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Amazing secret trick at Aldi: Hardly anyone should have noticed it

2020-12-29T13:28:53.961Z


Aldi uses a special trick that hardly anyone knows. The carpet at the entrance to many branches has a secret function.


Aldi uses a special trick that hardly anyone knows.

The carpet at the entrance to many branches has a secret function.

  • Some items in

    Aldi

    branches have secret functions.

  • The

    carpet

    in the

    entrance area is

    not only there to keep dirt away.

  • It is also part of a sophisticated, secret

    security system

    .

Essen - Various objects in

Aldi

branches have secret functions.

This also

applies to

the carpet that was

laid

at the entrance to many

branches

and that millions of

Aldi

customers have already walked.

At first glance, one would assume that it is just supposed to catch dirt.

However, the carpet also fulfills a whole other function that very few people are aware of.

The

secret function

is ingenious: the carpet can

unlock the shopping cart's

immobilizer

if it is activated.

The reported the online portal

chip.de

.

The carpet consists not only of coarse fabric, but also of grooves.

As soon as the

customer

at

Aldi

drives the shopping trolley over the surface, any active immobilizer is automatically unlocked.

Aldi: Sophisticated system against theft

There has been an immobilizer on the shopping carts of the

discounter giant Aldi

for around 15 years

.

With the help of this

lock

, the wheels block as soon as a customer

leaves

the

parking lot of

the

Aldi branch

.

The reason is very banal: The discounter wants to prevent the shopping trolleys from being stolen.

The system behind it is, however, extremely sophisticated.

At the border between the Aldi site and the sidewalk there are

magnetic strips

embedded in the floor

.

When customers cross these magnetic strips with their shopping trolleys, the immobilizer is activated.

The

trolleys can of course be used without any problems

on the premises of the

branches

.

However, if they are removed from the site, they can

only be moved with difficulty

due to the activated

lock

.

In some cases, the carriage can then only be moved by being carried.

Most of the time,

Aldi visitors

simply

leave

the

shopping

trolley there or they bring it back with the immobilizer activated.

Aldi: The carpet's secret function in the entrance area

If other customers then get hold of this

shopping cart

, they can hardly move it.

It is precisely for this scenario that the carpet with its secret function is useful.

The magnetic grooves between the strips of fabric in the

carpet

can unlock the lock again.

But why all this effort?

The reason lies in the high price that

supermarkets

pay for a shopping cart.

The stores spend between 40 and 150 euros per car.

Regular theft or other loss of shopping carts is therefore detrimental to business.

Discussion about advertising in discount stores: fireworks on New Year's Eve

Many

discounters are

currently discussing

advertising for

fireworks

and

firecrackers

- after all, sales have been

banned

by the

federal

government.

However, since the

brochures

are usually printed well in advance, there is currently still

advertising

in the brochures.

In some cases, however, these were provided with a suitable note.

The customers are largely amused by what is expressed in numerous

Twitter

posts.

#Aldi: This year really shoot it again ...



Government: Nope.



Aldi-Marketing: Well, then we'll show the population what we HAVE sold with a twelve-page brochure. # New Year's Eve # New Year's Eve2020 #Fireworks ban #Boellerverbot #Marketing pic.twitter.com/ayjzQw4sUc

- Stephan Knapmeyer (@ImmaNathi) December 28, 2020

German consumers have been changing their habits

since the

coronavirus

.

Aldi

and

Lidl take

advantage of this

with a simple trick

.

(

at)

Source: merkur

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