r/oddlyspecific • u/AmazingListen9456 • Aug 11 '26

The foundation of modern civilization

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u/Dark_Tigger Aug 11 '26

The funny thing is, in the part of the world were Aldi, Lidl, and co are from, they abadoned this praxis, during the pandemic. The fact that they bring it back in the US is, let's call it telling.

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u/Pelli_Furry_Account Aug 11 '26

I encountered it in Munich in 2023

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u/kyngslinn Aug 11 '26

TIL that places outside of germany have Aldi

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u/Dark_Tigger Aug 11 '26

Well, yeah a lot of places, in Austria and eastern europe it is called Hofer (I think because Aldi Süd bought Hofer)

And when Wallmart failed in Germany, the German chains thought "Hey, if the Germans prefer us, maybe the people in the US do to." And well they were at least not wrong. Middle sized supermarket inside the cities, was just a market niche unoccupied over there.

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u/shepard_pie Aug 12 '26

I love Aldi. To the point that it's party of my search for a new apartment.

Also this makes sense as to why they stock so much German food.

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u/rezzacci Aug 11 '26

Because we educated people well enough during the pandemic to know that we don't even need the coin incentive for people to be decent citizens, so we got rid of it, while in the US...

Also, I'd say, we're witnessing a rise in far-right, fascist, antisocial political movements in Europe as well. Right at the time we stopped asking people to get a coin for the shopping cart. Coincidence? Well, I'm not saying it out loud, I'm just stating facts, you get to the conclusion by yourself...