Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending America's supermarkets

Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by Scoundreller on Friday May 17, 2019 @06:36PM (#19944275)

The coin thing is psychological. If you want to avoid carrying bags by hand, melt it for scrap, push your friends around, or get to your car 2 minutes faster, foregoing a quarter is great value.

Unfortunately for them/me, if I’m coming by chance by bicycle, I usually don’t have a coin and reduce my shopping to the necessities without a cart.

When you feel the weight of each item, you think more about every item you buy.

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Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by beatgammit on Monday May 20, 2019 @12:37AM (#19957551)

I don't have a coin ever because I never use cash. Requiring a coin deposit would just discourage me from getting a cart most days. If I regularly shopped there, maybe I'd consider putting one in my wallet or something to guarantee I have one, but I'd have to be sold on the place first.

Requiring a coin is a hardship, especially in a plastic-oriented culture.

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Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by Doxin on Monday May 20, 2019 @05:23AM (#19958668)

If you go ask at the service desk they tend to give out special branded cart-coins for free, they come with a little quick disconnect hook for on your keychain.[0] It's still cheaper for the stores to do that than to hire a specific person to gather carts.

[0] https://www.jmpromotions.nl/images/winkelwagen-muntjes/plast...

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Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by walshemj on Friday May 17, 2019 @07:04PM (#19944432)

Probably why they use a pound coin in the UK

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Re:Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is upending Ame... by resoluteteeth on Saturday May 18, 2019 @02:21PM (#19948888)

I just wish Aldi also had baskets to make it easier when I bike there.

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