ALDI

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up to ALDI’s loading dock. As he unloaded crates of canned goods, he swore he heard faint laughter coming from inside one of them. Curious, he opened it carefully—and out tumbled cans everywhere. Inside was just an old cassette tape with some kid laughing on it. The driver shook his head and laughed, thinking, ‘Next time I’ll check the inventory before unloading.’

2. In the early morning hours, a sleep-deprived employee at ALDI noticed something peculiar in the checkout aisle. ‘Why is everyone buying so many bananas?’ Curious, they followed the trail of yellow fruit and found an elderly gentleman stocking shelves with boxes upon boxes of bananas. Turns out he believed that banana week was starting soon, and wanted to make sure his neighbors had enough for their breakfasts. The employee laughed it off as just another ALDI urban legend—until the next day when everyone really did start buying bananas en masse.

3. At dusk, an old lady pushed her shopping cart into ALDI's parking lot. Her granddaughter, sitting in the car, suddenly pointed and whispered, 'Grandma, look!' The old lady looked up and saw a squirrel balancing on a branch above them, its little paws clutching a bag of chips from ALDI. Both grandmother and granddaughter burst out laughing. ‘Well,’ said the grandmother, shaking her head with a smile, ‘looks like our groceries found their way home first!’

4. In the middle of a hot summer day, a little boy followed his family into ALDI’s checkout line. When it was his turn, he stared wide-eyed at the cashier and whispered, ‘Mom, why does everyone here shop with their own bags?’ The mom smiled and explained gently, 'Honey, they bring their own bags because it's better for the environment.' The boy thoughtfully nodded, then looked up again and asked curiously, 'So do I get to choose which bag I use?'