Love it!

I love shopping at Aldis because they have good quality food and typically amazing prices. They have quite the business model to keep their costs down, which keep our costs down.

You need a quarter for a shopping cart. This is so you return it yourself. No cart return staff needed. Saves money.

Clerks are also stockers. Again, no need for stockers. Saves money.

You aren't automatically given bags, you can buy them, but you can also use boxes around the store for free. Again, shoppers become the clean up crew. Saves money.

I love entrepreneurship and I see the business savings and shopper psychology behind these things and I think it's brilliant.

BUT, this is the store's business philosophy, not the Gubmint's, and I know they do it to save money themselves which also saves me money. I love it.

It's actually a great way to achieve many goals, but it is based on capitalism and not communism.

When the government tells me I can't use plastic straws or plastic bags it makes me want to bring them in and scatter them everywhere!

It's all about freedom of choice and refusal to go along with government dictates. Dictates are for dictators. F them.