store carrying everything just in your own two hands like some kind of retarded freak.
The quality of the food is also pretty poor at Aldi, at least the meat. Produce is usually good quality, but otherwise it's just a lot of bread and seed-oil infused processed foods. It's worth buying produce, dairy, and eggs there, but everything else is kind of just whatever. Their beef is definitely the worst
>Will Aldi soon be the second largest grocery retailer in the USA?
Wouldn't surprise me, a lot of their products really are a good value. That being said, Aldi isn't much cheaper than Wal-Mart. Those are the two cheapest grocery stores. I don't know the exact cost breakdown, but I would bet that some items are actually cheaper at Wal-Mart than Aldi, and vice versa.
>>508759582
>> customers bagging their own groceries like it's communal punishment
This is the worst part about Aldi. Of course, at a Wal-Mart or other grocery stores, there is the option to do self-checkout, in which you bag your own groceries (and sometimes at Wal-Mart that is mandatory because no cashiers), but at least it is optional. At Aldi it's not optional, but there's no self-checkout either, so you can't bag your stuff where you pay, you have to move the items to a shelf and bag them there.
Overall, those little quirks are what holds Aldi back. You have to put a quarter into the shopping cart to unlock the cart. Not a terrible idea, but most Americans don't even carry cash anymore, and the ones that do, rarely carry coins on them. Why? Because everything is so expensive now, there's practically nothing that you can buy solely with change.
For me, this makes Aldi inconvenient, because every time I make the decision to go, I forget about needing a quarter. Then I have to go inside, ask a cashier to borrow a quarter, and then go get the cart. It's just embarrassing. And if you don't do that, well they don't have baskets either, so you have to walk around the store carrying everything just in your own two hands like some kind of retarded freak.
The quality of the food is also pretty poor at Aldi, at least the meat. Produce is usually good quality, but otherwise it's just a lot of bread and seed-oil infused processed foods. It's worth buying produce, dairy, and eggs there, but everything else is kind of just whatever. Their beef is definitely the worst