ALDI — Local services in Sarasota

Shop here frequently, never had a bad experience until tonight. I was in with my 3 month old (I’m pushing a stroller) and had no cart, just used my own bags to carry things as i shopped. Upon check out a male cashier (won’t even say “gentleman” cause he was far from It) was helping the shopper infront of me and she said she needed brown paper bags for her items, he replied with “they’re down there” and pointed under the counter. She told him there weren’t any left and he said “then maybe they’re under the next counter” in a condescending tone like she was an idiot for not checking the next lane over..? Then he gets to my items (mind you i don’t have a cart, just bags and a stroller) and in the past when I’ve done this the cashier will allow me to take the cart at the register, with my items in It, over to the bagging area if there is another empty cart nearby. After i paid and my items were all in the register cart, i grabbed the cart and stroller to head to bagging when the cashier grabbed the cart and pulled It back towards him and said “cart stays here ma’am, you should’ve been bagging while i was scanning.” Which i understand but 1. Don’t talk to a customer, let alone another human being, like that cause it’s rude. 2. There was an empty cart right behind him he could’ve used. 3. Cut me a little slack dude i have a stroller, sleeping baby, and only 2 hands. 4. DONT WORK IN CUSTOMER SERVICE IF YOU DONT LIKE PEOPLE! Will be avoiding his checkout lane from now on, i don’t care how long the...

Aldi is a fantastic market. It utilizes a business model that almost everyone can relate to. It offers both Aldi and National brand products. The "catch" if you want to call it that is your trading zero frills for phenominal pricing.

For instance, Aldi does not pay workers to go and collect shopping carriages. Instead, if you would like a shopping carriage you have to put a quarter into a mechanism that will release the chain in the lobby and allow you the use of the cart. In order to get your quarter back, you have to return it to where you got it from.

I'll be also does not provide any bags. It is very green in the regard that it does not give away the dolphin killing, landfill filling cheap plastic shopping bags. You can either bring your own or you can buy a top quality bag for $0.99 each. They even have a super heavy, reusable bag for a couple of bucks that you can keep in your car for when you shop.

They also don't offer mega selections. What I mean by that is they will have four or five choices of pickles instead of 12, and that's across the noard for all product offerings.

They have excellent fresh produce but they don't have a lot of the wild and exotic things you would find at a premium in a big box store.

Aldi is an excellent choice for entertaining also as they have an excellent selection of meats, cheeses, fresh breads, and pre-sliced or...

Although I love Aldi, this place is horrible. You need to educate your cashiers!!!! If the customer's bank card is not immediately accepted by your system, the cashier should not take the customer's bank card from the customer's hand! If your cashier impatiently and nervously swipes the customer's bank card 3x 4x in quick succession, the customer's bank will block the card and ask the customer via SMS whether you did it or is it fraud? If your cashier caused this problem to the customer, then do not wait any longer for the customer whose problem was caused by your cashier before serving other customers and this customer will have to wait even longer. After all this, he tells you in an endlessly outrageous way, pay up or leave it here!!!! The bank card is used everyday without any problems. Finally the payment was made. Unfortunately, I would have rather spent my money elsewhere!! And they don't even have self-service checkouts to avoid such humiliation and time wastage!

I just realized that my bank sent not only an SMS immediately, but also an e-mail due to the angry haste of your cashiers: "Transaction date October 9, 2023 We've detected some suspicious credit card activity and need to speak with you as soon as possible. ...... If we don't hear from you, we may place restrictions on your account for your protection....