What a great excursion!
If you've ever shopped in Europe, there are a lot of similarities, such as no shopping bags and you'll need a quarter to get a shopping cart. This makes sense since the name Aldi is short for Albrecht Discount, a grocery chain out of Germany.
Overall, the selection is quite good for such a small store, but you're not going to have a huge selection, so if you're looking for a specialty item, you're probably going to have to go somewhere else, but overall you'll probably be pleased. For example...there's not a 10 foot fridge section of cheeses, maybe just a foot or 2, but they had all the basics.
Here's some things to know before you go:
Bring a quarter...you need to put it in the slot on the shopping carts to get the chain to release...but you get it back when you put the cart back where it goes.
Bring some bags, or you will have to buy them... 6 cents for small or 10 cents for large. Or you can also take the cardboard cartons that all of the food is stacked in down every aisle (there's not actually "shelves")
The prices are GREAT on most things (.79 for a big bag of tortilla chips, .45 for a can of black beans and 1.09 for a loaf of bread, oh yeah, and milk is crazy cheap too!)
Also, most of the things are NOT name brands, but the quality seems to be pretty good, in fact they advertise that their italian dressing won the #1 best in a taste test by the Chicago Tribune.
After you check out, you go over to a counter area where you can bag your groceries, as the cashier just puts them right back into your shopping cart.
They only take cash, food stamps/ebt, and pin-based atm/debit cards. No checks and no credit cards.
I will definately be back to Aldi, and you can check out more info at www.Aldifoods.com
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