A small Aldi located inside Sale town centre, it is in-between two rival supermarket chains (Tesco Superstore behind, Sainsbury's in front) and is probably the smallest of the three stores.
I thought the store looked pretty nice and welcoming from the outside, but the interior was much different, the store appeared to be cramped and outdated, it was hard to walk down the aisles as the store struggled to cope with having a good number of people inside, pretty much forcing you to walk at their speed due to the lack of any width (especially to support shopping trolleys!), this isn't a problem at Tesco or Sainsbury's nearby, so I do think they need to do more to make the aisles wider or remove trolleys altogether as they aren't fit for purpose in such a small store, the size of a slightly larger than the average Tesco Express or Marks and Spencer Food store.
The staff seemed pretty rude, including the security guard who was constantly walking in front of customers, not watching where he was going or paying any respect to his surroundings, he also seemed his best to try and intimidate innocent shoppers, without doing much else.
The selection was OK for a store of its' size, apart from it being cramped.
I also don't like how ALDI seem to only have a small number of checkouts and no self-service checkouts, which isn't ideal if like me, you only want a handful of items and not a big shop... at least add a fast lane!
2* - Pretty messy overall but does add a little variety in terms of supermarket choice in Sale town centre, and it does look the best in terms of the exterior in comparison to most other shops in the area. read more