ALDI — Local services in Kingston

Love the prices and selection of products. They don't have everything on my list so I often need to make another stop but it's worth it for me with the money I save to shop at 2 stores. They remodeled the store but you still need to block the isles when at the register.

Also, I don't know if it is just THIS store but people are ignorant (customers). Everytime I go there I get stuck behind a cluster of carts and people who have abandoned them to shop with their hands and return it to their carts. Makes no sense. Then the long lines and the ignorance.....peak times are on the weekends. This is not a reflection of Aldi's but it really is the worst thing about the store.

There are some really nice cashiers who work there. Very fast with checkout so it helps with the lines. Security guards seem miserable and I only ever see them sit by the door. I don't ever see them move but do seem attentive to the potential theft. Once witnessed a customer become belligerent (again, not the store or employees) and the manager address it professionally while security escorted the man out.

I rated the store a 4 because of the layout and how they often won't have everything that I need for a...

The best part about Aldi is that they are trying to bring in good quality organics and nobody shops in their pajamas. Aldi does try to keep prices reasonable and is not responsible for the inflation causing ludicrous tariffs. The people who work there are professional and dedicated to helping customers. In the interest of providing balance, my biggest issues are the self-checkout stations - way too many of them. As is well documented, these self-service stations encourage thevery and increase costs which are in turn passed on to the consumers. Plus, I dearly miss having people being able to feed their families and pay for education by having cashier jobs . These self-checkout stations are notorious for mistakes and not reading items. These things aren't exactly union or community friendly. Another favorite part of Aldi shopping is that you can pass-it-on by turning the 🛒 over to an entering customer (allowing them to keep their quarter and seeing the smiles). All in all, it's a good clean place to shop...

I really enjoy shopping at Aldi. I hope to be able to update this rating once the store has had a chabce to work out the kinks after its been open a while (recent remodeling/reopening). The store has an updated look and checkout is very fast, considering the parking lot has been packed the past two weeks. The reasons I give three stars:

1. The produce and empty shelves. I'm hoping they adjust their stocking staff & ordering, as it wasn't an issue before their remodel. The quality of produce has also declined since the reopening. Again, I think ordering issues are behind this.
2. The dairy has also been out of key items: today, organic whole milk (backstock was improperly filled with 0% milk), and they've been out of organic whole milk yogurt two weeks running.
3. There are price signs missing all over the store. I do think all this will be ironed out soon, and I look forward to giving five stars once the kinks...