ALDI — Local services in Canton

I first found Aldi's in New Britain. It was a difficult place to park but lots of friendly people to help when my heavy cart rolled away from me filled with yummy appropriately priced items. When Canton arrived it was on a flat parking lot so my cart wasn't going to roll away. You put a quarter to get a grocery cart put it in, pull the cart out. You use it you return the cart you get your quarterback otherwise you donate your quarter to some happy stranger to use to return otherwise. their prices are appropriately priced, they don't bag your food. You have to bring bags (ahead of and their time). They provide a shelf for you to appropriately pack your own bags yourself. (Brilliant) or out at the car. I admit I don't like their cheese snacks. Their only or two choices of black olives or greek olives or I love pickled olives but honestly most does the wrapping paper on the outside matter? If it does got shopping at whole foods S&S or big Y. Fresh produce, green bananas, etc. And all they pay their employees well! Sounds like a good...

Pros: --lots of inexpensive items --amiable and friendly manager and check-out person

Cons: --very small space with only huge shopping carts --difficult to view merchandise due to it being partially hidden in large boxes --no diet juice drinks --very limited selection --mostly non-brand-name merchandise --no individual produce (save for one box of loose apples); everything sold in bulk --somewhat rude, large young woman stocking produce shelves --locked shopping carts that require a quarter to use --no self-check-out lanes --no lottery machines --cramped parking lot --shelves not used efficiently: one aisle's shelves were completely devoid of products (and as mentioned above, the store has a limited selection as it is)

Summary: will be returning to Big 'Y' to do my shopping and paying...

Absolutely never again. I went in for a thanksgiving Turkey, it was slim pickings as it was and most of them had tiny holes in the packaging. I went to self checkout and the very rude cashier turned off my “help” light twice and screamed “what’s the problem?” I tried explaining they had no barcodes and this was the only one in the size I wanted, she said “you’ll just have to get another one”. I told her forget it and left. I refuse to step foot in any Aldi ever again. As it is, they never have quarts of milk or individual onions, you have to buy a whole bag. All their store brand items don’t have the same quality as name brands. I’ll go next door to ShopRite instead, 10x better customer service. Prices not that much higher. Aldi should...