Monday, July 11, 2011

Never Have I Ever...

...eaten bread delivered from a vending machine. Until today, that is. Yes, folks, right here, in our local Aldi store in Beuel, there is a vending machine which, upon pressing a button corresponding to either a loaf (three types available), a baguette, or ein Brezel, your still-warm baked delight will drop (or, for the loaves, be shot) into a holding compartment, waiting for you to grab it and bag it (or eat it). I've never seen anything quite like it, and, frankly, it's awesome.


The rest of Aldi is a discount market, with unbelievably cheap goods, and so far, they're not bad at all! Here's to saving Euros!

3 comments:

  1. Yes, apparently you can buy lots of interesting things from vending machines in Bonn:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2012620/A-ticket-solicit-Germans-set-vending-machines-clamp-tax-dodging-prostitutes.html

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  2. Hey! I used to work for the Aldi US corporate offices once upon a time in Chicago. I love the vending machine with bread, wish we had those in the states! Looks like you guys are on a grand adventure, wishing we could be there too!

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  3. They have Aldi in the US? I had no idea. It's a great store. In addition to the vending machine bread we also got some ridiculously good chocolate sandwich cookies.

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