ALDI stores avoid providing customers with non-essential services such as banking, pharmacies, and check cashing (ALDI, 2015). By avoiding non-essential services, ALDI is able to provide products at a lower price. Additionally, the shopping experience at ALDI is a simple process. Customers must make a 25 cent refundable deposit to use shopping carts and everything in the store is self-service (The Hartman Group, 2015). ALDI stores only require a limited number of staff, three to four employees, to operate effectively (The Hartman Group, …show more content…
However, ALDI has defined three specific core values, which are incorporated into ALDI’s decision making processes. The three core values are simplicity, consistency, and responsibility (ALDI, 2015). ALDI believes that its long-term business success cannot be achieved if it does not assume responsibility for people, nature, and the environment (ALDI, 2015). Additionally, ALDI is committed to providing its employees with personal fulfillment and development, training, recognition, attractive compensation, and job security (ALDI, 2015). From a biblical perspective ALDI strives to compensate its employees fairly by providing compensation that is above the U.S. national retail average compensation (ALDI,