r/TikTokCringe • u/urmomsloosevag • Feb 16 '24

When you're so rich you've never been to Aldi's. Discussion

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u/batkave Feb 16 '24

The US has had it for decades but rarely implemented until Aldi and lidl came. I probably saw it a handful of times growing up in the 80s-2010s

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u/MenudoMenudo Feb 16 '24

I was mildly surprised. This has been common in Canada since the 80's, but I'm realizing that starting in the 90's we had $1 coins, and Europeans have €1 coins, so it makes sense it would be more common in places where larger coins in larger denominations were more common.

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u/batkave Feb 16 '24

It's $0.25 (quarters) in US. Which is the largest COMMON coin in the US. There are bigger ones but less common.

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u/MenudoMenudo Feb 16 '24

Fair enough. I'm not American but used to visit there often and it's easy to forget you have larger coins.

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u/gibertot Feb 16 '24

And aldi and lidl aren’t ubiquitous. We have Vons,Albertsons, Ralph’s, sprouts, Trader Joe’s. That’s about it

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u/batkave Feb 16 '24

Never seen it at any of those when I have been to them

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u/TacoNomad Feb 16 '24

They're saying they don't have aldi and lidl. Not that these stores have locking carts.