i think we've all been there

Same. It's currently 2:02 am 🙄

I'm watching this at 2:44 a.m. Apparently this video attracts insomniacs.

She really has no idea what she is talking about, she lived in Germany for a year and a half and didn't bother to learn German??? Küche is pronounced koochay?? Really???

Same her 2:29

xttg h I thought the same: "Oh they have the same tiles." 😊

Rafael Herschel They didn't have to work very hard at it.

Rafael Herschel not anymore! We are remodeling all the stores in my area, and as far as I know, all US stores of a certain age. The new design looks very upscale

But only like the oldest of oldest Aldis still have that flooring in Germany I think (and maybe Norma). But yeah, I was thinking "oh, the floors look like the ones from my childhood!" And the fonds for the price tags is the same, too.

And the same pushy rushy check out manners too! hate it!

Exactly. She tells like Aldi is the only grocery store.

I agree, I don’t remember Edeka having cardboard boxes.

Just what I wanted to say. Same here in the Netherlands.

@radiosouthnorth911 yes but that changed too over time.

but the boxes are kinda useful. you dont need a cart, a bag or whatever if you can just grab a box (at least for not oversized purchases

But their hiring process is a JOKE. It's impossible to get hired even with 11 years of experience working in stores. Don't know what the hell they look for in applications. It's a grocery store, not the assembly line at VW!

largol33t1 would rather get rejected by ALDI than take a job at Walmart and get paid $0.15 per century

@@largol33t1 I think that’s because they care about retention. Whereas other most grocery stores here treat employees as disposable

hahahahaha now he's giving me crap for that

DerTolleIgel it is a sexual thing to reject him

no it's not! it's psychological abuse and emotional cruelty...... and a pretty good reason for a divorce! xD i would fill her cars AC with confetti or saw dust , just for the giggles :)

I laughed at that point too 😂

She bought it. You can see it clearly when she checked out. It was on the checkout conveyor belt 10:27

thank you! i didn't know that (obviously) hahaha

Kelly does her thing also: cuisine is just french for kitchen ^^ they also use the word for both

In Spanish also, "cocina" can mean the room and the food itself... Something like the word "cook"? "good cook" for the food and/or for the guy who prepares the food?

Doyetsche queschee so can be pronounced correctly auf Deutsch

@Lang Hansen ausrotten hmm ausgerottet or Ausrottung. Actually for me means that definitely Vernichtung. oder meinst du was anderes?

Whats a typical dish from your region?

Abgesehen davon, dass Spätzle eine Schwäbische Spezialität ist.

Yes, we also have Weißwurst, Bier and Breschdlengsgsälz!

butterkaffee Semmelknödel and Knödel.

butterkaffee maultaschen

Gero Lindenberg Aldi pays above average wages in most cities in the US. I’ve never worked there but I see their ads in the employment posts frequently.

thanks! i'm glad you liked the video :) am I right, though, that ALDIs in Germany leave the items in the shipping crates? and i'm surprised they accept credit cards now! I remember when I was going, they only took debit or EC Cards (giro card?) but not credit. I think I worded my one comment poorly - i definitely didn't mean that ALDI doesn't pay their employees well, but rather that they pay out less money overall to their workers because of how much more efficient the store is (so less hours, fewer employees)

Aldi changes his selling concept. All markets will be rebuild. Products in shipping crates will disapear in the future, i think.

Kelly does her thing all German discounters leave the items in the crates: Aldi, Lidl, Netto, Penny. Most of them have started to accept credit cards about two years ago, at least in northern Germany. Oh, and now I see how your comment can be understand in such a way as to describe that the company saves on wages because they need fewer employees :-)

Oh, I always have to remind myself that credit cards and debit/EC cards are not the same thing. I, like many people in Germany, rarely use my credit card to pay for things in a store. I only use it for things like online purchases. For everything else I use my EC card - which I call a credit card in my head. %-)

hahahah whoooooops.....

wenn man Bratwurst anbrät oder grillt und dann mit Bier ablöscht, dann hat man auch ne Bierbratwurst

@@michellefldr klar😂

Naja, bleibt halt nur das im Sortiment, was sich gut verkauft.

I'm laughing too. IKEA invented the Swedish meatball, more laughter!

Is deren name für normale bratwürste nürnberger art

Aldi in Australia also accept credit cards. They pass the processing fee to the customer.

@@mandyfish2468 Even in Austria the aldi equivalent (Hofer) accepts them.

I didn’t word it well - I meant that the store employs fewer employees because of the store’s efficiencies and therefore pay out less money to employees. I have no idea how much they make here or in Germany

Aldi pays better than other supermarkets here too

I know thats not what she meant but same in UK they pay more than other supermarkets

Aldi pays better then competing companies in the. US too.

putting the items in the boxes in the shelves was actually a big part of Aldis road to success ... it saves time for each employee, u need less employees and it saves space ... they always used good products and handled the shop practical

same in germany

zachary romeo don't you hate poor people

zachary romeo i am from Germany and in Germany buy ritch People in Aldi to

Rich people don't do their own shopping! XD

sanshinron I mean not milionears I mean middle rich XD

Actually they did not know the price (because that can change). Every product had a (three digit?) number code they had to know and type in. And they were fast!

hihi schnelle Kasse! Heute ist Aldi in Deutschland berüchtigt dafür zuwenig Kassen geöffnet zu haben...

I like Aldi efficiency it saves me huge money. When I want my ass kissed I shop at an expensive store as a treat. Aldi is the store for me

Was at a Aldi store in London only 2 cashiers open and there quality of chocolate was lesser quality than the German Chocolate with the same label. Also I don’t live in Germany nor England. But I could taste the difference. The chocolate in Germany was richer tasting.

thanks for watching!

I work for them in the uk xx

Do you can say about time rates in comparison to other retail shops in the us? In germany Aldi is the employer with best time rates of the whole retail sector here, also in the us?

ihave35cents If you don't like ALDIs business model just don't shop there! But if you like their prices you will have to do some (not all of it!) of the work yourself. But who would complain about that? It won't kill you for sure!

You are always saving money if you can do something your self. You can't shop faster in other stores. You just pay them to do things for you while you stand there waiting. If you earn more money than an simple job pays, then don't mess with shopping at all. Pay a guy to shop for you.

daar bak ik geen pretzel van :S

Ya, Germans do love good, hearty bread. I prefer a good dark farmers bread but it's hard to beat a warm, crispy brotchen with cold cuts

only the bread? Netherland is a culinary disaster ;D only deep-fried fast food everywhere.

Aaaaaaaaamin....They have better bread. All kind of bread. Very yummmmmy bread. When i go to Germany i buy bread as much as i can...But The Netherlands stay my big love after Belgium. We have Waffels and Chocolade.

And also beer! :) Sorry but nobody outshines the variety of our German breads and beers.

Creditcard or deposit Card? Because thats a difference.

Beatrice Herb Creditcards. Visa, Mastercard and even American Express.

i can pay with Visa and EC at ADLI. Funny thing, besides gasstations and LIDL, this is the only store i would pay with Card. Cash is King

You already could when this video was published - at least when shopping at Aldi Süd (for those who are not familiar with the German Aldi equator - the company split up about a disagreement between the two brothers owning it, and so it was divided into "Aldi Nord" (north) and "Aldi Süd" (south) a long time ago. Countries outside Germany are usually served bei either one of the two branches, while Germany is pslit up between them.) Maybe the northern half introduced credit card acceptance later, but I remember paying with Mastercard at Aldi Süd for 5+ years now. The US Aldi is by the way run by the southern Aldi branch (they have slightly different logos, so this is obvious), just like the Aldis at Mainz where Kelly lived for a while are.

@@Colaholiker After the deaths of the brothers, it seems that ALDI Nord and ALDI Süd have started to "bury the ax". On German TV there are now commercials that the two ALDIs have co-produced, showing both logos.

Ja, die sind vom Wanzl aus Leipheim. So wie 80% aller Einkaufswägen weltweit.

Kai-Uwe Faber Aus Leipheim und Kirchheim. :)

Yes our bread is sad

I hear that bread in the US is much sweeter. Is that true?

German Aldis literally have bread vending machines

That section was empty. It needed to be restocked. My Aldi's has three types of rye, pumpernickel, French, brioche and wheat.

Depends on the region of the US.

it's the same in germany. aldi pays pretty well if compared to other retailers. For sure you dont get rich but it actually is one of the better paying companies. crazy

sorry, i didn't mean that their hourly wage is slow, but rather that they would be working fewer hours overall because of how efficiently the store is ran (which translates more to my statement that they would just hire fewer employees)

No worries, it's clear that your video focused on the Aldi shopping experience, and not on the economics of Aldi's business model ;-) And it's true that per product they Aldi spend less on staff. But because it's efficiently run, they can afford to pay fairly high salaries.

+Kelly - Most ALDI workers in the ALDI shops in germany get only part time jobs and contracts, not full time jobs. And different times, maybe every week, when to work. At ALDI you get more money, but you must work harder as ie at Lidl. Some workers quit at ALDI, because it is too hard for them. At ALDI south shops, I think they have 20 % - 30 % fewer employers. Because it saves money for the ALDI south company. So the work is more hard for the ALDI workers. In the past, you get only paid, when the ALDI Shop is opened. If its closed, you must work for free. Now we have a gouverment law of a minimum wage per working hour. Current 8,84 Euro/hour. This law of a minimum is very good, and helps the workers. ie you must paid this minimum for every hour. It helps also at so called minijobs = part time jobs. You get maybe maximum 450,- Euro per month. But no limit how much hours you must work for it. But with the minimum payment you can calculate, how much hours maximum you need to work for it.

+Kelly - They can order his workers, how much they need it in the shops. ie more workers if more customers. Or they send workers temporary to other own shops in the area, if they needed. But other shops and discounters do the same.

Grocery stores here cannot even compete with Aldi in the US

Cheaper at Sam's Club.

Boy bye. De prijzen zijn in Dollars, niet in Euro's. Nederlandse Aldi's zijn niet goedkoper.

Yes, in the USA we are a wealthy country with high income that gets eaten up by the high cost of everything.

@@kmlammto Wealthy country? Hmm maybe but that is Germany too. And personally I would not choose to live in the US. I could tell you what we have better here compared to the US but that is quite a bit and my English is not good enough so that you would understand everything. So read it up for yourself if it is from interest. But for example when you loose your job here, the Government pays good money until you have a new job. Or the health insurance for example is a need to have for everyone here and everyone needs to pay in for that, and the amount everyone needs to pay in is connected to the amount of money you get from your job. If you don't have a job, the Government pays everything that's necessary for you to keep a good standard of living. What I can say is the health care system here alone is worth to live here😉 And overall living costs are cheaper here from what I've heard. The average wage is a bit lower compared to the US I've read but what counts is what you have at the end of a month in your pocket. With the amount of work you've done to get it. Here we have up to 30 fully paid days off from work per year. When you get sick you can't loose your job because of that. And many things more that I would like to tell why I will always stay in Germany.

It's amazing, isn't it! Same here in the UK, unwashed eggs, so they may not *look* immaculate but they retain the natural protective coating and therefore do not need refrigerating, last ages, and we don't eat the shells of course... Makes so much more sense!

Und die Kassiererinnen mussten auch jede Woche die Angebotspreise im Kopf haben. Es gab sogar Testkäufer wo geprüft wurde, ob alles richtig abgerechnet wurde. In Österreich war Hofer (Aldi) die letzte Kette die Scannerkassen einführte. Noch Anfang der 2000er wurde da alles per Hand eingetippt.

Soweit ich weiß, musste das Personal die Produktnummern im Kopf haben und diese in die Kasse eingeben, in der die Preise programmiert waren. Also z. B. Klopapier 3478 oder so...

Quatsch. Man musste die PLU Nummern lernen (wie heute auch noch von frischen Artikeln wie Obst und Gemüse), was aber keine große Sache war, da die Artikeldatenbank darauf ausgelegt war. Das heißt : Weniger Artikelnummern, häufiger Sorten mit identischen Preisen als heute und ebenfalls eine weitaus geringere Auswahl. Seit Einführung der Scannerkassen wird immer mehr an Personal gespart, was heißt, dass die Kassierer damals auch deutlich langsamer arbeiten durften als heute. Ich arbeite im Rahmen eines Aushilfsjobs neben meinem Studium als Kassierer bei Aldi, ziehe die Artikel blitzschnell über das Band und erreiche trotzdem nur 2/3 der normalerweise geforderten Geschwindigkeit.

Das war aber in allen Läden...also mit dem Preise auswendig lernen.

Das war bei uns in England genauso. Die am Kassier mussten blitzschnell schaffen, jedoch dafür wurden sie überdurchschnittlich belohnt. Trotzdem gab es eine hohe Personalfluktuation, denn der Stress dabei war kaum erträglich. Sogar mit den Scannerkassen gehts heutzutage nicht schneller, besonders wenn bei einem unerkennbaren Barcode der Leser ausflippt.

At least they don't hold back on schokolade! :D

Aldi Nord or Sud? The Aldi I shopped at in Germany had everything in a box like this.

davenwin1973 Thanks for posting. The information you gave is really interesting; and you did a thorough job of it, too.

Really enjoyed your post. I wish youtube comments are more often like this. At Aldi Nord in germany they use Trader Joe as a brand for products that feels american to germans. I dont know for sure. But I think those products are mostly not produced in the US. It is more about the vibe.

There are definitely local adaptations of Aldi's to their local markets. Aldi Nord runs the Aldis in Belgium and France and you find typical products from these regions.

Tilumbus I forgot to mention that in the US Aldi Nord chose to buyout Trader Joes, rather than open from the ground up, and have to go under a different name. This way, it was cheaper to go that route. Too bad that Trader Joes hasn't grown fast enough. I'd like to go to one, but the nearest one to me is in Chicago.

davenwin1973 ... at the time before scanners and barcodes they didn't know all the prices of the items but the three digit code of of all the food items and the 4 digit code of some additional items Aldi offered at that time. That way it was faster than typing in the price (at least figure, decimal, figure, figure). Plus you always knew what items had been taken out of stock in realtime.

With "Pfand" (same thing with the carts, I guess americans would go on a rampage about this! *lol*). You actually have to collect your bottles you emptied and carry them back to the store, where you get the 25 ct (PER BOTTLE, no matter the size!!) back you paid initially extra when you bought it. The store will collect the plastic bottles and recycle them with all plastic bottles (even from other markets, they all have the Pfand sign on it).

We have all sorts of water bottle sizes in America from tiny 8 ounce to 12 ounce, half liter, 20 ounce, 24 ounce, liter, liter and a half, 3 litter and gallon. Possibly a few others.

@@mediagirl Imagine Americans even in Japan where you mostly cant Drink or eat in public and all the streets are perfectly free of trash

@@TheMrPeteChannel i dont know what an once is sry but i see where you are going :)

Gildo Schuster - Disney still hasn't bought it ? 😋

really?? i had no idea! that's a great technique haha

I still remember as Aldi didn't had barcodes and every kashier had to know ALL item by number. But heck, they were often times faster as they're know with the scanner. Because they didn't need to wait until the person in front of you is gone. They just started to tip in the next items and if you reached the cashier she was nearly at the end of your groceries and just checked if she didn't overlooked something. All in your cart, money (best in bar because it's faster) and then the next one. Doesn't matter if you still stand there or not, because she can just tip everything she sees. THAT was fast. Nowadays they have scanner and they weigh your veggies, thats slowing down the process of an human level that I can pack and seperate my groceries without getting in stress :D oh and here in Germany at ALDI it's so that the kashier needs to be so fast as how many people are in the store. Because every new checkout they need to open is loss of money. That explains why people in Germany "cut the line" in discounters. They don't. They're supposed to, because the new just opened, so that the first line doesn't get too long. The second checkout will take all people who come right off from the store and if everything is normal again, the checkout get's immediately closed. In Germany you can switch the line, but you are not supposed to, the second checkout is never for people waiting at the first one, except the kashier calles you ;) Same reason behind it: money! That also might differ in the ALDI there? Or how does it work in ALDI in the US?

@@Tippel3 your absolutely right. Thats how it works at my Aldi, referring to the opening of new lines and it being money saving technique.,as i stated earlier we are always multi-tasking. If the line gets more than 2-3 customers at the back of belt we get on walkie and call back-up. We try not to unless necessary because they have to leave whatever theyre doimg to assist, as quickly as possible😊. Main cashier as well has other job responsibilities when not ringing. Theres no down time until you get your break. Its hard work however Aldi takes good care of their employees.

Old comment I know but, what I learned in another KZfaq video the US version of Aldi Nord is called Trader Joe’s. At least the owner of that company bought them

Also I remember ALDI specifically having a policy that you are not supposed to take out the individual bottles of the small (0.5 liter) packs, having signs to that effect on top of the shelves. I say "ALDI specifically", because i haven't seen that in other stores like LIDL etc. but it seems that a couple years ago they abandoned that, not sure when exactly.

My weekly sports. Beat the cashier! :)

nigel Mc Hugh me too, i was quite sure they were more of a british thing... who knows?

I always load conveyor with heavy stuff first, especially produce and eggs last, because they throw your groceries into the buggy without care. Didn't know they were timed. Still, love Aldi's` though, wonder why they stopped carrying Regular non-dairy creamer?

They are, but Aldi is the only place I know where they sell those in Germany and Switzerland and they are quite good there. Most people I know think of this "cookie/biscuit/cake" as an Aldi-cookie because they only know it from there.

As far as I remember the Jaffa Cakes have been introduced through Aldi in the german-speaking region and many believe they are a "german"-thing in the german-speaking countries. I just found out recently that they originate from the UK.

Lol! I’m a bit relieved to hear that you, as a German, seem to understand the kind of stress I experienced hahaha

Mentos Freshmaker Not in the Netherlands. Haven’t seen them since the updates ten years ago...

Except for "netto", i always notice they are in fact cold, when it's hot outside.

I mean diskont , and not dikont 😉

In Austria Aldi is called Hofer Nobody knows why, it’s the same company though

Niemals davon gehört. Hier in Belgien gibt es nur Aldi. In Aachen (NRW Deutschland) habe ich Aldi , Aldi süd auch schon gesehen.

@@luciennelucke2319 natürlich weiß man warum: Hofer. Die von Helmut Hofer im Jahr 1962 gegründete Filialkette Hofer wurde 1967 von Aldi Süd übernommen. Da der Name Aldi in Österreich nicht nutzbar ist (er gehört der Firma Adel Lebensmittel Diskont), firmiert sie seitdem als Hofer KG.

Before they died, the Albrecht brothers were Germany's richest men.

Yep Aldi and Trader Joe's

@DeadLink 404 Well since I never in my life have seen an Aldi south, but many Aldi north's, I'll believe you, or do they tend to let their fruit and vegetables rot or dry up to a shrivelled mess in Aldi South as well?

so true hahahaha

Same as the uk too haha xx

In Deutschland werden die Aldi/Lidl Mitarbeiter sogar sehr gut bezahlt, soweit ich weiss.

Kelly arent Lidl,Metro or Kaufland in US? Those are also german food store chains!

Kelly does her thing hi it’s me the little girl hi!!

I subbed!

nice job !!! Told you !!

Norway is actually one big refrigerator.

No, Kelly's explanation is absolutely correct. Fresh eggs have a protective layer, the cuticula, which contains lysozyme. So, the shell of the egg is protected from germs for about 3 weeks. If eggs are washed,the protective cuticula is removed and the eggs must be refridgerated.

Aw thank you!! Thats very nice of to say :) i knew about the HARIBO but had no idea a it ALDI. Thanks :)

That’s really awesome! Where are you at if you don’t mind me asking?

Kelly, Alabama.

that's the famous southern hospitality!

It happened not an hour ago, someone deliberately left their quarter on top of the cart’s coin/lock box. We made sure to leave it for the next person, as it’s considered bad manners to take it. And yes, I got my Knoppers!!!

Great idea. Well done on whoever promoted this. Bear in mind that in Ireland the deposit for Aldi/Lidl/Tesco trolleys, as we call them, is either a one or two euro coin, not a quarter! But bravo nonetheless for youg neighbourliness.

greetings!! :) thanks for watching

Aldi is inexpensive, but I don't think it's the cheapest grocery store. It seems to be about the same as the other discounters in my area.

+SGT ROCK - It`s because of a too good image about US-citizens via entertainment. It shows families with several children - living in houses, with a big car garage, and two cars or more. And all the goodies, what you can buy. Including full lightning show at the house at christmas time. And a big dinner with ten people or more. But, to pay all this, you need maybe 7.000 - 10.000 $ per month earning ? But in real most US-people don´t earn so much money ? I think, the reality for many US-people is 9 - 20 $ / hour earning. Expensive apartement renting. Too expensive health insurance. Very difficult, to make money for your retirement. Every month the challenge, how to pay all ? If you get more money for your work, it is because more expensive in this area, ie a job in New York. The boss must pay more, or you cannot work and life there. But it is also difficult to manage all, with the money who you can make. I`m german, and live in germany. I´m happy of cheaper health insurance as in the US. Better social insurances. Low prices for food. But double price for gas etc. for cars, etc. Maybe lower job income, as in the past. (Depending which employee.) Maybe 20% - 50 % lower. Apartement rents are climbing, more expensive. And difficult to get an apartement for rent. But in summary, I think it is more difficult in the US. US mentality: You must fight, to make the money you need. If you cannot, its your fail. We had Wal-Mart in germany, about 18 years ago. But several discounters were cheaper as Wal-Mart. I bought only soft drinks at Wal-Mart germany. Wal-Mart quit all their shops in germany - too less business for them. But in the US maybe Wal-Mart is the only shop in this area ? Or others more expensive ? = you must buy there, and must pay their prices. So I think and hope, that real cheap discounters in the USA will become more and more. When I go shopping food in germany (I´m single) I pay about 30 - 60 $ per shopping. I check all out, to buy as cheap as possible. When I drive to the gas station - car full tank filling - gas regular = 72 $ When I have no job = no money, I can get 960 $ per month from the state, and a paid health insurance, to help me to survive.

Wow! That's a heck of a post. I think most Americans do have a house with a 2 car garage and 2+ vehicles. We also have quite a few toys. However, many of these Americans are deep in debt. You don't need to earn $7,000 to $10,000 in most areas to live this type of lifestyle; just a decent job with good credit. There are also many Americans that live at or near the poverty level. The cost of living is slightly higher in the US than Germany, but it's actually pretty close. I think the biggest difference is that lower wage earners in Germany are better compensated than in the US. Germany's government seems to take the view that employers and the government should provide more for the workers at the low end of the pay scale, whereas the US government favors the business owner over the average wage earner. Walmart might be the only shop in some areas, but the main reason you really can't compare a US Walmart to a German one is they are probably completely different stores. Walmarts are huge in the US (the size of the individual stores) and they are everywhere. They get much better deals than other retailers because of the size of their purchases. In the US, they operate on a level that can't be competed with by your average retailer. I imagine the Walmarts in Germany were considerably more expensive than the ones in the US. There are a tons of discounters in the US. There's a dollar store on nearly every corner. Aldi in the US is obviously a discounter, but there are other stores that are a bit cheaper in my town. I'm not sure how long that $30-60 covers, but I imagine it's a bit cheaper than in the US. Filling up my cars takes about $40, but again there are different sized gas tanks. I know gas prices in the US were a lot cheaper than the US when I went to Germany. There are still programs in the US too that benefit the poor. I'm not sure of the amounts or how you qualify, but there is certainly money for people who have hit hard times.

+David Squires - Thank you, for your detailed answer. Ok, it is different, if you are selling only food, or do you have a warehouse who offers like all. Because you must finance also the goods, who are not daily or weekly sold. ALDI is restricted for a smaller amount of goods. And not so much variation of a product, like the most other shops in the US. Different gas prices is because of different taxes. In germany 70 % of the gas price are taxes. There are a lot of other taxes in germany. ie taxes every year, if you have dogs. But the taxes helps the german gouverment, to help people with a too low income or unemployd. Current near three million people without any job. And four million people with only part time jobs = too less income to life with it, who needs support from the gouverment to pay all. (Level in 2018) There is a minimum calulated, what you need in germany. To have enough food, an small apartement, and an health insurance. If you have less income, or nothing, you can get money from the state gouverment to pay this. But this is better and cheaper, as more criminals and more jails like in the US. Every german citizen must have an health insurance. It is a law. The minimum payment is 204 $ per month. If you earn more money, you must pay more. If you have a wife or plus children, they are included in this health insurance without extra paying. This is cheaper, as an health insurance in the US. (So far I know.) This insurance pays near all, what you need to become healthy. Near full payment. Self payment: $ 12 per day in hospital. (But you safe food money at home.) $6 - $ 12 per medicine.

Thank you!! Happy 4th to you too :) I completely forgot about the beer thing!! That’s a massive difference. Whoops!

Sam Sok we have wine and beer in my local American Aldi's. Their Winking Owl (house) brand of wine is pretty darn good and less then $3/4 a bottle. Other beers and wine are better priced than normal stores. I have not been to Germany in decades, but look forward to visiting again! I laugh at how it takes America 10/20/30 years to finally catch on to better ways of shopping.

Oh that's awesome! thanks for letting me know! Deutschland is pretty cool!

Here's my video about Trader Joe's! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gtZ0aciJtMW5YqM.html

+Jennifer Wahab Aldi and their main Rival Lidl (same concept as aldi) have realy realy good wine in germany for pretty cheap. Aldi Doesnt have good beer and Lidl has a strange new Craftbeer line with 0.5L for 70 cents, in cans, with fancy steampunk art on it.

It is! A few people have commented to say they already have stores in Virginia near where I’m living

+Kelly - Lidl is very good in germany. It has a bit more goods as ALDI. And better quality at body care products. prices near at ALDI level. It looks like an battle on the market between ALDI and Lidl in germany.

Yes, but only on the east coast for now. Aldi is still expanding into the West so Lidl has a ways to go to be a true competiter

What part of DC do you live in? If you take the metro yellow or blue line to Pentagon City, you can walk through the Pentagon City mall and out the other side to an area called Pentagon Row. There is a store called "World Market" there that has a number of good food items imported from Germany. They have a good selection of Ritter Sport and Milka chocolate bars, Haribo, and also things like Knoppers, Kinder chocolate, seasoning packets for meals such as Jagerschnitzel, and more. The best is in Novemeber and December, when you can find German Christmas goodies, such as Stollen, Lebkuchen, Zimtsterne, Glühwein, and Spekulatius.

The fruit and vegetables of the Lidl,are the best and cheapest in the Netherlands.

Time is Money....:)))

actually she was more between slow to moderate for us germans....

We’re the cashiers sitting in chairs? The do in Germany and in all the grocery and like Home Depot.

You’re welcome :) I’m glad you liked it! Thanks for watching

There is already a second grocery company from Germany in the USA. They are called Lidl and are also recommended if you like Aldi.

No s. ALDI.

Danm21 Healy it is. They pay over average salaries here in Germany.

Danm21 Healy it's the same in germany.

Oh yeah. They get paid I think I remember seeing $12/hour. Normal grocery stores generally pay minimum wage when you first start. The Federal mandated minimum wage is $7.25 , but states can make their own minimum wage pay as long as it's above $7.25/hour. Washington D.C. state required minimum wage is $12.50.

They pay relatively well, but the selection process to get a job at Aldi tends to be very strict, as they require staff to be quick and therefore productive. They also have fairly good schemes for university graduates. Also, all staff have to fulfil all roles. So even store managers may need to help packing shelves, if needed. There were some reports though a few years ago, that Aldi-Süd used cameras to check on productivity of staff, an accusation that Aldi denied.

SBlack some places in the US they have about the same amount of people working in Aldi as they do in a small normal grocery store. The Aldi that I go to has 15 cashiers during the busy times, and that'sabout the same amount a small grocery store has. It used to be where there were only 2-3 cashiers at all times, but you would have to bring someone with you so they could stand in line while you went grocery shopping. If you didn't have anyone to stand in line you would wait about 1 hour during the busy times. You would have to bag your stuff out in the parking lot because the table to pack groceries was to full.

sunnymas all 4years on wm soccer time its the best time for shopping in germany special if german play its creepy no one on street or in shops 😇😇😇

+stephan schloesser - If the german football team is out of the wm competition, the people are less interested, to shop bear, chips, meat for the grill,non food fan goodies, etc. Less customers = more easy to go shopping.

Yep, it's cold inside. I love it in the summer...

Afaik they accept bank-cards, not credit cards like Visa or Mastercard.

where do you live in germany?? i think the temperature rarely got that high last summer.

In north rhine westphalia there are several discounters where they accept credit cards, including all Aldi and Lidl stores.

Aldi-Nord Germany website states: "Bei ALDI Nord erwarten Sie sichere, schnelle und einfache bargeldlose Bezahlmöglichkeiten. Wir akzeptieren flächendeckend und betragsunabhängig girocard, V-Pay, VISA, MasterCard, Maestro und American Express. In Ihrer ALDI Filiale können Sie gerne auch kontaktlos zahlen, sofern Ihre Karte bzw. Ihr Smartphone die entsprechenden technischen Voraussetzungen erfüllt." So yes, you can pay by credit-card at Aldi-Nord (at no extra cost) In Aldi-Süd Germany you can pay with Visa-, MasterCard and American Express, V-pay and bankcard (Giro/EC) and Maestro (at no extra cost). In the Netherlands at Aldi you can pay by banking-card (also NFC) and PIN (maestro) and V-Pay. It might be surprising to some Americans, but all those Aldi's also accept cash in euro's. Cash is king in most EU-countries, especially in Germany. I lived in Niedersachsen for 8 years and by far most people pay cash. In supermarkets in the Netherlands paying cash or by bankcard is about 50/50. Often there is one counter where you can only pay using a bankcard. Most of the time credit-cards are not accepted in supermarkets in the Netherlands. Smaller retailers most of the time do accept bankcards, but hardly ever credit-cards because of the higher rates.

OP 1000 They never did that at the Aldi’s near me...

Roy Hoeksema . I am very old, and it was a long, long time ago....

lol!

Web crawler what is it?

it's a wafer with milk cream, chocolate and hazelnuts.🤤 They are highly addicting

@@sarahburggraf861 and its super crispy

I honestly thought the same. When she stood infront of the shelf and i saw Knoppers I was just like ''OH MY GOD ALDI IN AMERICA HAS KNOPPERS FUCK YAS!'' But it has to be cooled... Don't even talk to me if you eat Knoppers that is not cooled it's so much better.