ALDI — Attraction in Chino

Let me lay it out there for anyone who has never been to an Aldi before. This is a GENERIC food store and offers significant cost savings to its consumers because of this. Yes, it also charges to rent out their cars because let's face it... no one has enough common courtesy to return the damn cart anymore. This way, if your quarter is in there, you might want it back. Reasons why I love shopping here: It has everything I need and I'm not bombarded with 20 brands of the same cereal. Aldi offers lots of organic and gluten free options. It's been referred to as the "poor man's Whole Foods" and is actually on track to outpace (if it hasn't already) Whole Foods as the most organic grocery chain out there. Less waste. Its happens, sometimes I forget my reusable bags so I just take an empty box and use it for my groceries. They'll have a bin out of empty boxes to encourage you to do so (I haven't seen it at this location but you can still use an empty box if you see one. They sell amazing chocolate ... and I know, I know, all grocery stores sell chocolate. But this is a German grocery store and you've been missing out if you've never indulged in German chocolate. They have what I'll call a dangerously good selections. Less crowded. I'm okay with this. I love this grocery store and I don't mind if everyone doesn't appreciate it because that just means they're not in my way. Also, the isles are open and I know that's not major but I've been to this grocery chain in different parts of the country and typically I've seen them have a closed loop so once you went through, you better pray you didn't forget the sugar on your right side when you first walked in. I hope that clarifies any misconceptions. I've never really asked the employees about food availability, I always figure if its out it's out. Typically employees here have pretty good wages and benefits which I think contributes to their overall attitude towards customers but I'm also very understanding that we all have off days. I've never had any problems here besides a minor dispute with an elderly woman that shouldn't be allowed to drive anymore in the parking lot but that's not...

This is a strange place to shop. If this is the future of shopping I don't want any part of it. They charge .25 to use a shopping cart which was odd and there is not much by the way of variety of product brands and customer assistance. The vegetables are saran-wrapped packaged-up in a "one-size fits all" approach which of course, some people like but I did not care for. The last time (and final time for that matter) I was there, the employee at the cashier line was a little rude and apathetic - seemed she didn't like her job. After the cashier scans a shopper's groceries, they are put in a shopping cart (the one they charge .25 for) but the customer can't roll the cart out of the store. The customer then must awkwardly reach-into the cart basket and bag/grab their own groceries. And yes, of course, they charge a premium for a shopping bag. Unusual check-out process. The prices are not discounted much as the store claims. I could find better prices at other stores like, the .99 cent store and Stater Brothers where at least the...

Some of these negative reviews are stupid. This store is awesome we go every Wednesday because the sales are amazing. Yes they don't carry everything that bigger markets sell but for the most part you can get alot of the main stuff you would need here. Yes a lot of the sale items have limited amounts you can get but they always have signs with the item limit on them, people just fail to read and just grab then get mad at the register cause they are told there was a limit. Happens quite often, and they hold up the line. Meat products that are on sale go fast, we get there early in the morning and there are alway lines out front. So for the people saying they can't go through 50 case of meat by noon, yes they can. Get there early! The Ad clearly says while supplies last! Read read read! One thing I did notice is that every store has different limits on them This aldis had it eggs on a 6 limit for quite some time while others only had 3. Overall great store super clean, good...