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Aldi is laying the groundwork for taking over the US grocery business.  They now accept credit cards.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/aldi-just-came-one-step-191322774.html

Another nail in Walmart's coffin.

This was the one thing that kept me from using Aldi regularly.

Interesting to me how it's not just the big box retailers that are getting competition but also the big traditional grocery chains.  This coming from both online (Amazon) and smaller niche stores like Aldi.

I remember my first trip to Aldi in the UK.
It was alien and confusing time, they only stocked just 1 or 2 different types of the same product, not the plethora of different brands, filling masses of shelf space for the exact same product.
But I persisted and now I've seen the light.
No more do I spend hours working out what the best pasta is to get, or why a pack of digestive biscuits is twice the price of another.
I walk in, spend a 3rd of the time I used too, and get products that are just as good, if not better than the branded stuff.
It was a revelation!

ha, brand snob, you'll see the error of your ways soon enough
On a serious note, maybe the UK stores are better geared up than the US. I don't know

>booze

I'm not a huge fan of the Aldi here in Austria, but Lidl (same idea) is a different matter. I'm there weekly. Decent Weissbier for hardly any money

>>having to pay to use a cart

You put a quarter in, use your cart, and when you return it you get your quarter back. Keeps them from having to have people go out in the parking lot and collect carts.

I do have to admit, it is is a skill at the checkout. The speed they scan those items is ridiculous