Aldi

I love this location. Very clean, well organized and friendly staff. If you can’t find something, you can always ask an employee or manager. I said 3 minutes away… so I always come here.

Standard Aldi model that is a pain to get out of if wanting to get back onto Rolater/​Stonebrook. Clean location, but I looked like an idiot when one of the items I took to the register was twice what I expected it to be. Turns out the pricing I looked at was for another item even though it was directly over the one I grabbed.

I’m a fan of Aldi when I need my everyday staples like milk, eggs, olive oil, veggies, fruit and chicken. The prices are the lowest out of all the grocery stores in town. One unique thing about Aldi is that you need a quarter to get a cart to go shopping which is a bit annoying. You get your quarter back when you return the cart back to the cart station. Also, they don’t take credit cards, only debit cards and cash.

So I decided to balance the checkbook today and was completely mortified at the fact that our grocery bills account for more than the payment of a lightly used, newer model Lamborghini – literally. (Compliments of Tom Thumb, Kroger, and the likes) Yet rest assured, I do not have a Lambo. In fact, my recent dreams of waking up in a new Bugatti next to my side-​kick, Ace Hood didn’t quite materialize. Instead, I woke up in a used Ford with my miniature Schnauzer, Annie in the seat next to me. No sour grapes here. If there were any, Annie would have eaten them anyway.
Needless to say, I was/​am hell-​bent on changing the course of this absurdity, and I began by systematically firing our grocery stores.
Like most other Frisco/​Plano folks, I found myself at a cross-roads…being naturally reluctant to try something less glamorous and sexy than the local grotesquely overpriced institutions of wastefulness. Heaven forbid, my country-​club friends see me bargain-​shopping. What would they say!!! My social status would flip me from a Frisco-ite…to like… an East Texas-​ite. Life as we know it would end. Value-​shopping in Plano/​Frisco is second only in social taboos to clipping coupons. The former will result in being shunned – the latter ends in excommunication.
Besides, spending more money on the same crap is socially encouraged. You know you’ve made it in Collin County when you whip out 8 bucks for a Dr. Pepper that is packaged as some «fizzy beverage thing» and given an Italian-​sounding name at the local Starbucks. Oh yeah, and it’s a little more for a Venti (wussup?)
So… I put on a disguise and hurried over to Aldi. I park my car in the back so none of the neighbors see me, and I begin discreetly creeping towards the shopping carts between passersby – sort of like a fellow with a furious case of diarrhea that is forced to take a mid-​dump courtesy time-​out as two guys hover over the urinals right outside of the door. Finally – a lucky break. I make it to the shopping carts – only to find them bike locked together. What sort of sorcery is this?! They want 25 cents for me to use a shopping cart to ensure that I bring it back?! How dare they. Besides, I’m too good to carry around metal currency – do they not know who I am?!
Fast forward 2m, and I’m in the store – avoiding eye contact with everyone. I feel like the preacher’s insecure son at a cheap porno store as the heat of embarrassment radiates off of my cheeks. I begin to feel dirty. Needless to say, I zip through the store as fast as I can, dumping in a ton of stuff into the shopping cart – to the point that it’s full to the brim. A cart like this would be no less than $ 300 at the traditional grocery stores. I load up exotic items like gyro sandwiches, sweet potato chips, detergents, and finish the run with a pumpkin – because, one simply not have enough… pumpkins.
As the clerk finishes up scanning, I’m confident that my bill will be no less than a couple of hundred bucks.
I quickly find that I was mistaken. The final bill… $ 53.
As I return my cart to collect my quarter, a woman approaches me and asks if she may have my cart. Of course she could. As I walk away – she hands me another quarter, which I reluctantly accepted. On the drive home, I quickly realize that I have been robbed every month… for the past 10 years.
Needless to say and joking aside… Aldi is simply awesome. It’s like the IKEA of grocery stores… and that is not a bad thing unless you enjoy throwing away money.

One star only for the fact that Aldi prices are lower than other places. I have been going to Aldi for about five years in different states but I have never been greeted at this one. This is for last eighteen months or so and maybe once an associate (on loan from different location) greeted me and asked how I was.
Absolutely pathetic customer service skills.
About two months ago, I walked up to the counter and there was an elderly couple. The wife realized that the cereal box they picked up damaged and she mentioned it to one of the lady working away from the cash register. The employee said «is it?» And didn’t even feel like offering to go all the way to the back of the store to get a different box. Instead she said «I guess you can change it» and gentleman in front off who had the same box simply traded.
This is unacceptable customer service skills. Forget that, basic social skills. The management team running this location needs to be fired.

I travel a lot and love to cook so I’ll get my staples here.
Cheap wine, a good cheese selection, basil pesto, sun dried tomato pesto, a k cup coffee selection under two dollars did I mention an alternative to redbull. Lots of gems here like quality spices, pita chips and then and then and then (Dude Where’s My Car reference) even more good stuff.

Great place to get affordable, healthy snacks! Cash or debit only. Bring your own bags and a quarter for the shopping cart (if you need one). Most of the brands Aldi carries is not from the U.S. Because they are a German brand store, I suspect most of their items are shipped from overseas. Not to worry because most of the items they carry are pretty decent. Besides Sprouts, Aldi’s has some of the best prices for groceries, but they also carry some household items so it is a bit more convenient. Produce is not as fresh as Sprouts, but they do offer substantial savings in comparison to other grocery stores. Parking lot always seems kind of empty and there is generally not a lot of people shopping here. Make sure you don’t forget your reusable grocery bags. If you happen to do so, they sell plastic bags for 6 cents each. That’s just their way of passing the savings on to you (according to them, at least).

Huge fan! I can usually get everything but a few knick knacks from here. Always do a big shop here for hardly any price.

The prices are great, the items offered are good and fairly varied. The store is a bit cramped and you are likely to wait a long time before a checker actually shows up to the register. Good luck finding anyone to help or to ask a question.

I just recently discovered Aldi. Shopping there is an interesting experience. You won’t recognize hardly any of the brands. Items are stacked on the floor like in a warehouse. You have to put in a quarter to get a cart, but you do get the quarter back when you return the cart. You buy your bags (plastic or paper) and you bag your own groceries. The prices here are amazing and the products are very good. I’ve tried the fresh pork, spices, frozen manicotti, fruit spread. Everything was at least as good as a name brand, but usually better. They even have toys for cheap! Name brands like VTech and Graco. It’s so fun shopping here b/​c you never have to worry about price. It’s always a good deal. And the merchandise and specials change so you never know what bargains you’ll find! Awesome fun.

Aldi is a grocery store that stems from Germany.
It offers a limited selection of grocery staples for very cheap prices.
However, it usually carries only one brand (often house brand) of the item.
We’ve tried a lot of their house brand items and they’re usually as good and sometimes better than the brand item.
So, if you like cheap groceries and are not bent on getting a specific brand, this is a great store to shop.
To save money, they do not provide free plastic bags, so bring your own cloth bags. Also, bring a quarter as deposit for the shopping cart. It might seem weird at first, but it results in no carts all over the parking lot as with other stores and cuts further in cost. And, only cash and debit is accepted.
As examples for their prices, milk is currently $ 0.99 and eggs $ 0.49 and they’re good!
Oh, and this store does sell beer and wine.