Is it okay to wheel my bike around Aldi?...

[Mazz]

...or any supermarket for that matter.

Don't always have a bike lock with me when I need to pop in.

Obviously I'd wipe down the wheels if they're wet/dirty before entering. I'm not an animal.

 

[Drago]

Ask them?

 

[ColinJ]

How about waiting at the out door for someone to come out and then nip in with the bike? Take it to the far end of the checkouts and lean it against the packing ledge there, and ask the nearest Aldi checkout staff to keep an eye on it, then go back out and enter as normal? It would take a very brazen thief to nick the bike from within the store while staff were watching!

 

[johnnyb47]

I don't know what Aldi's policy is to be honest nowadays.About five years back I asked if I could just leave my bike inside the large entrance of our local Aldi as I didn't have my lock .I got a resounding no from the staff ,and whilst on the subject, by coincidence today I was shopping in Aldi and whilst waiting in the que to pay I felt something lick my hand.I turned round to see a small Jack Russell dog looking at me perched in a customers shopping trolley.She was lovely little thing and I made a big fuss of her, but it's not really very hygienic having a dog in a trolley where you put your groceries.The cashier didn't bat an eye lid.
Sorry for going off topic

 

[ExBrit]

It's up to Aldi. As many people in the USA found out the hard way during the pandemic, a supermarket can refuse entry to anyone except for reasons of gender, race, etc. Pushing a bicycle around is not protected under the constitution any more than refusing to wear a mask is. I'm sure the law is fairly similar in the UK. I have pushed my bike around in a store and if there's a problem (rarely) I courteously hand any items I have selected to the person asking me to leave and quietly never come back.

 

[Mazz]

It would take a very brazen thief to nick the bike from within the store while staff were watching!

Plenty of brazen thieves these days mate. There's a reason they've got slogans like "When it's gone, it's gone!".😆

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I usually ride mine round, if there aren’t any no cycling signs. I got a Strava PB on aisle 18 the other day.

 

[Mazz]

I don't know what Aldi's policy is to be honest nowadays.About five years back I asked if I could just leave my bike inside the large entrance of our local Aldi as I didn't have my lock .I got a resounding no from the staff...

Same here, although in my case Sainsbury's. Not sure what the problem is to be honest but if it's their policy , there's nowt I can do about it.

 

[johnnyb47]

I bet those tyres slide abit round the corners after the floor scrubbers been out @Ming the Merciless ,,😁

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I bet those tyres slide abit round the corners after the floor scrubbers been out @Ming the Merciless ,,😁

Indoor tyres for the win

 

[ExBrit]

Same here, although in my case Sainsbury's. Not sure what the problem is to be honest but if it's their policy , there's nowt I can do about it.

No supermarket in the US would agree to that because of liability. But when a small store owner encouraged me to leave my bike by the cash register once he got a customer for life.

 

[Mazz]

I bet those tyres slide abit round the corners after the floor scrubbers been out @Ming the Merciless ,,😁

Bet they weren't the only skid marks in aisle 18 that day either, poor shoppers 😆

 

[johnnyb47]

Its a good job aisle 18 is were all the toilet paper is kept 🤨

 

[Mazz]

But when a small store owner encouraged me to leave my bike by the cash register once he got a customer for life.

Very good of him.👍
How tall was he, by the way?

 

[richardfm]

How about waiting at the out door for someone to come out and then nip in with the bike? Take it to the far end of the checkouts and lean it against the packing ledge there, and ask the nearest Aldi checkout staff to keep an eye on it, then go back out and enter as normal? It would take a very brazen thief to nick the bike from within the store while staff were watching!

It's unlikely that the staff would agree to watch it. They wouldn't want any responsibility for and might not be on that till for long.