ALDI — Local services in Manassas

Due to this pandemic in the United States of America I understand why managers at grocery stores are taking extra precaution area measures. But I work 16 hour shifts 6 days a week. I have not been able to do much shopping during this crisis. Not only that but may I refrain from the manager coming up to me at the front of the grocery store taking two gallons of water from me and saying I'm only limited to only two. Not even putting a sign near the water and saying you can only grab two per Family household each visit. If there was one I'm sorry I was mistakenly wrong I didn't see it. Another thing there's a bunch of community members around the area that are actually shopping for other people like the elderly the poor and the homeless. If I have to show proof of documentation I am shopping for other family members such as my 90 year old grandmother, infants that need water to drink formula, or being kicked out because you rented a basement and the homeowners are freaking out of the spread of the virus and now you're living out of your car. Now I find it very disrespectful I didn't even have a cart I use my own two hands and also he had a co-worker on the first register without wearing latex gloves but every other co-worker was and when I asked her why she wasn't wearing any she said she was allergic to latex. Now if I'm wrong correct me but there's also plastic gloves so not only your store your company your manager the one that decided to viciously come up to me and take 2 gallons of water off of my shoulder because all your other motherfukers in this country and this state had the opportunity to buy everything and put everybody in worry leave everybody with nothing. He can't even protect his own coworker let alone is supposedly the safety of others because not only see touching all the other items that everybody else is touching but she's also putting it in my f* basket that I am taking to my car that I am taking to my f* home so the next time you pull some s* like that I'm going to punch him in the f**...

Aldi is owned by the same German parent company that owns Trader Joe's. The pricing is ridiculous, so much so it has cut my grocery budget in HALF! Be forewarned though... all Aldi stores are not created equal. The store on Liberia has a gallon of milk for $1.88 (yes, you read that right) but the Dumfries Aldi (directly across the street from Walmart on Route 1) sells their milk for .89 per gallon. You must come prepared though..

Bring a quarter! First thing you will notice is that there are no carts littering the parking lot. How do they do this?" you ask yourself. The carts are chained together and it takes a quarter to separate each one. When you return the cart to the cart chain, you get your quarter back. interestingly enough the prices vary greatly from store to store as in my milk example. Avocados in Frednecksburg are $1 but in Dumfries and Manassas they are $1.49 ($1.29 at Food Lion). Everything I have ever purchased at Aldi has been awesome with one exception... the Egg Nog during the holidays, that stuff is NASTY. The take and bake pizza's are also phenomenal and come in a plethora of types and are so large they hang off the edges of my pizza stone (that I purchased from Aldi 6+ years ago) BYOB... Bring Your Own Bags, or you can find the designated carts to get empty food boxes to put your purchase in. I carry my food to my car in my cart and when I get home grab my reusable food bags to carry the food into the house. 6.Aldi is not just food... nope, in one section of the store they have seasonal offerings. In the spring I purchase Cypress Mulch (is a natural bug inhibitor) for something ridiculous...

Shopping experience was great finding most things that we needed for a little over $100 (3 bags worth for a family of 3). Things that they didn't have I had to go to another store unfortunately. Only saw 3 staff members on duty. 1 out of the 3 staff spoke and was friendly, welcoming and personable. The others just looked our way but no greeting. The check out experience was a silent treatment as the cashier Shelly was not welcoming or friendly at all when we greeted her. She was more worried about scanning items very fast. I did not feel like a valued customer unfortunately. If Shelly's lack of customer service is how Aldi corporate trains their employees, then customer service training needs to be revamped. I'm tired of human beings not showing simple kindness to others in general and when they are spending money. Aldi is not the only grocery...