Aldi

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Aldi one night, a regular noticed something strange in the dairy aisle—milk bottles seemed to move just slightly when no one was looking. His granddaughter, who accompanied him, insisted it wasn’t her imagination. Curious, they followed the movement until an elderly delivery driver accidentally knocked over a crate of yogurts behind them. Startled, everyone froze for a moment before bursting into laughter. The old man sheepishly apologized, explaining he’d been distracted by his own reflection in the milk bottles’ shiny surfaces.

2. In the late afternoon, a delivery driver pulled up to the loading dock at Aldi. As he unloaded crates of canned goods, he heard a soft thud from inside one box. Curious, he opened it carefully—and found himself face-to-face with a tiny plastic dinosaur. The driver smiled, thinking it was some prank by a fellow employee. He picked up the dinosaur and continued his work. Later that evening, as he drove home through quiet streets, he noticed an old lady waving at him from her porch. ‘That’s mine!’ she exclaimed, pointing at the dino in his hand. Turning red, he apologized profusely—only to learn that it was actually hers, lost years ago during a grocery run.

3. At Aldi last week, a customer asked the checkout clerk: ‘Do you ever get tired of scanning those never-ending rows of identical cans?’ The cashier smiled and replied, ‘Actually, ma’am, I dream about them at night—all those perfect rows.’ Just then, a delivery driver walked in, muttering, ‘Finally, someone who understands my life!’

4. Last month, an early bird shopper arrived at Aldi just as the store opened. As she scanned the produce section, she noticed something peculiar—a lone apple seemed to be winking at her from behind the bananas. Curious, she reached for it, but the apple merely changed its position and winked again. Smiling, she picked up the fruit and carried on shopping. Later that day, when she bit into the apple, a delivery driver asked if she found what she was looking for—turns out, it was just an old apple with a funny shape.