• psycho_driver@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    ALDI has great prices for groceries and I’ve never been disappointed with their brands. Oh, they pay their cashiers (remember, those people who help you check out faster?) pretty well, too.

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      Though their business model is basically having a store staffed by like 8 people total.

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      I hope they are successful enough to expand. I’ve also heard good things, but the closest one to me is 150+ miles away. In contrast there’s like 4 Wal-Marts within a 30 mile radius (all of which I avoid).

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        They just bought a huge grocery chain in the south, Winn-Dixie. Hopefully, they will convert them all to Aldi because WD is overpriced as all hell. I just drove 30 minutes out of my way today to go to Aldi instead of a 2 minute drive to WD.

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          I’m a bit shocked Winn Dixie made it this long, I don’t ever remember them being any good and Publix was similarly priced, also the Central Florida WDs kept getting in trouble for dyeing and selling expired meat.

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            Sorry to hear that :( usually towns have walgeens and things like that so hopefully you can find an easy replacement.

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      I have a friend who works at one and can confirm. They treat their workers really well.

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        I can get Aldi doordashed to my house and it’s incredible. There are like 3 dashers in my area, and the same person does my Aldi runs every time lol

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          Ah yes, very good. Using a business that exploits workers to deliver your guilt-free Aldi groceries.

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            These people are going to DoorDash regardless of if I get the groceries delivered or not. I use the service and tip incredibly well. I know DoorDash is absolutely terrible to employees, but my area has like 3 dashers and I want to support them.

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          I’ve never seen an employee sitting down in the checkout line at LiDL, but otherwise they don’t seem to radiate the same sense of raw menace towards customers like Walmart employees do.

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      Most Krogers are unionized, and have a better selection of groceries than Walmart. Looks like they’re going through a merger right now, and plan to close a lot of stores though.

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        I work at a Kroger in Michigan, our current contract is shit, and our pay is shit, we are having issues with staffing at my store (one of the busiest in the state) and a lot of it is caused by low wages. Also none of us want that merger, I know my union had us send a notice to some government office about it.

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          Yeah, I worked there part time for a year a long time ago. Pay was shit (for people with no seniority) then too. I think it was because hardly anyone really participated in the union (I didn’t and neither did anyone I knew). It was just a “stepping stone” job for most of us while we were going to tech school. And the manager was worst manager I’ve ever had; ineffective and abusive.