ALDI — Local services in Warwick

I want to love Aldi. Their product offering is good and so are their prices. My most recent visit was shocking. There was this rather bourgeois lady bringing her rather bourgeois little yapper dogs in the store. They were poorly trained and clearly NOT service animals. I asked their manager to sort it out and they said they don't generally do anything about dogs unless they are "really being annoying. " they said they dont ask because people can just say their dog is a service dog.

Baloney.

So I called their corporate HQ in Batavia and the folks i spoke to there disagreed with what I was told and said they'd get involved. So heres the message: dog people: not everybody loves your dog like you do. I don't bring my cats with me, so you can manage groceries without your dogs. Besides it is gross and obnoxious to bring them IN A GROCERY STORE. Store managers: we rely on you to tell these people to cut the you-know-what. Grow up...

5 people in line at Aldi is usually the equivalent wait time if 1-2 people in line at many other stores (glaring at you Walmart.).

They are fast! Really fast. Prices are drastically lower than Stop and shop, Shaw's, and Target.

Prices are on par with Walmart and Price rite. Some items are lower priced, others are a tad higher. A full shopping cart will be about the same price at any if the 3 stores.

But where Aldi wins is service, cleanliness, and quality.

The cashier's are the fastest you will ever see, go ahead, try to finish paying before they clear the belt, it's a fun game I play every visit.

The store is always clean and the shelves packed.

The food quality is where the kick Walmart, stop and shop, Shaw's, Target, and even whole foods in the pants.

My only real gripes is they are pretty much busy all the time, and parking...

This place has decent prices but it’s smaller than many gas stations with carts the size of golf carts and very little parking. This alone causes a lot of stress coming here. I limit to only once per month because I’m on a budget but those XXL carts gotta go! It’s impossible to get around such a tiny store without everyone being in each other’s way. Despite this place being so tiny I end up spending more time here than stores 10x the size because all the carts are blocking shopping. I’d love to see more gluten free options. There are very little here. There is potential but honestly the parking and massive shopping carts keep this place from being somewhere I go regularly. Far too stressful for just a trip to...