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I’m sorry, but you must be a new Aldi shopper. The quarter thing has been their model for ages. Often you, or others will just leave a quarter in their cart when they put it back. The self check out is new, but Aldi is one of those stores that actually does pass the saving on to it’s customers. It’s always 20-30% cheaper at Aldi than other stores in my area. The exception being big name brand stuff but the store brand is def cheaper. $4 for a 12 pack of knock-off coke vs 13 for name brand at the other stores? it’s a no-brainer.

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DebraBucket@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I’m sorry, but you must be a new Aldi shopper

It was the first time I had shopped at an Aldi in like a decade. A friend buys my kid these snacks she loves, that are only at Aldi, so I went to check it out. The quarter thing was one of several PITAs I experienced.

It’s always 20–30% cheaper at Aldi than other stores in my area

That wasn’t my experience. There’s a Smart & Final nearby that has most of the basics at similar or lower cost, especially if you go with store brand. While I was at Aldi I was doing price comparisons against the other stores I go to (using their apps, knowing the price in app is usually higher) and found many items were more expensive at Aldi. Frozen fish was one thing I remember being higher at Aldi. It seems like they drop prices on some items but get you on other items, which is what a lot of grocery stores do.

I recall, Aldi does actually pay its workers well

I’d believe that but that’s because there are maybe 3 employees in the entire store. One at checkout, and two running around handling everything else. I figured that’s why the shelves were not arranged well, there’s no one with the time to clean things up after shoppers make a mess. This was a fairly large Aldi too, almost as big as the S&F in my neighborhood. The difference is at the S&F they open up more checkouts when things get busy.

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- OnyxRex@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  cool to know! I think Smart and Final might be a regional thing because I’ve never heard of it. but yeah, one of the draw backs of Aldi is that when they get busy things get messy. In general, I love Aldi. It has it’s issues but overall the shittiness seems muted compared to the other big chain stores. I can at least affort the essentials from there and then when I get special stuff I buy bulk whenever possible.
  
  I wish they carried butter beans though.
  
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