ALDI — Attraction in Maplewood

This review describes the Maplewood Aldi. This is a great location. They usually have everything that one needs and this place is fairly well-kept. This is a fairly popular location; especially with Walmart and a ton of other stores being around the corner AND the Metrolink being in the area. Plus, Manchester is a fairly busy street. Thus, due to the above factors, it's why a lot of people shop here. And this place can be crowded sometimes. The recent self-check machines AND the human checkout clerks makes the shopping process go fast. So, these things are some plusses to make up for the crowds comes.

I usually have great experience shopping here. The only thing I DON'T like about this place is when you are in the parking lot whether you're trying to go inside of the store OR when you walk outside of this store, there are might be pan handlers outside of the store begging for money. And they be right in front of the door too!! This is DESPITE there being a sign on the entrance door that says that pan handling is not allowed on the property. So, such might be illegal but people do it anyway; as there is usually nobody around to enforce the "no-pan handling" clause. And this can be an intimidating experience or could make you uncomfortable when you don't know the person who is asking for money and you don't know their intentions, etc. It could also be annoying for some when pan handling is supposed to be prohibited on the property. So, be ready for POSSIBLE pan-handlers when you shop here. Be ready to say "no" OR take an extra dollar or 2 for them. This doesn't happen every time and you may or may not encounter such. Also, I have shopped at this store for years and haven't encountered any safety issues yet But, it happens OFTEN ENOUGH! Such might be a symptom of the nearby Walmart and Metrolink station which together brings these types of demographics. Such is affecting a lot of businesses as of recent; not just Aldi.

Minus the pan-handlers, this store is MOSTLY fine! But, if you want less of the pan-handling experience, then go to the Aldi in Rock Hill which is very close by and is ALSO on Manchester; maybe a 2 to 3 miles up the street. Just go west! I gave that...

I experienced a nightmare there was a white lady in the store who threaten me with a gun i am a black woman who felt threaten for my life so i called the police and told them what happened which was that the white woman was trying to jump me in the line and got mad and started cursing me out and said she got a gun so we step out of the store to converse with the officers and she the white lady told a boldface lie in stated that i push her now u all have cameras so i did not touch the lady so i told them to go look at aldi camera so next thing i know the one police officer stated to the other policeman that this must be somemore of this protest stuff and i stated no this has nothing to do with the protest and he yelled at me and said i wasn't talking to u. I was talking to him now. Im feeling like my ancestors because how nothing happened to the white lady for making a false accusation and threatening me with a gun and lied to the police and she is let go and now im going to the Maplewood police department and make my formal complaint but aldi overall food looked much fresher than in my own neighbor hood thats why...

Just a bad customer service experience. This has been happening more often. Today I tried to buy a bottle of wine, he scanned it and said “sorry it didn’t scan” and set aside. I said wait can’t someone look it up and he said “no sorry”. I told him that didn’t make any sense and he said the same thing happened yesterday.

So, why was it left stocked on the shelf? We’re not talking about a rogue bottle, the bay was stocked. He was so flippant and indifferent, so I asked for a manager. I know it wasn’t a big deal, but I guess I just wanted someone to attempt to find a price. I check out all the Aldi Cabs and I had never seen this one before.

The manager is nicer and tries to look it up, comes back and said they must have sent it to the store by mistake and it was accidentally stocked. But, again, if this came up yesterday, why was it still on the shelf?

Grand scheme of things, I know, first world problems. It’s just, I go to Aldi for my “ I love Aldi experience” and this was disappointing. Particularly with the original employee checking...