"ALDI The Best Grocery Store On Earth" | Kip Reacts to The Fat Files

[@grigori9061]

To paraphrase a certain puppet used by a certain ventriloquist, “ Welcome to Aldi. Get your shit and get out.”

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

ah Walter

[@MrBrockman407]

"... Have a nice day."

[@jeffjag2691]

Lol

[@leojamesclune1730]

But they wouldn't waste the manpower.

[@mr.pig1528]

@@brothersgt.grauwolff6716who?

[@WxConquesttheSkies]

I work at an Aldi as a cashier. And if you're curious, yes, we are encouraged to scan items fast and efficiently. Not only that, cashiering is only part of the job. We also restock and clean the store as well as operate our curbside. There are no designated departments either. Such as bread, meat, and produce department. If a certain area needs to be restocked, any attending employee can attend to that task wherever the outage may be.

[@KipReacts]

That's so interesting! It's so different than box stores here in the states.

[@bletneja]

I actually thought that was the norm across the globe. Worked as a cashier in couple relatively big stores here in Russia. That was the case everywhere

[@frozencrow8735]

That's same as here in Finland. Only big stores (hypermarkets, ikea, hardware stores etc) have department based employees.

[@HyperfixationWizard]

ALDI, also known as the only place in America where you can sit down as a cashier. To any non-Americans: No. No I am not kidding. I wish I was.

[@leojamesclune1730]

All the others will have their 50, 60 plus year old cashier stand for hours

[@HyperfixationWizard]

@@leojamesclune1730 God forbid if you have a physical disability that makes standing for long periods of time excruciatingly painful.

[@ReinaSaurus]

???

[@mucxlx]

Dont you have Lidl too? Thats also a german chain which is basicly the same as aldi in germany with low prices. And in germany you wont find a grocery store where cashiers are standing. The only one where you would see this is stores for clothes.

[@michaelparham1328]

Are the conveyor belts lower than your typical grocery store? Or do cashiers have higher than normal seats?

[@datmanydocris]

I worked as the cart guy at my local grocery store for 3 years and let me tell you, it is probably the most miserable job you can have at a grocery store. Working in the frozen department where you're having to spend 90% of your time either fully or partially inside of a -20 farhenheit freezer, no problem. Working in dairy or produce where you're having to constantly lug around 30+ pound crates of milk or 40+ pound bags of potatoes/onions, piece of cake. Working in recieveing where there is a constant possibility of poorly wrapped pallets toppling over and you having to spend 30 minutes picking everything up when they do, child's play. _You could not pay me_ to go back to working carts, I wouldn't do that shit again for $50 an hour. I was routinely put as the only guy working carts during my shift and we were not just one of the busiest locations in our area, but one of the busiest _in the country._ On a normal weekday 8 hour shift I would end up walking around a marathon's worth of distance according to my health app and that would increase to almost a supermarathon on weekends. There were _multiple_ times where I had to be sent home early and given the next day off because it was too painful to stand on my feet and my legs were giving out. It was frequently in the mid teens to mid twenties in terms of temeperature during the winter and upwards of 100 during the summer. During the summer I would perpetually have heat rash so bad that it would actually end up scarring. And to make it even worse, despite the fact that it was a brightly lit underground parking garage, because of "cOmPaNy PoLiCy" we weren't allowed to wear winter hats during the winter and were forced to wear high-vis vests all the time which would make it exponentially worse during the summer. Working carts _is HELL._

[@soldierofevil168]

I share your sentiment on carts being hell. I worked at a local grocery chain in northern Illinois as a grocery bagger/ cart grabber . At the top of the hour on of the two people would put on the hi-vis vests and each person would be responsible for bringing the carts in one half of the parking lot. When the hour was up then the next pair of workers would come out and the ones going in would be on bagging groceries. This would continually rotate throughout the duration of the shift. What annoyed me the most about doing carts was either people just leaving their cart in the parking spot or having to sort through carts . To elaborate my store had two types of carts the standard sized ones and these small double decker carts. These carts do not fit together so I would have to separate the carts before stacking them up and bringing them into the store . I did enjoy bringing in the electric mobility carts though as it eats up most of the time outside

[@KrasMazovHatesYourGuts]

Same. I work at Kroger right now and 'lot duty' is one of my jobs there. It fucking SUCKS.

[@datmanydocris]

​​​@@soldierofevil168OH, I forgot about sorting the carts. It was even worse at our store because not only did we have both the standard sized carts and the smaller carts, but at one point they replaced _half_ of the standard sized carts with a different type of standard sized cart, and those two types _didn't fit together_ meaning the carts with the purple handles had to go in one spot and the carts with black handles had to go in another spot. And because it was an underground parking garage, we had to take the carts up the elevator to the store level... and we didn't have seperate freight elevators for the carts, no, we had to use _the customer elevators._

[@christophermatera1425]

Did the same for Walmart and Target. Sucks Sux sux

[@scottjutras2854]

I work carts at my walmart, and what you said is almost one for one. What i deal with, and I thought holy shit I'm not the only one

[@archiegibbs233]

Worked at an ALDI for 2 years. Part of their low prices is that they own the companies that produce 95% of their product. As a result they eliminate middle man price markups and have better quality control over the products themselves. Maximum quality, for the minimum price.

[@TurKlack]

Truly Independence is victory.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Aldi: the cheapest grocery store I've ever been to. But also good quality!

[@maxwellpeter5955]

Now that is commerical worthy. Who should voiced it though?

[@TheSkyGuy77]

@@maxwellpeter5955 Idk lol

[@larsbohmer6319]

​@@maxwellpeter5955 Arnold Schwarzeneger

[@laughingmanime4622]

I don't even work at an Aldi but nothing made me happier than learning their cashiers get to sit down. I've worked retail, I've been called over to help on the registers, I'm also 6'2 and the particular slight angle that I would have to bend down to in order to scan items and do the whole process would KILL my lower back after only 20-30 minutes

[@gregorysiegel1178]

I love ALDI, I live in western NY and it’s the only store I can feed a family of 3 for 2 weeks on $250, including all staples, meats, fresh produce, and junk food

[@foureye7058]

I'm in the Hudson Valley and mostly shop at Aldi. Is that $250 of food stamps/SNAP? Don't want to pry, but surprised if that's all they're giving you for that many people. I'm a solo adult, and I get $280ish to feed myself for a month. So I can usually afford non-essentials like some baking supplies and a nice round of cheese, etc, from Aldi. Often get something to stick in the freezer or cabinet too to stock up. Very cool store to have.

[@gregorysiegel1178]

@@foureye7058 nah that $250 is cash, I wish I qualified for snap, I’ve been denied idk how many times, my wife is disabled, and we live in my income

[@june4976]

The impulse buy aisle's stuff is called "Quengelware" ("whining wares") in German, because parents buy it to silence their kid's whining. The other stuff you get in these aisles are cigarettes, but not because they're for children, but because that way the cashier can control the dispenser. And we have the scary pictures on cigarettes, too. Oh, and both Aldi companies sell cigarettes by now.

[@doomguy19931]

Man, the Germans have a word for everything

[@TheLegendaryEevee]

Kip there's a Trader Joe's in Boise & Meridian in Idaho. Yes if you've never had the Aldi experience. It's the only grocery store we use and only use Walmart for anything Aldi doesn't sell.

[@SgtAwesome97]

Oh sweet, I didn't know we had one in Meridian too. May have to check it out lol

[@Zeakthecat]

once i move back to my birthplace which has a aldi, i'd basically shop the following: aldi primary go to for groceries and snacks. dollar tree/five below for roughly stuff i would want, like art supplies, gardening supplies, and the occasional gym stuff/snacks that aldi doesn't sell home depot/lowes for any project supplies i might need, like wood, or metal stuff. harbor freight for replacement tools and amazon/ebay/dealdash for everything else.

[@grantharriman284]

Not even 30 seconds into the video and Kip foreshadows the video's closer completely by accident. This cat truly has the same brain cell as the rest of us.

[@killman369547]

Fun fact all of the brand foods you buy, the ones you think are competing against eachother are all actually owned by like 3 parent companies. So technically you only have the illusion of choice.

[@KipReacts]

This. Logistics and production are expensive. In sure it plays into taxes as well.

[@foureye7058]

I have an Aldi where I live currently (central NY) and it's set up and functions exactly as described in the video. I've noticed the differences before and they get almost all of my business for groceries. You even notice the difference in shop time when using an app, (instacart, etc.) to get stuff delivered. He doesn't mention in the video but Aldi does still like to stock specialty and seasonal goods. So there's usually killer deals around Christmas time, whether that's baking supplies, gifts or food stuffs. Christmas is when I let myself buy chocolate and treats, and it's usually tasty Swiss or German imports! Also not associated with Aldi in any way, but wanted to throw in my two cents since I was familiar with what Nic was talking about lol.

[@rarinrecruit3150]

So what we learned right off the bat is: they managed to “blitzkrieg” shopping after it didn’t *completely* work for war.

[@CyberDalek17]

I'm glad he brought up the cart system, my dad would always check the carts for any quarters left behind. And this wasn't covered so I don't know if all Aldi's do this but mine don't have paper and plastic bags for groceries, you'd either have to take the cart back to your car or bring your own bags, or you can buy your own bags there, they even have a counter table after you check out to back your groceries and I like that

[@datmanydocris]

Our Aldi actually has a station after the checkout where they put the empty boxes that the products were shipped in so that you can use those to carry your groceries back to your car. It's a very good system to reuse materials.

[@foureye7058]

@@datmanydocris Mine has a long side counter by the exit, kinda like he describes and you might have. I think my Aldi has big plastic milk crates and banana boxes. But yeah, no plastic poison bags for the groceries at checkout.

[@darkwindplus]

36:33 no Kip, that was just the administration quietly allowing more oil permits than what they were publicly saying

[@FrenchyMcToast]

I've worked at a couple food production facilities and I can confirm that yes, we just put the same stuff in different boxes.

[@technicaldifficulties368]

Get the block. Cheese tastes better when you shred it yourself.

[@june4976]

True, because they usually add some abherent powder to the grated stuff to prevent it from sticking together.

[@corbrobroski3]

My best friend actually works at a Costco deli, and the owner of Costco himself literally goes from Costco to Costco to make sure they don’t change the price of the Costco Dog, and he said if they do, then whoever did it is fired immediately. Mad respect.

[@TheMajorActual]

14:00 - You answered your own question: all-enclosed shopping malls are no longer really a thing. From the 70's to the late-90's/early-00's, shopping malls were effectively social centers, where you could hang out for most of the day, and socialize. Post-00's, with the rise of online-everything, most of those all-enclosed malls closed - from c.25K in 1986, to c. _700_ in 2022...and the smart grocery stores started adding stuff to appeal to that social needs bracket. That's called smart business.

[@Zeakthecat]

i get that, but also a growing number of people are not into driving to the mall (btw, once you understand that the mall concept was basically hijacked by corporate america to make it more car centric instead of what the dude who envisioned malls to be something like a mini-downtown, you'll understand what im bout to say) because they no longer see the need for a car or vehicle, they see the car or vehicle as a option and want to just walk, bike or take public transit to and from work. on top of it, with the rising maintenance, administrative and repair costs for vehicle, people are getting priced out of owning a vehicle, and theres a growing national need of having public transportation. especially since in a lot of places, public transportation is a fraction of the cost to the ongoing maintenance, and other costs to owning a vehicle. malls are basically no longer the best of places to even shop anymore, its sad but true.

[@SgtAwesome97]

Yep, there is a Trader Joe's in downtown Boise. When I first learned that it was just a different Aldi, blew my feckin mind lol

[@yugoxgc]

Had a disagreement. Split & separated into 2 businesses. Didn't become enemies or competitors. The fact they had a disagreement big enough to split their business but DID NOT stop working with each other is an unexpectedly wholesome development for capitalism

[@dangarrett8676]

I grew up in an area with an Aldi and it was great especially for someone who grocery shops like I do. I dont shop. I raid. I know what im there for, I grab it, I go. I stop exactly long enough to do mental math when there's two prices on differently sized items (which isn't necessary there) and check freshness on fruit that's it. Those are the reasons I stop. So Aldi is wonderful and I hope and pray when they put one in Washington it goes in close enough to be worth going to.

[@firestorm5371]

18:57 In Germany they say nothing and just do there job.

[@captin3149]

That ties into all the videos I've seen on how Europeans feel weirded out by Americans' friendliness. (Though speaking as an American, people here aren't as friendly as they USED to be, but evidently they still count as friendly to other places in the world)

[@mariosmatzoros3553]

​@@captin3149It depends on the country in Europe, in a lot of European countries the typical "friendliness" is expected.

[@sebastianwagner7334]

Not true! They say "Hello", which is kinda nice. :D

[@ThyRavenWings]

I like that. Can't stand these cashiers that try to act like we are best buds or some shit

[@SilverKnightXx]

A simple good day/good evening is all I ever heard in all my years of shopping experience and I love it

[@BramLastname]

About the cheese thing, Shredded cheese from the grocery store is coated, The coating isn't bad for you in any way, But they're coated to be non sticky. A side effect of this coating is that generally the blocks are cheaper/the same price, But have a slightly better result than the pre-shredded cheese. That being said shredding cheese by hand can be a strenuous or annoying task, So I still buy shredded cheese out of convenience myself every few weeks. Edit: I eat cheese on the daily so anything under once a week is frankly not that often.

[@BlueBeast125]

Huh.... Interesting. I learned something new today

[@achuris77]

And you'd be surprised how much floor space is saved by not having 20 different brands of the same thing. My biggest shock around ALDI's was how small they are. I'd say they're not all that much bigger than a Walgreens. I got an ALDI's a couple miles down the road and a Trader Joe's a couple miles further down the road.

[@Juan-Dering]

PNW doesn't have them because for the most part, the whole area is locked down by Safeway/Albertsons with a quarter of the market, Kroger/QFC/Fred Meyer with another quarter. Then the monster that is Costco with almost all of the rest with a small sprinkling of WinCo. No one wants to try and wade through that minefield.

[@gryphon9507]

Aldi and TJs also buy all their product from suppliers with cash not credit. TJs is one of the cheapest places around me to buy eggs right now normally 400$+ per dz for normal, they do it for 3 sometimes less.

[@GamingPiper]

to be fair: the orcas in the ocean are attacking the yachts of billy and jimmy, two guys who bought a 30ft used yacht for 4-6k and made them seaworthy over two years of working on their boats on the weekend. the orcas are not attacking the 200ft superyacht with a 50 person crew of a big corpo ceo...

[@michaelparham1328]

My superpower is an abnormal number of people think they know me from somewhere, but they can't remember where. Which sparks such riveting questions such as "Where did you go to school? Did you play sports? Did you ever live here or there?'' I'm an introvert from a one horse town, I swear we've never crossed paths. I'm also 5'5 with a bright red beard. So this means a bunch of people must be seeing leprechauns, cause there's not a lot of dudes that look like me that aren't a mascot for a cereal. I'm an introvert by choice by the way. I don't have inept social skills. It really blows people's minds when I've worked with people for a while, but then I'm being polite to a third person, and have a perfectly normal conversation, and I might make them laugh or something, and my coworker is like "The fuck was that?" I don't like small talk, because it's pointless, but I can do it.

[@jayford2901]

Interesting fact, shredded cheese has cellulose to keep it from sticking together. The cellulose is actually super fine wood powder, lol food for thought. I learned that in cardiac rehab.

[@kalbatoss]

I worked at a Kroger for 2 years, and I have two stories of people stealing from the store. One guy walked in, grabbed a cart and spent half an hour filling it with a lot of small items, medicine, cosmetics, individual drink bottles, the works. He takes his cart out the other sliding door to not pass checkout. A lady saw his cart and told me and I got on the walkie to let our managers and customer service people know. I walk up to his car as he's loading up his car, he sees me and begins to load faster. When I'm about 15 feet away, he just hops up in his car and drives off. He only managed to load half of the things he stole, which looked like about thousands of dollars worth of stuff The other, a woman walked in and grabbed a school bag from our seasonal aisle and stuffed over $200 worth of meat in it. We caught her, put the meat back and threw out the bag, because some packs of meat weren't sealed properly and leaked blood and myoglobin into the bag.

[@argostar3423]

28:10 gods kip you are so right NO ONE WOULD BRING THEM IN PRACTIUCALLY

[@jasonmiller2379]

as someone that worked in a grocery store for almost 10 years I can confirm people just zombie mode not all people, but at least 75% of them zombie mode the other 25% is kind of split up into groups: Group 1 = The people with hard dedicated lists and coupons [they may grab some odds and ends through the trip, but otherwise they are in and out within an hour] Group 2 = The speed shoppers [they likely know where everything they want is, they grab a cart, get their shit, and get out...maybe 30 min tops unless the store is busy] Group 3 = The "I only need a few things" [these people usually take 15 minutes if that, since they either have a small list of shit, or if they lack a list, they are only grabbing a handful of things]

[@DownD.Hole92]

Bro.. when he said Albertsons.. I felt 5 again. We haven't had an Albertsons in my part of Texas since I was about 8 or so. Damn.

[@mightyocelot]

I can totally see Kip as Asset Protection, walking around with a sheathed sword on his back/belt

[@ChrisAdamscomedy]

I had no idea that Aldi and Trader Joe’s were owned by the same family. Trader Joe’s is great.

[@tynancravy5589]

Yes. His name is Nick.

[@DillanWill]

I’m gonna be that guy quick. 😂 Buh his name is actually Nic Buh.

[@LWolf12]

Always get bricked cheese, pre-shredded is dusted in anti-caking agent so it doesn't stick together. So, it doesn't melt as good.

[@amaegith9871]

The restaurant in a grocery store thing is sometimes used to get around alcohol laws. Specifically in PA you *were* only allowed to buy alcohol in state run stores, approved beer distributors and restaurants. So grocery stores would install a restaurant area where you could buy beer from which was technically separate from the actual grocery store but still in the same building. The laws have been changing here recently, but that's the original reason places like Wegman's has that huge restaurant in it.

[@dwightk.schrute8696]

The funny part is that Aldi's is basically how stores looked like in the USSR, except they're actually well stocked. One option for everything and be fast, because if you're shopping you're not building socialism!

[@VGPuffy]

Aint no way Kip just said Nutella is a type of peanut butter

[@qrowacheron230]

Well it's a nut butter, just not peanut butter

[@spencerdecoteau8038]

Your talk about being in the store for a hour being ridiculous, I felt that in my soul. my mom stays there for like an hour and I am just done because we have gotten what we went for.

[@KipReacts]

At a certain point, you just have everything you need and really can just go home. I guess the store is most people's obit easy of socializing anymore to be fair, but I just end get my stuff and get out.

[@grauen1989]

The little goods at the checkout to make the last sale like sweets and so on we call in Germany "Quengelware" which translates to whinegoods, because little children waiting in line with their moms see them and then are whining "Mom, can I have this ... come on mom, please ..."

[@durzoblint6532]

29:04 Thats kinda how stew lennords works as well, except its the exact same size as a super market.

[@lurkingedge]

His "Buh!" character is a 'keyboard warrior.' Three things Nick did not cover. One. Upside-down ketchup bottle moment. Aldi does not stock shelves with items. Aldi stocks shelves with BOXES of items. Mind-blowing. Stocker rips off pre-perforated top and side of box, shelves it, walks away. Shopper grabs item out of box, stocker removes empty box if shopper doesn't take it. 90% time and labor reduction on stocking? Two. Aldi does not bag your groceries. Shopper empties cart onto checkout conveyer, cashier empties conveyer into another cart, shopper swaps carts and is checked out. That's why it's so fast. Three. Shopper moves to long counter and bags their groceries with reusable bags they brought or bought. Or the shoppers box their groceries with boxes collected from the store. That's right, folks! Aldi produces no plastic bag waste and their cardboard waste and cleanup labor is reduced. By. Their. Customers.

[@lurkingedge]

And when I say everything is in boxes, bread and eggs are the only items that aren't. Bread is in flat plastic bakery crates 'cause squishy, and eggs are in palletized cartons. They don't even shelve the eggs, they just park the pallet next to the boxes of milk in the refrigerator section.

[@mmasque2052]

There is a lot of psychology involved in grocery stores; in particular product placement in the aisles. I had a neighbor who worked for one of the major soft drink distributors and learned the companies would bid for the best shelf space (eye level, usually at one end of the aisle or the other) so the grocery company was making money stocking the product, or at least not losing as much in buying it for resale, and for selling it. ALDI is using psychology, too, just in a different fashion. Most stores want you to come in, linger, ponder the choices, pay and get out; putting the frenetic pace at the end of the experience. ALDI is like a NASCAR pit stop. You go in, grab your stuff, pay and go. It’s enough to leave you breathless when you realize how little time you spent there. You’re sacrificing choice, possibly some quality, for speed. And price. Especially price.

[@lordgandalf22]

Thats what i love about dutch supermarkets here is this and here is that and small impulse buy stuff at the self-checkout counter. i speak rarely to people. the only people i might speak is with my brothers or a neighbor i see so yeah. Im happy it shows where to find what and no maze shit :D

[@Manuelslayor]

The "recycling" sign with the number has nothing to do with recycling. It denotes the type of plastic. Not all plastic can be recycled, so the plastic industry had a brilliant idea. Make a pictogram that looks really similar to the recycling one, so people think all the plastic is recycled while it's only like 2 of the 7 categories

[@MrPenriquez]

I am NOT sponsored by Scheel’s BUT I went into the one in Billings, MT a couple months ago because a friend of mine wanted the white Air Jordans and I found out that they price match in store as well

[@FrenchyMcToast]

If you're already willing to shred the brick yourself just go with the full block 100% The pre-shredded has extras like anti-clumping agents in it, and it changes the way it reacts to cooking. It makes it harder to melt and it won't bind into a sauce as easily.

[@TheSkyGuy77]

When I first encountered an Aldi store, it was so much more calming than walking into a Walmart. 😂

[@SpitfiretheCat16]

The reason grocery stores ask you to round up instead of just donating themselves is so that they can last second donate a shitload of money to charity before the tax year ticks over by donating a load of money that they wouldn't have received otherwise, thus giving them a massive tax break without impacting their profit margins at all

[@iron_side5674]

When i stop in a supermarket, it´s generally because i saw a product that interests me, and i try to think about what would i have that with, or how would i incorporate that in a dish. Depending on how much i am interested in it i think a little longer, but usually i decide after a minute that it´s not worth figuring out anymore.

[@TheTeflonDom]

Kip, living in cincinnati, I feel like I got legit Kroger every couple miles it seems like, so I looked up their store locations cause they own alot of other storefronts that aren't named Kroger, and it looks like their Kroger named stores are basically located on the east half of the US, with Texas being the furthest west you will find one. I lived in Redmond WA for a bit, and they own Fred Meyer and QFC stores out there, but no Kroger.

[@DavidStruveDesigns]

The psychology of supermarkets _absolutely_ works like a charm on me, and I absolutely _hate them_ for it LOL 😂Every time, without fail, I go in wanting _two_ items, and every time, without fail, I end up walking out with 12 different items but missing the very two things I went to the store in the first place to buy. Which means either getting pissed off and going without for another day or two, or biting the bullet going back to get the two items and risk coming out with even more crap I don't need or want 🤣😂 It's INFURIATING!! And the worst part of all? The fact I am _well aware_ that their tactics work on me, and yet _being_ conciously aware of this fact _doesn't stop it working on me every time_

[@Torguemada]

This is just hilarious to listen, as this is every grosery store chain in Finland

[@AlexKS1992]

To my knowledge there are no Aldi stores in Idaho and I wish there were same with Scheels. Seems like the aforementioned stores are east of the Mississippi or if there they aren’t close to Idaho. Now I’m willing to go to Utah for some stores and restaurants so if anyone who works for Aldi and looking to setup a location I recommend South East Idaho or Utah.

[@KipReacts]

Scheels actually just came into Idaho this year. It's located in Meridian, Idaho outside of Boise.

[@AlexKS1992]

@@KipReacts Well if I’m out there I’ll go and have a check.

[@RogueCrocodile]

I wish there was an Aldi in Oregon, specifically in my town so I could work there instead of Safeway

[@Blood_M4ster]

When Fat Electrician mentioned the "Have you found everything you need ?" thing it just baffled me as never in my life have I had a cashier in a grocery store (maybe in other kind of stores however but I'm drawing a blank) ask me that, it's always just "hello, thank you, goodbye" and whether or not I have/ want the loyalty card if the store have one. I had seen everything else he mentioned, just not the "rapport building". Also Aldi and Lidll are one of the reasons why Walmart failed in Germany ....not that I ever saw one on my side of the Rhine either unlike the aforementioned stores. Huh .... all that Germany needed to hold permanent ground in France was not panzers or Prussian discipline but kickass discount shops./jk

[@dramspringfeald]

11:22 the only reason I pan and scan while at say Walmart, is cause the last time I was there was October and it's now February and it's literally a new store... Also, they opened a new dollar general and it's about as big as a neighborhood Walmart which for a Walmart is tiny, but a dollar general is frickin HUGE

[@dramspringfeald]

15:00 it's price vs time vs taste. I WILL go with the name brand instant tea because Great Value tastes like sand and battery acid. The great value k cups are passable, but the name brand ones don't taste wrong burnt and I'm only going to have like 8 of them before they expire.

[@sebastianwagner7334]

So i grew up in germany and aldi is my go to grocerie story ( in large part because it is basically outside my house, like 200-300 meters away) and it is brilliant. When i was a kid i allways hated going to a supermarket like Real or such with my parents because it allways took forever. Today as a grown ass man however... it's still the same. Not gonna lie, if i have to spend more than 30 minutes in a store to get basic consumables, i get the serious urge to just start throwing shit. Because it's stupid.

[@bigfoot_huntr2964]

Ayo kip, those quarter locks for canadians are pretty standard for us up here

[@Chamber691]

CostCo is kinda the middle man hybrid experience between Aldi and Walmart type stores so I generally do a combo of Aldi and CostCo shopping and if I really can't get something Amazon or Walmart as a final resort

[@sirdeadlock]

At the current time, Albertsons is still owned by Cerberus (investment group). The sale keeps running into legal trouble with accusation of monopolizing.

[@nickvanachthoven7252]

Americans making a big deal about what makes aldi unique. as a swamp german, this is how all our supermarkets are.

[@KipReacts]

I'm jealous. I just want to get my stuff and get out. Not sit behind Karen for 15 minutes watching her try and decide what pasta sauce to buy.

[@revengehunter0184]

About halfway through, and the video is great. Just wanted to mention a few things before I forgot. Firstly, the pronunciation of Aldi keeps throwing me off. Second, the German Engineering joke was wild, and great. Third, I keep forgetting how bad US minimum wage can get. Fourth... I'm sorry, electric carts/trolleys????

[@troyshilanski380]

25 cent burritos. We would buy em by em 100 at a time. Ramen was less than 10 cents if bought by the case. Im old lol

[@QuixoteBadger]

When it comes to "highest quality customer service" I have to say. It doesn't even take an agoraphobic introvert to not want to talk to the employees of a store at all. That's why so many people complain about stuff being locked up. I do not want to steal anything any more than I want to ask an employee for the darn key to get my laundry detergent.

[@zacharyharwell351]

We have Aldi down here in Florida and it's AWESOME. Love being able to get in and out in like 20 minutes to eat for a week

[@lenny_has_arived6679]

It’s good to see that fat files is getting some more videos

[@erika_itsumi5141]

We got Stop&Shop around me, but we also have an Aldi, im probably going to start going to Aldi

[@coroixiwa]

An example of a knock-off tasting really good and it's much cheaper: Great Value Walmart peanut butter or mint cookies, because they taste just like Girl Scout cookies and are much more affordable (I was a Girl Scout as a child). Yeah, you heard me, Tagalongs and Thinmints have a knock-off that is as good if not better, at Walmart of all places. Also, the key to a good poor man soup is ketchup (Ate that most of my life and I make it myself now; the tastes of home).

[@Sigmanonymous]

I've been to Trader Joe's a few times for some certain things. I never really started going to a local Aldi store until recently. They've got some pretty good stuff, but certain things seem to be on a rotation. Like one time, I found some really nice grapes there for me, so I got some. But when I went back next time, they didn't have any grapes in the store at all, like not even a spot for them. So odd... But so good, too.

[@akselbuch]

I live in Denmark and here we have plenty of grocery stores akin to Aldi as well as actual Aldi’s all across the country a lot of which even openly advertise how quick shopping at their establishments is

[@jeeper426]

i tend to shop at aldi because of the convenience and the fact that i can get in, get out, and get on with my day in like 20 minutes, and spend like half what i would at say a walmart

[@starling1269]

Those electric carts are a good use case for self-driving ai

[@randommaster06]

There's a lot of people who actually choose to spend their free time in grocery stores. I've met a lot of people who choose to hang out inside Costco and the like going around looking at the shelves instead of being anywhere else.

[@Manuelslayor]

To be fair, that's mostly the normal supermarket experience in Europe

[@Epicness560]

I go people watching when i'm bored sometimes, and the number of people that mindlessly drift around grocery stores to look at pretty colors are staggering.

[@ghosti79]

My Walmart is full of depressed cashiers who hates their job so they don't talk to anyone at checkout. At most they say "Hello" and that's it and I love it lol

[@hawke1133]

I remember gas being 15 cents a gallon! A gallon of milk was a nickel.

[@khmnc]

i once made the mistake of saying there was an item i couldn't find. they stopped scanning my items, they called someone else over, and then we stood there for about 10 minutes while we waited for the person to then find what i could not.

[@nosauce3039]

There's a reason i went to college, did psychology, and did part time at a grocery store. Its field experience in psych

[@pyromain-zr1jr]

they still sell top ramen wherever the hell my father gets it I think from grocery outlet.

[@MakooWallinen]

75% of what Aldi is, is every European store. Cahshiers hitting down, lanes pushing people through the store, coins in the wagons, less variety of brands etc, no bagging service, bag it yourself etc.

[@judgem0rt1s23]

My normal lizard brain: I love watching these react videos of devil horned anime butler watching chubby electron man. My brain on pot: I never knew that I needed a "Kip & Pipkin Pippa go to Aldi's" movie until now.

[@scyfrix]

32:38 I find it amusing that your wine snob oscillates between a strange kind of British and an indeterminate Scandinavian accent

[@RyderDunei]

the one thing sticking with me is, you really think a Karen worked retail? absolutely not, they will just assume all the people they saw standing up as they bought things were doing it right.

[@mcmogg_incmogg2080]

Companies will ABSOLUTELY take losses to get rid of pto and people hired at better contracts. In the end it’s cheaper to do that and that’s what they will do 100% of the times

[@brachylp3400]

Well... Being German let me Tell you... Kip Come over... just go Shopping here a few Times... You will have SUCH a Good Time

[@KipReacts]

Germany is definitely on my list of places to visit.

[@armoredbluejay9364]

(I said this on the og video.) Jokes on Walmart, my social anxiety doesn't let me look around

[@GirlsLoveGamers]

Aldi's...nuts! HA (knee slap) got'em

[@thehydragoose]

*I am at Aldi's!* *I am!* *I am at Aldi's!*

[@thecringeinspector5636]

7:56 CZECH REPUBLIC MENTIONED, RAAAAAAAAAAAAHH (I love my nation)

[@The_Bell_Tower]

Trader Joe's was actually founded by, surprise surprise, a guy named Joe. It was only later that Aldi North bought them.

[@raymats0710]

We need a vid of kips experience at Aldi's

[@Eagerstriker]

I was SOOO waiting for you to react to this one, and saw it was 45 mins I was like "YES! Its christmas!" XD

[@Fayrwel]

Btw the charity thing at the register... you are paying for the store to take that as a tax break... Why give to charity for the tax break when you can get your customers to pay for your tax break.

[@dakotah4866]

Aldi's / trader Joe's is not the fastest growing in this country. they have the fastest growing in this Union of Nations states in the USA.