ALDI — Local services in Philadelphia

Albrecht’s Discount or “Aldi” for short was a small "mom & pop's" shop in Germany. The business had gone global years later, and is known for “super cheap groceries”. Invented in Germany with Aldi, and not the United States, as some may think, most people do not know Aldi owns Trader Joe. Its philosophy is to keep costs down and prices low. To help its every day low price strategy, Aldi does not accept credit cards or checks. Over 90% of the Aldi products are sold under its store brand name. Another cost effect way to keep prices low, is to keep advertisement at a minimal & packaging not so "exaggerated". Items are often viewed as being displayed as what Americans refer to as "no frills". To help keep expenses down, shoppers bring or buy their own grocery bags and pay a refundable 25 cents to use a shopping cart. Aldi is also union free. Having personally lived in Germany, there are no stores that stand large like Sam's Club or BJ Whole Sales. There is no need to have 20 different name brands for the same item (as the great Dennis Leary had once pointed out in 1 of his stand up comedies). Thus the stores are smaller in size, limited to the small shelf space & limited to its products. I personally like how Aldi's is now. Glad to see the store finally made it's way to the USA (& globally) and to be clear, I am neither part of a minority group living under the economic pressure of today's society thus including I am not on welfare. I choose to be frugal & wise whenever I can and I absolutely love to shop @ Aldi. Thus far, the employee's at the Grant Store location are always helpful & respectful. I hope my review is found to be insightful & encouraging to those who wonder about shopping at this...

I have shopped Aldi for years and never had a bad experience until today. This store at Grant and Academy road in Philadelphia was a mess. With boxes on the floor all over the store causing people to trip over them. When I completed my shopping, I saw two cashier lights on but only one cashier causing the line to reach the back isle of the store. There were no pages to bring up another cashier which has been my experience in the past, when lines get long. I finally got to put my groceries on the conveyer belt and the cashier began scanning but after she scanned each item, she threw them into into the cart with no regard for what they hit ( canned goods on produce). I told her to stop but she ignored me and continued. I asked for the manager but I was ignored. After asking several times she finally called the manager on a radio. When the manager arrived she got within 10 feet of me an turned away. To help other customers. When the manager got close enough to talk to she was indifferent about the situation and offered...

What’s the point of mailing us welcome to the neighborhood coupons with no intention of honoring them? We were sent three $5 off $30 coupons by this store and tried to use one today. The cashier was unable to get it to work and escalated to the manager who insisted that the coupon had already been scanned and could not be used. The manager then went to the store manager (I assume that’s who it was… she referred to him as the big manager) who also said the same. Turned out they needed to enter the date for the system to accept the coupon. The manager accused us of trying to use an expired coupon, of trying to reuse a used coupon, and then when it turned out she was wrong after all yelled at us to “why don’t you teach us then?” all while the line behind us continued to grow. Is there no training expected of Aldi management here? I’ve previously had nothing but positive experiences at other Aldi locations and am less than thrilled that this is my...