Aldi Shopping Tips: Aldi Check Out Costs

Aldi stores are new in South Florida, and the Floridians are excited about this new competitor, as our grocery prices have been steadily increasing. As an example a gallon of orange juice used to be $2.50 - $2.99 - it is now $4.99 at Publix. So yes Floridians are excited about the new Aldi stores in Florida, but whenever a new Aldi shopper arrives they are met by a set of new shopping standards.

At Aldi Stores you:

• Rent the Shopping Cart
• You pay for your plastic bags
• Find a warehouse store style store

To keep prices low for the customers, Aldi has implemented a great system that prevents the Aldi grocery carts from ending up in the ditch (where you can find lots of the competitors' grocery carts). You put a quarter in the cart, when you pick it up, and when you return the cart you get the quarter back. This is a system that many European countries have been using for years, and I am sure that we will get used to it here in Florida as well.

Aldi check out prices:

• An Aldi Shopping Cart cost: a quarter to rent
• Aldi plastic bags cost $0.10
• Aldi paper bags cost $0.06
• Ecofriendly bags cost $1.99

To circumvent the check out cost and help the environment the best thing to do is use reusable bags, or a collapsible basket.

While reusable bags are great, it is important that they are washed regularly, as they are breeding grounds for bacteria.