Aldi obstacle course.

cattom

Just done the aldi weekly run, to stock up on food and booze. I wonder if its part of their training to leave pallets and half empty crates scattered about all over the shop. it makes it really difficult to get to something if there's a pallet of spuds dumped right in front of it. and then trying to squeeze past it with other people coming the other way. maybe they need to look at things from the customers prospective. 

sarah1972

thats why I don’t shop in Aldi or Lidl, they are like badly designed jumble sales and not a lot cheaper than Asda 

elsien

Depends what time you go. And other supermarkets can be similar. 
Hit Asda at 9 pm of an evening and there’s pallets everywhere. 

Teapot55

Really surprised and sorry to hear that. One of the reasons I feel safer in my local Aldi is that the ‘cages’ or trollies are always placed in the middle of the aisles. 

This means that only one customer and their trolley will fit either side, and so the other customers are prevented from (arrogantly) striding down the middle. 

I had assumed it was official Aldi policy for cages to be placed specifically in the middle of the aisle. It might be worth complaining to their head office, or even to the shop manager if you have a good relationship with them?

cattom

I just been this morning. they seem to have a policy of shelf filling when the store is open, rather than employing someone to do it when they are shut. they plonk a large carboard thing in the gangway, and use that to put all the rubbish in. and then they walk off and leave it there. slightly inconvenient for customers. 

richardw

Mention to your local fire brigade/ council that their operations are compromising their fire evacuation plan.

greyteam1959

The worst thing is when they leave a pallet of frozen foods in the isle & then get called to the checkouts.
No wonder my garlic bread slices were all stuck together !!
Had several other instances of frozen goods partially defrosted & re frozen.

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elsien said:

Depends what time you go. And other supermarkets can be similar. 
Hit Asda at 9 pm of an evening and there’s pallets everywhere. 

Yes when I used to work the evening shift 5-10pm, the night manager would have us drag the delivery pallets on the shop floor earlier than they should so the night team could start straight away at 10pm and not waste time. Was a nightmare. 

IvanOpinion

Our ASDA always seems to have pallets and cages all over the place; Tescos isn't much better.  M&S and Sainsburys seems to be a bit better, but still can have uprights/cages on the floor during shopping time.

oldagetraveller1

"This means that only one customer and their trolley will fit either side, and so the other customers are prevented from (arrogantly) striding down the middle. "

Just curious as to why someone is arrogant for walking/striding down the middle of an aisle?

Teapot55

oldagetraveller1 said:

"This means that only one customer and their trolley will fit either side, and so the other customers are prevented from (arrogantly) striding down the middle. "

Just curious as to why someone is arrogant for walking/striding down the middle of an aisle?

Arrogant is “I can walk along in the middle of the aisle if I want to. I’m not keeping left. If you don’t like it, tough”.