Picture this. I’m standing at the cart corral, groceries planned out in my head, and I do the frantic pocket pat. Bills in my wallet, sure. Debit card, receipts, an old gum wrapper. But no coins. Not one. And there sits the whole chained-up row of carts, mocking me, refusing to budge without that little 25-cent bribe.
If you’ve ever needed a quarter at Aldi and come up empty, you know the specific flavor of that annoyance. The good news is you don’t have to turn around and drive home (not gonna lie, I’ve done that before). There are a few easy ways to shop at Aldi without a quarter, and I’ve used most of them at one point or another.
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Why Aldi Makes You Use a Quarter
That coin deposit is the reason the whole problem exists. Aldi has German roots, and over there shoppers have long
