I personally like the Aldi system, and it's only a quarter, but I recognize that it puts a penalty on those who have to exert a lot of effort to shop on their own, and it would be good to reduce the effort at least a little.
In the past, when stores did not have self-checkout and there were 0.5 or more baggers per cashier, it would be easy to have a bagger assist in loading your purchases into the car (and then returning the cart for you). Minimally-staffed locations like Aldi make than an effectively-impossible ask.
In the past, when stores did not have self-checkout and there were 0.5 or more baggers per cashier, it would be easy to have a bagger assist in loading your purchases into the car (and then returning the cart for you). Minimally-staffed locations like Aldi make than an effectively-impossible ask.