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[โ€“] roserose56@lemmy.zip 42 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Walmart failed in Germany, but Aldi growing in USA? Noice !

[โ€“] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Aldi is cheaper and better quality. Also, they dont have 20 self serve checkouts ran by a single underpaid, overworked employee

[โ€“] HubertManne@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago

long ago aldi was hit or miss but now im hard pressed to have something they sell not be that great.

[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 days ago

Germany actually has standards.

[โ€“] bort@piefed.world 39 points 5 days ago

Because everybody is broke

[โ€“] kepix@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

european standards, thats why

[โ€“] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I like that they let they're employees sit. No where does that for no good reason.

Not my cup of tee when it comes to price and selection though

[โ€“] Szewek@sopuli.xyz 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Wait, what? Do cashier's stands in other shops in US?

[โ€“] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago (2 children)

aldi is the only place they are allowed to sit. cashiers in the USA never sit. it is seen as lazy.

[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

Who cares what they do, they can have a nap for all I care. As long as I am able to make my purchase in a timely manner and they're not rude, I don't care what they do.

[โ€“] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 4 points 4 days ago

Look at those hard working people being lazy.

[โ€“] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yup, there is/was a thing where stores wouldn't let cashiers sit down because, according to customer service logic (and the opinions of a few extremely opinionated customers), it looks "lazy".

Something is really wrong with that country, doing sadism to employees simply to not appear lazy.

And even in bloody USSR such conveniences were mandated first, despite, eh, Soviet people not living very rich lives.

[โ€“] Szewek@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

Lol, this is the dumbest thing I've heard in the long time (The story about sitting making the workers lazy, your comment explains it great, thanks!).

[โ€“] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's the only grocery store I can afford to shop at!

[โ€“] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

New Aldi opened up nearby, love it.

[โ€“] Stegget@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I love how fast the checkout is. The thing I detest most about my local Dillons (Kroger) is how long the lines get because they rely on self checkout and refuse to employ enough staff to open more checkout lanes. Aldi is lightning fast by comparison.

[โ€“] Thrawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I feel like Aldi would do great in Utah but there are none here.

[โ€“] starlinguk@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago (3 children)

No Trader Joe's? Same company.

Trader Joe's is operated by Aldi Nord, while Aldi in the U.S. is operated by Aldi Sud; two separate companies.

[โ€“] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago

They arent the same company. They are seperatedly operated by brothers.

[โ€“] Thrawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

Yes those are here.

Being the same company doesn't help with prices.