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| - I have to commend the planners of this Aldi for re-purposing an old structure; a very uncommon practice for a chain store. The design efficiently uses the space, with self-contained parking, even. I kind-of like the one-car-at-a-time thing on the ramp (that some are complaining about) because with the lights and the automatic gates you don't have to worry about the blind corners, confusing layouts and jams that are sometimes problematic in parking garages. Plus, since there are staff members monitoring parking, it feels safe and orderly.
As with all Aldi stores (and most all European markets, in general), you need to be prepared to be somewhat conscientious and conserving of resources, BYOB! The fact that stores like Giant Eagle give away paper and plastic like candy is indicative of how far behind, how selfish, lazy and wasteful we can be, and how the corporate systems often promote these habits. Don't even get me started on how we use bags instead of bins to recycle in Pgh...But at Aldi, you can't get away with bag entitlement, you just have to fucking buy into the responsibility of carrying your groceries. Yeah!
The fact that they don't take credit cards really threw me off, but the cashier was extremely nice, patient and apologetic in the face of my confusion.
The only problem is that Aldi carries mostly processed/preserved/conventional/substandard foods which are not what I consume.
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