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Aldi / Lidl - great or shit?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Can't beat aldi and lidl. it's cheap and they have pretty everything you could need and most of is as good as the big brand stuff why would you pay through the nose it's a no brainer for me as I live on my own |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Lidl is amazing, the fresh fruit, veg and meats are brilliant value and taste great.
I shop once a month at Home Bargains to buy good quality cleaning products and toiletries at cheap prices.
Love a bargain, i have saved do much money by shopping this way and my family haven't even realised the changes I have made.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Lol but how is it so cheap? Is it grown or produced cheaper, and if so how? Are the ppl who make it getting paid less, are you one of those ppl etc. Is the quality there, is it just diluted washing up liquid with salt thrown in it to make it look thick etc. Are they riding on the back of other companies trailblazing innovations? Will they give you anything new or just copy what's already on the market?
Nothing in life is cheap unless someone else is paying.....  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Lol but how is it so cheap? Is it grown or produced cheaper, and if so how? Are the ppl who make it getting paid less, are you one of those ppl etc. Is the quality there, is it just diluted washing up liquid with salt thrown in it to make it look thick etc. Are they riding on the back of other companies trailblazing innovations? Will they give you anything new or just copy what's already on the market?
Nothing in life is cheap unless someone else is paying..... "
Who pays when we shop at Fortnum & Mason? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Lol but how is it so cheap? Is it grown or produced cheaper, and if so how? Are the ppl who make it getting paid less, are you one of those ppl etc. Is the quality there, is it just diluted washing up liquid with salt thrown in it to make it look thick etc. Are they riding on the back of other companies trailblazing innovations? Will they give you anything new or just copy what's already on the market?
Nothing in life is cheap unless someone else is paying..... "
I suspect they have lower margins. They definitely have lower labour costs. I swear the whole shop runs on 4 staff members and a security guard. They produce their own food a lot of the time and don't stock expensive brand names. |
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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
"Not keen. Tried them but went back to tescos "
Have you tried it recently though? I ask because I was the same a few years ago, the fruit & veg didn't seem to last long. Then I went back to find the quality had improved loads so now shop there all the time. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"new Lidl opening round corner near me can't wait  how sad is that"
It's not sad (maybe to others but not me), I totally get it. The bakery section looks and smells heavenly when I go to buy my lunch before work. I never buy anything but always have a sneaky look as I walk by.... dribbling and inwardly sobbing for a croissant |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The only supermarket where I've ever bought fresh San Marzano tomatoes, a pressure washer and a spirit level in one visit.
It’s great find stuff I never knew I needed."
Ikr! Whizz round the aisles for essentials then have a slow browse through the bargains of the week wondering if you need a set of box spanners and some thermal socks. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Not keen. Tried them but went back to tescos
Have you tried it recently though? I ask because I was the same a few years ago, the fruit & veg didn't seem to last long. Then I went back to find the quality had improved loads so now shop there all the time."
No. Was a few years ago. When they first came out I think. Maybe I’ll give it another go. Which one? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Lol but how is it so cheap? Is it grown or produced cheaper, and if so how? Are the ppl who make it getting paid less, are you one of those ppl etc. Is the quality there, is it just diluted washing up liquid with salt thrown in it to make it look thick etc. Are they riding on the back of other companies trailblazing innovations? Will they give you anything new or just copy what's already on the market?
Nothing in life is cheap unless someone else is paying..... "
Thinknits cheap due to their buying model. Shift it through as quick as possible so don’t have warehouses filled with stock. The old ‘when it’s gone it’s gone’. They don’t pay staff to fill and empty trucks like the bigger boys do as well. The truck drivers do that. So another cost saving. |
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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago
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I've just discovered Lidl (just opened up near me in walking distance) Their fillet steak is a steal, and it is bloody gorgeous! I will not buy it from anywhere else now! This is coming from someone who has never really cared about price wars, but theirs is too good to miss! |
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"The only supermarket where I've ever bought fresh San Marzano tomatoes, a pressure washer and a spirit level in one visit.
It’s great find stuff I never knew I needed."
Great fun to wrap up as surprise Xmas presents though   |
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The wine from both are great value - invariably mentioned in the weekend broadsheets
The fruit and veg offers are great and I think the Parmesan cheese in Lidl is superb
The scrumpy cider too
They both do a posh pasta which I can recommend
And tbf the comments over the middle aisle variety have been proper lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Great. I can't afford to shop at more expensive supermarkets. I can get everything I need at either place. Even if I could afford to become snobby about where I shop, I think I'd be wasting money if I did. Which seems a bit silly to me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't go for my main shopping. I like Sainsbury's or Morrisons but I go to get certain things like condiments. Cake making ingredients are good from there. Cheese. The steak is really good. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I can pretty much always do a full shop at either.
Fruit. Tick
Veg. Tick
Meat. Tick
Milk. Tick
Toilet roll. Tick
Random chainsaw/skigear/gardening kit/arcwelder. Tick"
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Don't forget the cyclist Lycra sausage showing shorts for pervs who don't wanna get arrested  |
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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
"Not keen. Tried them but went back to tescos
Have you tried it recently though? I ask because I was the same a few years ago, the fruit & veg didn't seem to last long. Then I went back to find the quality had improved loads so now shop there all the time.
No. Was a few years ago. When they first came out I think. Maybe I’ll give it another go. Which one? "
I only use Lidl for their bakery ever since my son asked why there was yogurt in the milk bottle !!  So Aldi all the way.
You sound like a good snob (No offence ~ I am to!) but I bet you'll be pleasantly surprised |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Not keen. Tried them but went back to tescos
Have you tried it recently though? I ask because I was the same a few years ago, the fruit & veg didn't seem to last long. Then I went back to find the quality had improved loads so now shop there all the time.
No. Was a few years ago. When they first came out I think. Maybe I’ll give it another go. Which one?
I only use Lidl for their bakery ever since my son asked why there was yogurt in the milk bottle !! So Aldi all the way.
You sound like a good snob (No offence ~ I am to!) but I bet you'll be pleasantly surprised "
Haha. I shall try again. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Can be cheap but you can’t do a full shop there? Always got to go to Tesco’s to finish it off.
Am I right or not shopping properly?  "
I used to do that, but now I don't. I am not sure if it's that I have modified my shop or they have got better ranges than when they started up. Possibly a bit of both. The first Lidl we had, used to put stuff out in cardboard boxes, with the fronts cut away, now it's set out nicely. I found before that it was ok if you had a generic shopping list, like coffee, bread, biscuits, beans and you were happy to take any brand, but if you wanted Nescafe or Warburtons, you had to go to Tesco, or ASDA. I think that Tescos is expensive now, a bag of shopping there costs as much as a small trolley full in ALDI or Lidl, so I am happy to occasionally compromise for the saving. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I love aldi and do most of my shopping there. I don’t eat processed stuff so great for my meat, fruit and veg. The wines are pretty good too and win lots of awards. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I do like to pick up special things from whole foods and Waitrose too but love how east Aldi is. I also bring lots of things back from trader joes in America, aldi and trader joes are owner by two separate brothers. Prefer trader joes as more organic stuff. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I dont have Aldi or Lidl nearby.
I shop at the nearest supermarket to where I am at the time.
I used both when I lived in Berlon though.
They have decent booze and cheese at great prices.
I was living with a vegetarian- so I didn't buy meat there.
I think it depends what you buy - if I had a family then it would make sense to bulk buy from value supermarkets like this - but I'm single and live alone so I prefer Waitrose and M+S.
They're also the most local to me.
I just bought an amazing quiche and cheese coleslaw for 10p each reduced in Waitrose |
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"I really wonder who buys the comedy power tools from the middle aisle..
There's occasional gems amongst the plastic nonsense... "
I,ve only been In there occasionally Its a while since the last time but from memory I do agree there were such occasionally gems even If not often. |
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"I really wonder who buys the comedy power tools from the middle aisle..
My Dad mainly
Jo x"
I needed a replacement belt sander.
BQ £80 with 1yr guarantee
Lidl £25 with a 3yr guarantee,
fine for diy jobs, if it blows up I take it back, they never have a problem refunding cash. |
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"Can be cheap but you can’t do a full shop there? Always got to go to Tesco’s to finish it off.
Am I right or not shopping properly? "
No need to go to tescos after !!
if you shop properly you'll have a chainsaw, own brand bourbon, Lycra cycling onesie and a inflatable kayak to while away the hours. |
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"I really wonder who buys the comedy power tools from the middle aisle..
My Dad mainly
Jo x
I needed a replacement belt sander.
BQ £80 with 1yr guarantee
Lidl £25 with a 3yr guarantee,
fine for diy jobs, if it blows up I take it back, they never have a problem refunding cash. "
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By *adMerWoman
over a year ago
Sandwich |
I love both Lidl and Aldi been using them for years, but it’s really annoying that they are now so popular.
I used to be able to get my monthly shop for a family of 5 done in under an hour, now it has almost as many old ditherers in the queues as the other supermarkets
Just as well I only have to shop for myself these days  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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https://youtu.be/Jxl8P1fNT9Y
The Lidl song.. always makes me laugh.
I like Aldi over Lidl as it seems more organised. Definitely cheaper than the others but still find myself in Tesco or Morrisons or Asda |
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