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| - People have been telling me to come to Aldi for literally years. I always shrugged them off thinking, what's the big deal? It's just a discount grocery store, but YOU GUYS, this place offers so much more than I would have expected. I envisioned this place to be like Save-a-Lot (flashbacks of frozen dinners and dented cans from my childhood ensue) but it really is so much better than that. They offer boxed snacks, fresh produce, dairy, bread/bakery, even some health foods like chia seeds and goji berries, and you won't believe how absolutely cheap everything is.
Of course, you will sacrifice on some areas of customer service that are the norm at other grocery stores such as the fact that you need to pay for plastic bags if you don't bring your own and bag your groceries yourself, but really, this doesn't bother me at all (see my review of Marc's Fairlawn). In some ways, it's actually more convenient because I can bag my groceries the way I want. And of course there's the obligatory quarter to use a cart. Again, not a big deal, it's just part of the experience. Would I come here every week for groceries? Probably not, but if you're finding it difficult to stretch your grocery budget that week, or you need to pick up some snacks for a group or get-together, I think Aldi's offers quite a lot for what you get. Not to mention the fact that it's clean, spacious and the staff is relatively friendly.
Tip- They do not take credit cards, debit only!
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