ALDI — Local services in Upland

TLDR: I'm not a tough grader but I don't give out 5 stars easily, and I don't give 1 or 2 stars easily. So to give this Aldi 1 star means they've consistently disappointed this customer after multiple chances. I follow their advertisements every week, and they usually have a few great items worth making a stop. That's why they do these loss-leaders, so you stop for sales and buy other things. I've done it.

But on multiple occasions, I've come by and this Aldi is poorly stocked on sale items on the first day of the advertisement, and this isn't the first time its happened.

I get the brand is "no frills," but how frustrating 😤 is it when you make the trip for specific items and they're out of stock.

Since they operate on a minimalist philosophy, there's no one to ask except the few people working in the checkout lines. Well, they can't just get up and help. Besides, most of the answers have been "we're out."

Sorry, but 3 or 4 sale items that I can never get will no longer draw me to this store which is the most convenient for me. I will try another Aldi, but I was already unenthusiastic about their...

Every time I go to ALDI I find myself coming out of that store wishing I should have picked another store I always want to give a benefit of the doubt so I always give them another chance but everytime I go it's always something that makes me fill humiliated embarrass, or unhappy. this is what happened to me the last time I shop there I am a 60 year old woman with arthritis on my hands I went in there without a cart because there wasn't any outside when I paid for my groceries I asked the cashier if I can use the cart just to take my groceries across to put in the counter so I can put them in the bags and she said no because she needed the cart for the person behind me I told her I would just give it right back I just needed to put my groceries on the counter so I can put them in the bags and she said no sorry. With an attitude like I don't care how you take your groceries.

I guess what I was expecting her to do was to get another staff member and get me a cart so I can take my groceries all the way to my car( good customer service...

Aldi's is based on a European model if grocery stores. It can be shocking your first trip. They do not bag your groceries. There is a counter where you can do that yourself. Carts take a quarter, but you get that quarter back when you return the cart and chain it to the others...so that's the weird part. Now the great stuff! Each Wednesday the have a new AD featuring "Aldi's finds". Really cool stuff for super cheap, but once it's gone, it's gone for good. Next is the really excellent pricing. Last Christmas I bought a ham and a turkey for 1/3 of the price of any of the other 3 grocery stores I price checked. They were both very high quality. Milk, bread, meat and produce are all really well priced. Aldi's does not always have all of the selection of other major grocery chains, but what it does have is excellent...