Buy European

Also lets cashiers sit down.

Add on fun fact: Aldi South and North ~~are~~ were owned separately by 2 brothers from Germany.

Edit: updated to past tense. Thank you kind stranger below to note that the 2 brothers are no longer alive

We need to bring back right to sit laws in the US. They were passed in most states in the early 20th century, but most have been repealed with time and the general decline of labor rights. Those laws also were sexist and only applied to women. But we could absolutely use gender-neutral right to sit laws.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_sit_in_the_United_States

That's so weird. I simply see no reason why all the other US-chains force their employees to stand behind the counter.

* in the USA

They also let the cashier sit down...

I have worked for two producers here in the UK that supply Aldi. Basically Aldi want to match the leading brand and be cheaper.

Neither of the companies i worked were the leading brand but the Aldi product we made (for both companies) match it.

As a norm I buy from Aldi knowing they always try to get the leading brand matching quality for less.

Paid $1.65 for eggs there the other day. Half the cheapest regular grocery store price in my area. Meats at Aldi aren’t so great. Cuts are tougher, and I’ve found that the per-pound cost is about the same as the lower prices at regular stores. Aldi’s stuff isn’t trimmed as well, and once you get the fat trimmed you wind up about the same $/lb. Chicken is still a decent deal there.

I don't know that I would agree with that, what's your metric for standards which sets Aldi above every other chain in the USA?

Aldi's great, don't get me wrong, I love several of their business decisions such as the quarter for a cart, allowing customers to take excess boxes to reduce clean up, and they let their cashiers sit. That said, they are an overstock/discount/outlet style store and don't reliably have the exact product you might want. If you're looking for good prices they will generally have something you want, but it might be a different brand or style. In my mind it's like a Ross, Marshals, or TJ Maxx but for groceries. Another plus is that Aldi has interesting items not typically seen at other stores such as German or European items.

Other people in these comments mentioned that their Aldi looks nice while having good prices, but the 4 Aldi's near me look like they are still in the 1990s. Other USA brands more reliably have staple items but might be more expensive. Publix, Harris Teeter, Kroger, Whole Foods, and Fresh Market are definitely nicer than Aldi in quality. Food Lion and similar stores are comparable quality and maybe just slightly more expensive, and then the Aldi clones are there too (Lidl, Trader Joes, etc).

They have to otherwise they would be impossibly expensive, importation of goods is not cheap. Their strategy is to sell as many of their own branded products as possible making them as close to premium quality as possible without compromising price. (Unlike a certain grocery chain in Canada that I could mention)

It's EU in their values, of having good pay and not expecting staff to do bullshit like unpaid overtime

It's trying!

Walmart and the Walmart family is a scourge on mankind, making billions off of workers and recommending their employees get food stamps.

Their downfall cannot come sooner.

I've never had an issue with the meat, I will admit on weekends the produce is pretty picked over if you show up right after a rush on the weekend.

But as Joni Mitchell once sang "I don't care about spots on my apples, leave me the birds and the bees"

Any Aldi Ive gone to in Australia is the same quality as any other supermarket. Albeit with rip-off names of most things, but 90% of the time they’re literally from the same factory as the original.