ALDI — Local services in La Verne

Beautiful store, clean, and unbeatable prices!

I had to edit my review to take into account Irene A's astounding lack of understanding of how Aldi works…

Aldi is a german grocery store. Instead of paying people to get carts for you, the carts take a quarter which you get back when you return them.

Aldi does not pay people to bag your stuff for you. In Europe, NO ONE bags for you. It's really an idiotic concept that costs you much more money because prices go up.

Aldi pays their employees well. In Kansas City where the minimum wage is about $7.40, Aldi pays it's employes on average $15 per hour.

You may not know, but regardless of the brand name, all your groceries generally come from the same place, the same plant. Aldi knows this and inserts it's own random brand names on brand name products and slashes the price (you're welcome, you no longer have to bear the financial burden for trademarks).

Aldi is one of the best known and most popular grocery stores in Europe and the American Midwest. If you're used to idiotic American practices like people chasing carts or paying someone to bag your groceries for you then I understand that this comes as a bit of a shock, but it is a FAR superior system and allows you to pay less for the exact same...

We came the day after the grand opening. We put in a quarter to get a shopping cart. It took a few seconds to figure it out. At the entrance, we were given a free shopping bag by a friendly employee. I wasn't too impressed when I walked inside. I started getting this 99 cent store feel as I was browsing through the aisles, but the prices were not 99 cents. There were many unknown brands. The organic produce selection is very small. The best brands there were Coca Cola and Naked Juice. As we were paying, the cashier was putting all the items in the cart, but not bagging them. I realized that we had to bag our own items where they have a counter along the front wall. As we were exiting the store, there was an employee offering to return the shopping cart, but my husband was going to take his quarter back so he returned it himself. He got a weird vibe from the guy. Not sure why there is someone standing there to return carts. He'd be more useful inside helping people bag their groceries. Not really impressed. I say it lasts a...

I can't believe some reviews. " it was way more than .99". Dude, its not a .99 store. Also, we pay for the cost of pretty little shelves that require somebody to be paid to line up and face all that merchandise. Somebody would need to be paid to bag your groceries. If you're familiar with the prices of Ralphs, Vons, Pavillion's, you'd know the savings. No, its not stocked with national brands that pay millions of $ for advertising, that's why the prices are very low. Aldi has their own house brands. The quality is very good! As a single person, I spent $40 for the week. The meats were of very good quality and vacuum sealed, not saran wrapped. I had fat barbqued chicken thighs that fed 3 people and cost $4! Juicy tender pork chops (3) and not the wafer thin ones for $4.50, huge cut of salmon stake that fed 3 people, $7. I can't say enough. So enjoy your gnat...