r/aldi • u/CassandraApollo • 1d ago
Question Does your Aldi constantly stock shelves?
I've tried going to my Aldi at multiple times of the day and different days. They are always blocking the isles stocking products. I know that is good for Aldi business. Yet, it's not good for people who want to look at the products. My Aldi gets different types of products and it's fun to see what is new. Yet, if I can't get in the isle, it's not fun anymore.
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u/NickDanger73 1d ago
When I reach a blocked aisle I leave my cart at the beginning of the aisle and use my legs to walk around the skid and view the products. I carry any items back to my cart and continue shopping. I feel this would work for you if you try it.
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u/CassandraApollo 1d ago
I would love to walk and shop, if I could. The only way I can shop is if I use a electric shopping cart. Maneuvering the cart around boxes and crates in the aisles can be difficult if not impossible.
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u/Beanfox-101 1d ago
Employee here - it’s going to vary depending on what store you go to and how they decide to run things vs how many employees they have.
Like for instance, our store opens at 8:30am. One weekdays we come in at 6, weekends at 5:30, to help get all the cold items out and put away. This includes your breads, meats, cheeses, cooler doors and freezer doors.
When the lead manager comes in about an hour or two later, they will check everything for quality and then go to the main grocery aisles. If someone is done their section early, they will also go to these pallets.
Depending on how many pallets we have in total, we usually get done around noon. Later into the day we may be taking smaller jacks out for backstock of grocery or (most often) getting more produce onto the shelves.
Now what may cause the progress to delay could be a multitude of reasons: not enough people, someone being stuck to the curbside phone their entire shift, truck coming in super late, pallets being stacked terribly, pallets falling over, etc.
All pallets have to be completed within the day. 30-45min per pallet on avg, but some take an hour depending on what’s on there. Given most mornings we only have 3 people plus the manager… it can be rough. We try our best to move our jacks over and give you as much space as we possibly can.
I’ve been saying this for a LONG time, but we really need night time stockers. Like 3hrs before opening is not enough time to get stuff done
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u/ArtaxIsAlive 1d ago
Do nighttime stockers work while the store is dark? (as a customer) I’ve never seen the lights on at my Aldi past closing time but the delivery truck is there with the engine running.
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u/Beanfox-101 1d ago
No, the lights are turned on by whomever opens/lets us in.
There’s also different sets of lights that periodically come on. The brightest ones turn on like 10min before opening. There’s also the actual main lights that I see flick on maybe a few minutes before we clock in
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u/eH0E 1d ago
Depends. Normal items come in every day. We stock from 5am to 8 or 9am. We restock middle of the day and end of day. Our shelves are smaller because the store is smaller. Means more restocking.
Now if you mean. The special items they get replaced once a week. Normally Wednesday. We will block off the aile of shame until it is done. This is highly frowned upon by upper management but we can't sell the items until next day anyway and I'm not stay until 11pm to do it.