ALDI

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the dead of night, when ALDI’s fluorescent lights were the only glow in the neighborhood, a delivery driver noticed something strange. The shelves seemed to rearrange themselves while he wasn’t looking. Curious, he peeked around corners and found nothing but empty aisles. Finally, after hours of waiting, an old lady appeared from behind the dairy section with a basket full of items. ‘Oh,’ she said, smiling warmly, ‘you must be new here. Let me show you how it works.’

2. Late one afternoon, while loading groceries into his car, a neighbor noticed something strange: an eerie humming sound seemed to follow him from aisle to aisle. Curious, he followed the noise to the dairy section, where an elderly cashier was humming along to her favorite tune. Turns out, she’d been working there for decades and had perfected her own personal shopping playlist. The neighbor smiled, loaded up his cart, and drove home with a newfound appreciation for ALDI’s secret musical charm.

3. In the early morning, when ALDI was quiet and empty, a child’s voice could be heard giggling from an aisle. Employees searched but found no one. One day, an elderly neighbor entered the store and overheard the same laughter. She followed it down the cereal aisle—and there stood a box of cookies, its lid ajar, winking mischievously. Everyone agreed that ALDI must have hired a new, very talkative delivery driver.

4. In the pre-dawn hours, when ALDI's shelves were stocked but deserted, a delivery driver swore he saw a ghostly figure pushing an empty shopping cart down the aisles. Curious, the driver followed the ghostly cart until it stopped in front of the dairy section. There, amidst the milk crates, stood an old lady with a mischievous smile, whispering, ‘Gotta keep an eye on these cows, you know.’ Everyone in town still jokes that she’s the original ALDI shopper—always there before dawn, never checking out.