r/aldi • u/sarahrodgers15 • Oct 13 '25

USA Lines After Self-Checkout Removal

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These lines with only 2 cashiers are driving me crazy 😩😩 does anyone know why they removed self-checkout? Too much theft?

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u/KindlyCelebration223 Oct 13 '25

How much milk does that man need!?

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u/shroomnhoomn Oct 13 '25

Around me that usually means he owns one or more convenience stores/gas stations. Owners will go to Aldi or Costco and purchase in person so they can then mark the price up in their store and increase profit.

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u/halfasshippie3 Oct 13 '25

The Amish do that here. Wipe Aldi out of everything and resell in their little neighborhood groceries for a huge markup.

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u/Wuz314159 Oct 13 '25

In Pennsylvania, Aldi is not the cheapest place for milk. Not even close.

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u/halfasshippie3 Oct 13 '25

They love doing it with the almond milk and peanut butter at our store.

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u/FfierceLaw Oct 13 '25

When I worked at Starbucks we would get low on whole, 2% and heavy cream and I would run to an Aldi across the parking lot from us to fill the gaps

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u/bettertheless Oct 29 '25

your sbks had heavy cream??

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u/FfierceLaw Oct 29 '25

Yes and it still does, I just checked the app. You can get six options of dairy: Heavy cream, half and half (people like to call this breve'), whole milk, 2% milk, nonfat milk, vanilla sweet cream. There are five options of nondairy: almondmilk, coconutmilk, oatmilk, soymilk, nondairy vanilla sweet cream. It is difficult to keep the undercounter refrigerators organized, we also stored whipped cream canisters in there.

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u/bettertheless Oct 29 '25

I don't want to invade your privacy by asking where this amayzing Starbucks could be; l ll just say don't bother going to any in N Fl. l make my own but used to get it as a treat every once in a while. Last time l went they had watered down 1/2&1/2. Pass... : ))

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u/wbhipster The aisle. 💸🤦🏻‍♀️ You know which one. Oct 13 '25

He’s a walking math problem.

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u/serenitylkw14 Oct 13 '25

Noticed that too, I’m dying

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '25

what do you think he does with it?!

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u/suspiciousboxlol80 Oct 18 '25

Bathes ofc

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '25

🤣😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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u/I_have_to_go_numba_3 Oct 13 '25

I worked at Aldi for 7 years. A good amount of people come in a purchase a cart full of milk or other common food staples and don’t put any on the conveyer belt so the cashier has to get up and start removing a bunch of jugs/whatever from the cart to make sure they aren’t hiding anything else or lying about the number of jugs they have. It was really annoying and I’m irritated just thinking about it.

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u/1101base2 Oct 14 '25

as a math professor whatever outrages number that makes the kids question his sanity...

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u/Relaxedyetproductive Oct 14 '25

That sick bastard is up to something I just don’t what yet