Grocery & Home, scanned 2026-11-04

aldi.us

72/100
Grade C
pop-up ×5cookie banner ×5login wall ×1other ×1broken element ×2
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Done

Find a price

Product prices are shown right on the storefront's weekly deals grid.
“Chef's Cupboard Original French Fried Onions — Current price: $1.65 Original Price: $3.19 48% off”
17.5/20 points in 3 actions, 2.5 lost to friction
pop-up: 'How would you like to shop?' delivery/pickup modal on load
cookie banner: Cookie Notice banner sits under the shop-mode modal and blocks its Confirm button
Done

Search for something

Site search for 'almond milk' returned a matching results page.
“Results for "almond milk" — Friendly Farms Original Unsweetened Almondmilk, Current price: $2.29”
17.5/20 points in 3 actions, 2.5 lost to friction
pop-up: 'How would you like to shop?' delivery/pickup modal on load
cookie banner: Cookie Notice banner sits under the shop-mode modal and blocks its Confirm button
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Start a purchase or sign-up

Fried onions went into the cart; after adding a second item to clear the $10 minimum, 'Go to checkout' opened an account page asking for an email, with no guest option; stopped there.
“Go to checkout $15.94 → Login page: 'Join ALDI' / 'Email address*' / 'Continue to create Account'”
14/20 points in 6 actions, 6 lost to friction
pop-up: 'How would you like to shop?' delivery/pickup modal on load
cookie banner: Cookie Notice banner sits under the shop-mode modal and blocks its Confirm button
login wall: Checkout requires an ALDI account: 'Go to checkout' opens an account sign-in/join page with no guest option
other: $10 minimum order to check out; the cart button was disabled until a second item was added
Partly

Find a human

The Help Center's 'Contact Customer Service' article only links to contact forms, and those form pages stayed empty; no phone, email or chat was offered.
“Contact Customer Service — 'For any other questions/concerns not covered in the topics above please click here' → Contact Form page with an empty frame”
5/20 points in 11 actions, 5 lost to friction
pop-up: 'How would you like to shop?' delivery/pickup modal on load
cookie banner: Cookie Notice banner sits under the shop-mode modal and blocks its Confirm button
broken element: Store contact form page loads an empty iframe; no form ever appears
broken element: General 'any other questions' contact form also renders empty; its Salesforce scripts fail with HTTP 400
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Find the fine print

The footer's 'Refunds and Returns' link leads to the Twice as Nice Guarantee: unsatisfied in-store buyers get a replacement and a refund.
“we will gladly replace the product AND refund your money … a receipt is required to receive a refund in the original form of payment”
17.5/20 points in 4 actions, 2.5 lost to friction
pop-up: 'How would you like to shop?' delivery/pickup modal on load
cookie banner: Cookie Notice banner sits under the shop-mode modal and blocks its Confirm button