[Tvflguy]

All you haters and naysayers. Please stay away from Aldi stores then. Your decision will leave more room in the lots and aisles. Thank you in advance.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Tvflguy

All you haters and naysayers. Please stay away from Aldi stores then. Your decision will leave more room in the lots and aisles. Thank you in advance.

This is typical TOTV. A person poses the question about what might happen to the proposed Winn Dixie near Micro racetrack Road now that Aldis has taken over, and we end up with Aldi "haters", European politics and Aldi policies, stolen shopping carts that bag ladies don't have $0.25 to facilitate stealing, Publix lovers and a few other posts in left field

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Perhaps, but IMHO, requiring a shopping cart deposit is "petty". Plus, how many quarters do they need to gain to offset the loss of each customer????

You get the quarter back when you return the cart to the rack.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by New Englander

You get the quarter back when you return the cart to the rack.

Perhaps I wasn't clear before, my bad. I always return my cart at Publix or Lowe's or Sam's Club without a "deposit". If I was disinclined to do the right thing and return the cart, $0.25 would not deter me in the least. And also if I was disinclined, Aldi's insulting "bribe" of returning $0.25 would just P me O.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by bobmarc

Wow...we have quite a few snooty, uppity folks on this site. I can see them looking down their nose at me right now.

And it appears we have some who like to call those they disagree with "snooty and uppity"...

Pot meet Kettle...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Dsritchey

I love the cart idea. You get your quarter back when you return your cart and then your car won’t get dinged by carts left in the parking lot. But I can see why lazy people don’t like the idea because they are the same people who won’t walk their cart over to the cart stalls at Publix after they put their groceries in their car.

Except Aldi doesn't have the "cart stalls" in the parking lot...

There you have people pulling up to the front of the store to load their car, blocking access, so they don't have to walk their cart all the way back to get their quarter...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Yep, just what we need----another way to follow Europe on the path to destruction. Can anyone spell G-R-E-E-C-E???

Or F-R-A-N-C-E???

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Tvflguy

All you haters and naysayers. Please stay away from Aldi stores then. Your decision will leave more room in the lots and aisles. Thank you in advance.

I've never seen crowded aisles the few times I've been there...

They did have good prices on frozen chicken, and I did like the cheese selection. But the rest of the store? Limited offerings...

I did like the section in the middle where they sell all sorts of weird odds and ends...

Will I go back? If I'm in the neighborhood. My Publix is only a mile and a half away (Aldi is MUCH farther)...

[retiredguy123]

I'm not an Aldi's hater. I just don't like the store or their 25-cent cart policy, which is the only store that I have ever seen where they have that policy. When I go to Publix, I park near a cart corral, so I don't need to return the cart. Also, they provide free plastic bags. But, the main reason I like Publix is that they almost always have the same products that I want because they are excellent at restocking. I can go in and get what I want, anytime I want. To me, it is the best grocery store in The Villages.

[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Seriously? A thief would steal a cart for free, but won't pay $0.25 to "buy" one?????

Apparently, they would:

The best way to answer that question is to go straight to the source. Aldi's website contends that by charging a cart deposit, they won't need to hire someone to retrieve the carts. They say that the customer will, in turn, reap these savings. But that's only a fraction of the big picture. The Calgary Herald reports that the Food Marketing Institute in Washington, DC estimated that businesses around the world lose about $800 million in lost shopping carts every year. People simply "borrow" them and abandon them near their homes.

source

My turn:

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Pugchief

Apparently, they would:


source

My turn:

Do the math. They only lose $800 million on lost carts in the entire world? That is only 0.1 percent of the grocery store sales ($750 billion) in just the U.S. alone. Worldwide, it is practically nothing.

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

This is typical TOTV. A person poses the question about what might happen to the proposed Winn Dixie near Micro racetrack Road now that Aldis has taken over, and we end up with Aldi "haters", European politics and Aldi policies, stolen shopping carts that bag ladies don't have $0.25 to facilitate stealing, Publix lovers and a few other posts in left field

Well, yeah, but yeeeooooow helped.

Boomer

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Publix does cost more—though not always. Now and again you can find a crazy deal like ribeye steaks for $7.99 a pound, or those long plastic-wrapped English (I think…) cucumbers for 59 cents each. And Publix stuff IS consistently high-quality pretty much across-the-board. What sets them apart though IMO is the quality of their service. Go to Wal-Mart and ask an “associate” where to find a certain item and you’re apt to get a vacant look in response followed by a vague reference to “over that way” or some such. Once, I had an associate just point. Ask the same question of a Publix worker and they’ll take you right to the item.

You are correct about Publix taking you to the product you are looking for. Publix employees go above and beyond with their service.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by LuvNH

If you are a chocoholic like me, they have a great selection of European chocolate bars. They even have the very small thin bars that used to go into machines, you put your dime in and the candy bar came out. They also have a fruit and nut that is to die for.

At the holidays one can get many of the German holiday treats, their Stolen is by far the best around. Their Christmas chocolate Santas, chocolate coins and liquor filled chocolates are great. I also like their European fruit jams in the tall slim jars, expensive, but very good.

I think it is like any other store, some things are good and others not so much.

This sounds great. I will definitely make an Aldi run during the holiday season. YUM!

[Bilyclub]

I have never seen a dog in Aldi's.