Does anyone shop at ALDI?

Wow, I take it you're located in a pretty urbanized area, or is all parking like that over there?

 

We get our main weekly grocery shop from Tescos as it's more reliable to have what we want but both Aldi and Lidl are worth popping into other times to see what they have and, if they have something we want, we generally get it and tick it off our weekly Tesco shop because it's cheaper and in some cases better.

Most stores round here do charge to use their parking and then redeem that charge if you shop with them to stop the general public abusing their car parks.

[ETA: David and I are both in South East England which is heavily urbanized]

 

Aldi's is okay. We have a brand new one. My friends use Aldi's a lot. I have two Aldi's near me but I am mostly a Kroger shopper for about the last thirty years. I have never been to a Trader Joes and I think that the nearest one is back in Indianapolis somewhere (I live in the burbs). I like Walmart--I live close to four of them. I also am near two Meijer Stores (out of Michigan). Meijer's has fantastic produce and are good on everything else. Also, I buy some food at Sam's Club but that is just now and then because of the large quantities.

 

My wife shops at Aldi's at times, and I have been with her a couple of times. There are two Aldi's in our area, but not in the town where we most frequently shop, so it is only when we are in those other towns for some other reason that we would go to Aldi's. We have to travel about 20 miles to get to any actual grocery store, but the Aldi's stores are 40-45 miles away. I've not seen a problem with anything we purchased there, and the deposit for the cart is not a deal breaker. You get it back when you return the cart, and I suppose if someone was of a mind to keep the cart a quarter isn't a bad price.

I recall that eggs by the dozen were the cheapest I have seen them at any store (at least at the times I went).

 

There are Aldi in Southeast Ky and you use a quarter to get a cart but get it back when you return it

 

My daughter began doing much of the family's shopping at Aldi when they lived in Illinois, though for produce she would go to Kroger's. They're in SNJ farm country now, with an Aldi 6 miles north and a brand new (as of last fall) Lidl 10 miles south, and they hit both with an occasional stop at a more conventional supermarket for certain products. (Both Aldi and Lidl seem less than profuse with non-German ethnic foods.)

 

About the quarter at Aldi... I always try to bless someone else with my cart before returning it for the quarter. It has resulted in some nice conversations with strangers. I am praying it may lead to a Gospel conversation. In our insular society blessing someone with $0.25 is one way to talk with a neighbor. It may seem like a trivial thing but that does not mean trivial is bad.

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I’ve not seen one in my area.

 

Haaa... I do that as well