Re: (Back-Talk) Kathy Lee Gifford

Alexandra Ceelie wrote:
> Ares, God of War wrote:
>> News item: stores to charge for shopping carts:
>> 
>>>>>> I've been to Wal-mart *once* in the past several years
>> http://www.wftv.com/news/16807674/detail.html
> 
> The title was a little misleading. They aren't charging for them...they
> are "leasing with a refundable deposit".
> 
> We have a store here, Aldi I think is the name of it,  that chains the
> carts to each other. You insert a quarter and the link pulls free and
> you can use the cart. When you are done, you have the option of leaving
> your cart and losing the quarter, or putting it back in the corral where
> linking it back up will pop your quarter back out.
> 
> It may be annoying and weird at first, but it's amazing how nice and
> cart-free their parking lot remains.  You also have to bring your own
> bags or boxes...and bag your own groceries. They have bags there, but
> you have to pay for them.  That never bothered me... I've used cloth
> bags for groceries for years.

Yup. We're in Chi-town, and use Aldi regularly. Good prices. *Reasonable*
prices.

        mark