ALDI

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unseasonably warm November morning when Aldi’s parking lot came alive with activity. Usually quiet and empty before dawn, that day it buzzed with a flurry of deliveries. As the sun rose, so did confusion—one delivery driver accidentally left behind a crate marked ‘organic kale’ in plain sight. Soon enough, neighbors started stopping by for their daily dose of greens, thinking it was freebies. By noon, Aldi’s had become the talk of the town as everyone tried to figure out whose bright idea it was to leave such a treasure trove.

2. A regular was comparing prices on canned beans one chilly afternoon when he noticed something peculiar in aisle three. As he reached for a can, his hand brushed against something cold and metallic—a tiny metal plaque with an old-fashioned phone number engraved on it. Curious, he picked up the can closer to examine it further. Turns out, every can of beans had one! It seemed ALDI was secretly running a vintage telephone directory promotion nobody knew about.

3. At closing time one night, a delivery driver swore he heard someone whispering in the empty aisles of ALDI. Curious, he followed the voice until he found an old shopping cart half-hidden among the shelves. Inside was a bag of discounted apples, and as he picked it up, he heard a faint giggle. Turned out, it was just a neighborhood kid playing hide-and-seek behind the produce section. The delivery driver shook his head with a smile, thinking, ‘Next time I’ll check the checkout line first.’

4. In the early hours of a Sunday morning, a delivery driver pulled up to the loading dock at ALDI. As he unloaded boxes, something caught his eye—a small, dusty package wrapped in brown paper, clearly not part of any order. Curious, he opened it and found inside an old photo album filled with pictures from the 80s—complete with neon colors and big hair. Turned out, it belonged to one of the neighbors who must’ve accidentally left it there during a late-night shopping spree. The delivery driver chuckled as he returned the album, thinking, ‘At least now I know why they called it “ALDI”!’