ALDI — Local services in South Middleton Township

I love Aldi. The concept of foods well sourced with great ingredients and pretty good prices is an excellent one. However this particular location should use caution and reevaluate some things. I often find food cans stacked so poorly that they actually fall off shelves. I feel I need to be cautious when walking near any canned food there because I actually had a can of soup land on my foot once. Another fell into my cart on a separate occasion. They almost never have more than one registere open. The last time I went they had 1 register open and the line was halfway down an isle. I waited in line with my 5 year old and my 7 month old in the shopping cart. I got to the register and got my 5 year old out of the cart and went to switch my 7 month old baby to the other cart but the cashier had put groceries into the seat part that I had to move before putting my baby in the seat. I finished paying and then the cashier handed me my reciept while pushing the cart away that my baby was in. It was crowded in there. She started scanning the other person's groceries before I could even get my 5 year old out of the way and the customers behind us stepped in front of my 5 year old, completely ignoring that she was there and almost stepping on her. I'm not sure if I will go back to this location with my kids. This isn't the first time I have been rushed through the checkout because they have only 1 register open. Thankfully my 7 month old was buckled into the cart and didn't fall out or hit her face when the cashier pushed it out of her own way. This is getting dangerous...

August 2023 update: Aldi personnel no longer taciturn! :-) Over the past year have been pleasantly and consistently surprised with the cordial greetings extended by cashiers and other workers. At least 85% of grocery shopping now done at Aldi. Still amazed by the world-class quality of gourmet items, particularly cheeses. I give five stars because Aldi does what Aldi promises, and does it best (sort of like saying that owls are not actually that smart but they're as smart as they need to be as predatory, solitary, nocturnal birds). That having been said, Aldi is awkward to get out of, you're rushed at checkout [because cashiers are timed], one must deal with bagging groceries, dealing with those signature 'quarter carts,' as well as a limited in-store selection. However, prices are insanely low and much of the inventory comprises epicurean-style items [seen in a European/Mediterranean palate]; such items are extremely expensive to buy elsewhere. Aldi comes through with, in my estimation, a 40 percent or more reduction in a typical grocery run. (Rememer, it's Aldi, not "Aldi's.") Go Aldi! . . . June 2019 update: Cashiers still consistently rush customers. I understand that discounts come at a cost of fewer frills and certain services. However, the practically imperceptible lack of courtesy is, alas, perceptible and it is consistent. Dear Aldi, quit timing your personnel to the extent they become so stressed that it affects customer service. Putting one's cart away and boxing one's own groceries is part of the deal, but taciturn, curt personnel should NOT be part of...

I don't know what has happened with society and with retail in general, ESPECIALLY GROCERY STORES! When did it become common practice to force your customers to perform free labor? Seriously, your store used to be the best and now it is far from that. You have one register open that is operated by a human and when people try to use that option, you make them wait. As long as you possibly can. This wasn't just tonight, it's every single time I come in. Do better. I know you don't want to work and you don't want to spend the money to have people work and would rather just force people to do it themselves and then act like you're doing them a service, but maybe try to be better than your competitors. So your prices may be lower but when you waste my time, it costs me more.

• UPDATE * I don't know if my review had anything to do with it but, WOW!! What a different shopping experience after just a week. I came in and now there are 3 registers that aren't self checkout. I'm impressed. I've never seen a company make a change so quickly. For real, no joke, that's how you...