ALDI — Local services in Lake Ozark

Aldi is an excellent grocery shopping option here at the Lake. We often do much of our large scale shopping here every few weeks, and then pick up a few other items at other stores in the interim. The prices are excellent, often remarkably so. They have some fairly unique items. Their produce is usually very high quality. Of course many brand name items aren't available, but usually the Aldi brand is very good. A few things are a bit odd, for instance you need to put a quarter in your shopping cart to unlock it from the other carts, so that you are more likely to return it yourself (rather than leaving it in the parking lot, so they don't have to pay someone to retrieve it ). You need to bring your own bags. There is usually only one (and sometimes no) cashier, so self checkout is encouraged. That being said, the check out clerks are actually highly skilled and super fast. They put your stuff loose into an empty cart, very efficiently, and then you take it to a counter where you bag it yourself. Or you bag as you go if you use the self checkout. It is also a fairly small store, and pretty packed with people, at least the times that I have been there. It is definitely worth a try if you haven't been to an...

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Aldis is like Trader Joe's little brother. We have totally given up shopping at Dierbergs and Hyvees unless it's something specific. Their organic and keto friendly selection is excellent as is there cheese selection. We were there yesterday, and a dozen eggs were finally under $4. They have an AMAZING produce section with crazy prices. As soon as you come in, there's a small section to your right that is a 'clearance' area. If you see something you like, grab it because it won't be there next time. Also, keep your eyes open for the red tags. Those are things that have been marked down from their already low prices. They seem to have everything the big boys do, and yet it's a small store...weird. Sign up for their text messages and follow them on FB so you can see what's coming up for the month. Outstanding prices, high quality items, and clean restrooms. What else do you need? Btw, bring your own bags, or you can buy them there for pennies. Oh yeah, for the most part, the staff is friendly but pretty busy every time we...

The only decent thing about this visit was the food. This store is set up to provide a terrible guest experience and had they been short staffed it would’ve been a bit more understandable but there were 4 employees closing and I have shopped in this store where one employee was working and cleaning the floors and Checking people out and we were just fine. Tonight as soon as we walked in the door we headed to the bathroom and my daughter slipped just as I was looking down noticing there was a ton of spilled soapy water from mopping on the ground and to tell her be careful she fell and nearly hit her head on the tile. Then we get to the bathroom and she has already peed and there is no toilet paper. I go to the next bathroom to check and there is none in there either at this point my 5 year old is panicking and crying because I’ve left her on the toilet trying to find an employee just so she can wipe. I had to put her in the cart the rest of the shopping trip just so she wouldn’t fall because the entire store had wet floors. Not only were the employees unapologetic they didn’t see to care whatsoever. The older woman behind the register had a snarl on her face...