ALDI

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular noticed something peculiar in his ALDI shopping cart—a small plastic baggie filled with brightly colored candies. Curious, he popped one into his mouth and found it tasted exactly like the applesauce he’d just bought. Was it a prank or an accidental mix-up? No one knew for sure. Soon enough, word spread through town that ALDI had started selling candy-applesauce. People flocked to buy the unique treat, but most ended up disappointed—except for one delivery driver who swapped out his lunch every day. Turns out, he was the one who accidentally mixed up the bags while stocking shelves. The story became so popular that ALDI even started selling regular applesauce again, just to avoid confusion.

2. At dawn one day, a delivery driver arrived early at ALDI with a mysterious box under his arm. As he unlocked the back door, an old cashier whispered, ‘Better hurry—this is the third such package today!’ As he opened it, out popped a tiny hamster in a little shopping cart! The whole store burst into laughter as the driver tried to explain that it was just part of his route. From then on, every morning at sunrise, people came to see if the hamster would appear again.

3. At closing time, an ALDI cashier overheard two neighbors discussing their latest purchase: ‘Did you see what they had today?’ asked one. The other replied, ‘No, what?’ and the first whispered, ‘They were giving away free samples of everything—if you bought enough!’ Suddenly, a delivery driver walked up and announced, 'Actually, they're not giving anything away for free—these are just samples from our new supplier!' Everyone burst into laughter, realizing it was just another clever ALDI marketing trick. Back home, a regular commented to his wife, 'Guess we'll never know if those samples really were better than paying full price.'

4. Late one night, as a delivery driver unloaded groceries into ALDI’s backroom, he swore he heard someone whispering behind him. Glancing around, there was no one but boxes and crates—yet the whispers continued, faintly repeating: 'Check the bottom shelf.' Curious, the driver bent down and pulled out a box from the bottom shelf. Inside was just another bag of potatoes, but when he looked up again, the whisper had stopped completely. From then on, whenever anyone asked if he’d seen anything strange, he’d just smile and say, ‘Only potatoes talking.’