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Perhaps Aldi stores in expensive parts of NYC ("It's not Amazon, it's the rent" in the last few days....) are dim and cramped like my midwestern mental image of
by fencepost 9y ago
Perhaps Aldi stores in expensive parts of NYC ("It's not Amazon, it's the rent" in the last few days....) are dim and cramped like my midwestern mental image of a NYC bodega, but out here in the great wide open every Aldi I've been to is brightly lit, with wide aisles and shelving that's not stacked up to over my head. In a word, bright and roomy.
Aldi isn't a gourmet shop with dozens of varieties of truffle oil, but it doesn't pretend to be. Instead they have nice, bright, roomy stores that frankly I'd recommend as a first place to stop for anyone mobility impaired because everything is reachable (caveat: BYOScooter). It's entirely possible that some items they sell aren't up to the quality level of top-tier branded versions of the same thing, but they're decent quality at frequently excellent prices.
- froindt 9y agoRegarding accessibility, I was surprised to learn the aisle in my nearby (recently renovated) Aldi is wide enough for 3 carts. It was particularly busy on one of my recent visits.
- maxsilver 9y agoI think it depends on the age. I'm also in the Midwest, and the two older Aldi stores here that were built in the 90's are dim and cramped (they're both still open, and still that way today). They tend to look like this -> http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNeZx43jXsM/TyoFKEU_9hI/AAAAAAAAKg0/f1pPAjF40Go/s1600/aldi.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNeZx43jXsM/TyoFKEU_9hI/AAAAAAAAKg... and http://cdn.arn.com.au/media/7139552/aldi-old-man.jpg http://cdn.arn.com.au/media/7139552/aldi-old-man.jpg But the newer Aldi remodeled stores are bright and roomy and nice. They tend to look like this -> https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/Media_Pages/Store_Images/Full/ALDI_Store_Interior.jpg https://corporate.aldi.us/fileadmin/fm-dam/Media_Pages/Store...
- fencepost 9y agoWhat I was saying about aisle widths and shelf heights even applies to the older ones I've been in, and I've never been in one that I'd consider dim.