ALDI

We have been hearing about Aldi Food Markets for years, as to their great prices, variety of items, and no-nonsense format. Because we live nearly an hour away from the nearest Aldi market, we had never shopped there until very recently. We do not expect to return. ... For starters, posted prices are hard to find and sometimes outdated, or for items which are sold out, or the items are not near their posted prices, requiring much searching.. The layout of foods and other items is illogical and has little pattern, it is as if everything is just strewn around, causing a lot of hunting for items -- which is made worse by the limited availability of staff to help anyone. Ir's like an unpleasant game of hide and seek. When we finally managed to finish shopping, only one checkout was open, with a long line of waiting customers. Then a second checkout was opened, and we were directed to move there, only to discover that the clerk had left the cash register to go off on some mysterious errand while all of us who had been asked to move to his register just cooled our heels. Then, upon finally checking out, there were half a dozen mistakes on our register receipt -- all in Aldi's favor, of course. The register clerk was courteous about correcting our item costs, but we had to return several times as we found more and more mistakes. And while Aldi's claims to post the fact that they do not take credit cards at the entrance, it is hard to find that notice while looking for a shopping cart and trying to enter a crowded store. Not taking credit cards may save them a few cents on their sales, but it makes the store look cheap, in the bad sense of that word. Someone should tell Aldi's that this is the 21st Century, after all. For better or worse, credit cards are a fact of life, but not life at Aldi's. New customers are likely to be unprepared by not knowing this policy in advance. It took us twice as long to shop at Aldi's as it would have taken at a typical supermarket, and the prices overall were no better. The shopper has to be very selective to save any money there. For example, prices on chopped meat were higher than elsewhere. Before we went there, we had hoped that Aldi's would open a food market nearer to us. Now, we would just as soon they stayed away, at least until they learn how to run a food market properly. Aldi's does not live up to either their reputation or their TV advertisements. Read More

love this store.. the produce and veggies here are of great quality and very good cost.. Milk by the gallon is around $1.89 . This is a no frills store they do not carry all the bs that you find in huge supermarkets.. so you will not spend money on impulse shopping..Now... the brand names are all from Europe , but if you buy something from there an you do not like it.. you take it back for full refund or exachange.. so you its a win .. win.. you cant loose. Aldi is a german based grocery, so the products they carry are from Europe , they are not off brands they are just brands Americans are not familiar with... I love the store , most of all I love my cheap bill... Read More