Tucker Carlson mocked for bewilderment over Russian shopping carts that include common feature

Mirror UK ^ | 2/16/2024 | Yelena Mandenberg

[marcusmaximus]

They have them in Aldis in low crime areas too.

[mmichaels1970]

But I see that there’s one in CT about twenty miles from here and I’m going that direction this morning anyway so I’ll check it out.

Dont forget a quarter! Oh, if you don’t have bags, you can feel free to snag a nearly empty cardboard box off the shelves to put your stuff in so you don’t have to buy them. That is perfectly acceptable Aldi etiquette. Not sure how it is elsewhere, but cashier will likely scan your stuff into a different cart (don’t worry, it has a quarter in it) that you then move forward to a long “bagging table” where you reorganize and pack your bags or newly treasured boxes.

[bert]

There is an important intermediate grocery buying process that is heavily used by the not so wealthy.

That is going on line at Walmart and putting what you need into a shopping cart and then picking it up outside. This seems to be very popular.

Walmart maintains a list of your purchases so you can easily reorder common stuff. For women who work, they can do most or all of their weekly grocery shopping on line at Walmart while at work.

When my wife was sick and couldn’t get out, she did the shopping on line. I went to pick it all up. You go to one of the spaces call the given number and then the groceries are delivered to your car.

[inchworm]

Honestly I’ve never seen a return deposit feature for shopping carts, but then again I’m in a deep red area far from democrat cities where it far more likely people steal shopping carts.

[marcusmaximus]

The bagging table thing was weird the first time I went to an Aldi. I’ll buy whole chickens there because they’re cheap and don’t smell like bleach like the cheap Walmart chickens.

[MayflowerMadam]

Does Walmart charge for this pickup service? I figure they almost have to, considering how many employees are filling up carts for the shoppers who pick up.

[Aevery_Freeman]

Me too. We were in France and instead of a quarter it took the equivalent of $5 American!

Keeps out the riff-raff I suppose.

[Williams]

America has had Aldi for many years, but Aldi is the largest supermarket chain in the world.

And it’s just a method to get the carts returned so they hire less employees. Interesting but not exactly a genius breakthrough.

Tucker comes from money, lives in an exclusive neighborhood, Hunter Biden used to be his neighbor and friend.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

Is Aldi’s pushing for self-checkout? I don’t think the chain is in Idaho, but our grocery stores, at least those local to me, are pushing self-checkout in a big way.

[Williams]

Aldi is the largest chain in Europe. Same family ownership as Trader Joe’s.

Therefore a common feature in Europe. All this coin feature does is they don’t need an employee to collect the carts.

[quantim]

If you go to the home page of Aldi there is some 500 stores in the UK alone where the story is from let alone the other countries where they have stores, so yes they are rather common in areas that are not in the USA.

What is noticeable is that they never have a shopping cart mess like other stores, there is only one strip mall in our smaller city in MI that have a couple big boxes and a few other national stores. However some of these stores have pig shoppers who leave their carts in the next spot (often in snow) which you cannot use and are too lazy to put the cart in a caddy 20’ away. At Aldi’s it is just a 25¢ refundable deposit for a short time. We go to their store about once a month just to avoid lazy slobs LOL. One wouldn’t know this unless you have been to one, I stand with Tucker on this!

[mmichaels1970]

The bagging table thing was weird the first time I went to an Aldi

I try to impress my wife (and admittedly, the cashier) by attempting to empty the cart (by running stuff to the bagging table) faster than the cashier is filling it. I always fail, but the attempt is pretty gallant. At least I think they’re impressed. And……it’s a great way to stay in shape.

[bert]

No, I don’t think so.

Like Amazon Prime, there is a charge for being a member. That is about $14 per month. That allows you to purchase things including groceries on line. I dropped Amazon and now go to Walmart that has vendors that so far can provide what ever I need.

I inadvertently learned that for many items we need, Walmart delivers to my house for no charge. “free delivery” . I generally make one order a week putting stuff in my shopping cart as I think of it. Some items are delivered and some come by mail/Fedex at no charge. If I were to place the order in the morning, the item from the store would be delivered the same day.

[Mogger]

Tucker spends a lot of time in south western Maine.

The closest Aldi is in Concord, NH, 2-3 hours over bad roads.

I have been to the Aldi store once, 2 hours south of me, soon after it opened maybe 5-10 years ago.

The closest real grocery store of any kind to his place is maybe 15-20 miles away.

[mmichaels1970]

Is Aldi’s pushing for self-checkout?

In our area they are. In the past, I’d avoid Aldi if I just needed a couple things because people usually fill their carts up pretty full. So self-check has incentivized me to stop in there even if I need a thing or two.

[MayflowerMadam]

Good to know about Walmart. We’ve had Amazon Prime for years, but never have taken advantage of grocery shopping except for things like pet food.

[Williams]

That’s interesting about Tucker and Aldi in Maine, however Moscow is in Europe and Aldi is common in Europe. Tucker didn’t bother to do any research.

[shanover]

Yes,Aldi (a German Supermarket brand) started this.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

My husband wouldn’t know either - so the f what.

[tlozo]

Tucker Carlson mocked for bewilderment over Russian shopping carts that include common feature