Up4BigChal

They are sick of chasing carts all over the parking lot, Aldi foods has done this since they open and it helps get the carts back where they belong! Works for me

Barbshobbies

We have that at an ALDI`S store here. It`s not so much that they charge people for using the cart, But so that they don`t leave them all over the parking lot. When you bring it back to the store, you get your money back!

Grandma Cindy

we have a grocery store - Aldi's that is that way, it encourages people to bring back their carts, refund....

Rainbow

OH...BUT NO..NO..NO... With so many carts being taken home for one reason or another, this is a PERFECT way for the carts to be returned...and you get your money back.

Aldi Grocery Store has the same thing and MAN...IT WORKS. !!!

bakermom

Shopping carts are expensive to replace. If they disappear a lot the stores have to do something. The first time I went to an Aldi's I thought it was strange but it does keep their carts rounded up.

Scrap Happy

I wouldn't pay for a cart.

Rainbow

Oh, but to see the neatness and cleanliness this causes... it is worth the coin...and you get it back !!

oz-quilter

In Australia the Aldis sell a token the right size for the trolleys so you don't have to use money. Here it is $2. I have one in my purse and car keys. There are no trolleys left anywhere. Most of the supermarkets here have the same system.

Grandma Cindy

when you take the cart back and put it back in line, your quarter is pushed out, you remove it... you are not paying for a cart, you literally get your quarter back as a reward for returning the cart to its proper place. How many times have you not been able to use a parking space because a lazy person simply left the cart in the parking lot.

bakermom

Actually I rarely "pay". usually someone will just hand off the cart to me then I do the same for the next person. 25 cents is pretty cheap "rent" to keep carts where they belong.