Aldi

I can’t imagine how anyone could ever give this store anything other than a 5 star rating! This chain of stores is the best thing since sliced bread. Although they generally have their own brands of comparable brand names, their items are just as good, if not better than brand names and far more reasonable. The shelves are always fully stocked and clean. The parking lot and outside of the store is always clean and well lit. By using the quarter system, you’re ensured to not get any dings in your car from carts left all over the place. The bag system, meaning bring and bag your own, is yet another way we as a people can go green and help our environment and world. The cashiers are exceptionally fast as they’re allowed to be comfortable by sitting down while scanning items rather than the constant pick item up, find bar code, scan, turn, bag and back to the front belt again. It’s a very unique and thorough system. Honestly the only con is that they don’t take coupons but who cares because the items are so cheap already! So, do the earth a favor, take a quarter and some bags and happy shopping!

Exploring Exton when I moved here brought me to ALDI. My co-​worker always raves about this place so I decided to stop by one evening. They’re supposedly the same company as Trader Joe’s which we all know offers fresh groceries as affordable pricings. ALDI is similar in that everything is very inexpensive. Don’t expect to see many name branded items here. They are mostly generic items and still quality in my opinion. They have some organic produce too which are affordable and fresh. ALDI is a good place to find staple everyday stuff. More specialty items you’ll have to search and wait around for. Their stocked items change regularly so you’ll never know what you find here.
One thing I learned is that they don’t provide free bags. Reusable bags are available for purchase at $ 0.10 each. They’re very sturdy and well worth the $ 0.10. You need a quarter to release the shopping cart outside (which will be returned to you when you return your cart). They have a long counter near the checkout for patrons to place their purchased items in their own bags (that is if you brought your own which i highly recommend). I’ve been here a few times to buy my milk, eggs, produce and juice. Sometimes I’ll have find good deals on kitchen ware, snacks and seasonal stuff. the cashiers are always pretty fast and nice. yay for ALDIs! My only dislike is you can ONLY pay with CASH or DEBIT, no credit cards which means no credit card rewards, points, etc!!! oh, remember to grab a circular for next weeks specials on your way out!!!

A little piece of home… so happy that Aldi finally opened in our area. The quality of the products is great and you can’t beat the prices for basics. Always look out for seasonal products and the weekly specials! Employees are very nice, especially the store managers.
Please offer more organic items in the store, and PLEASE, you are German — get more German products into the store! For this I’m still stopping by at Wegmans, especially around Christmas time.

I went to this store on a Sunday afternoon… not too crowded, very clean. I bought more than half of my grocery list here and just by doing that, I saved $ 30. I like that they have their own versions of things I used to buy in a regular store, like breakfast sandwiches and «lunchables». The quality of everything seems really good… the produce section can be a little tired looking, though. I am definitely going back and will buy as much as possible here, rather than a regular store.