Aldi Grocery Store Opening Soon in Owings Mills

Aldi grocery store will soon open its 16th location in the Baltimore area, slated for June 9.

The new store will reportedly be located on Reistertown Road in Owings Mills.

The Baltimore Sun reports the store will have a number of special features, such as a larger refrigerated section, special foods called "Dietitian's Picks" that are selected by nutrition experts, the chain's "liveGfree" gluten-free product line, an organic produce section and more.

Aldi's can be viewed as quite a different brand of grocery store for those not used to shopping there. Patch Editor Mary Ann Barton offers a number of "things you need to know" before shopping at an Aldi's for the first time:

• Bring quarters: In order to use a shopping cart, you’ll need to pay with a quarter. Once you return the cart, you’ll get your quarter back. Aldi notes this helps to keep prices low because they don’t spend time or man-power retrieving carts--each store typically has just three to five employees working at a time.
• Leave the credit cards and checkbook at home: Aldi says they save money by not processing credit cards. By only accepting cash, debit and EBT cards, it helps keep their prices low. They also do not accept checks.
• BYOB: Bring your own bags, or be prepared to buy Aldi’s reusable bags ($1.99); Aldi also charges 10 cents for plastic bags or 6 cents for paper sacks, according to many shopping blogs. Also, be prepared to bag your own groceries.
• No coupons: The store does not accept coupons; again the company says by doing this, they save money and they say they pass those savings along to their customers.
• No banks or pharmacies at Aldi stores.

Read more facts about Aldi stores from Patch here.