An awful experience at Aldi's

I had heard from friends that an Aldi grocery store was a little different from the typical grocery store. I knew ahead of time that I would need my own grocery bags or would have to purchase Aldi grocery bags. One negative to shopping at ALDI is that they do not provide bags for the customers. This is one way that they keep their costs down. There are bags for sale at the cash register if you must use them. You are welcome to bring your own bags, boxes, baskets or crates to put your groceries in. This is no big deal we’ve been using cloth shopping bags for years and even spoke with the Save A Lot manager when we stared since the staff had no idea what I was doing when we started. Once your groceries have been scanned by the cashier and paid for, simply go to the bagging area and put your groceries in the proper holding spaces.

I also knew they kept the grocery shopping carts locked together outside. A quarter would be needed to unlock the shopping carts. Okay, I was ready for my first Aldi grocery shopping experience. Sadly however I didn’t find the store to offer anything Save A Lot didn’t and then they lost 100 points in my eyes, the staff were rude to me. There was no bagging area at the store I went to and when I tried to move my cart aside for the next person to check out the cashier put her foot out to stop the cart. So there I was attempting to put my change in my purse, bag up my groceries and the lady behind me nudging me with her cart. When I questioned why I was being held back. The cashier was downright nasty. I doubt the store telephone numbers are unlisted ONLY to avoid needing an employee to answer the phone.

So in honor of the sweet friendly staff at the 2 Save A Lots’ I shop at frequently I give you:

Fruit Cobbler

21 ounce can of fruit pie filling

1 ¼ cups Ginger Evans baking mix

1 Tbsp. sugar

¼ cup sAVE a Lot milk

¼ cup sour cream

With oven at 425 F, grease 1 ½ quart casserole. Heat pie filling to boiling in saucepan. Pour into casserole.  Mix remaining ingredients until moistened, stir vigorously for 30 seconds. Drop spoonfuls to cover over most of the fruit. Bake for 20 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown. Makes six servings.