Lidl / Aldi

[MellowJoe]

Their paint brushes are shit,

I spend £100 a week in Aldi. A lot (not all) of the produce is of superior quality to Sainsbury’s where I used to shop. There are still the odd bits and pieces I buy from Tesco or M&S but 85% of my weekly shop is from Aldi.
My £100 would cost me around £130 in Sainsbury’s for lower quality products.
Absolute joke when you compare staffing levels. The amount of staff stood around chatting and doing very little in Tesco / Sainsbury’s is reflected in the price of your weekly shop. It’s as simple as that.

I spend £100 a week in Aldi too, little secret.. Rachmaninoff Vodka, 1 litre, £14.39, I wouldn't go in at all if it was up to me but it's cheap, for a litre. Sometimes I go to Asda or Tescos and they do a 1.5litre bottle, it works out cheaper but I'd look insane picking it off the shelf. I've never seen anyone even reaching for one of them, What's with the baskets with wheels in Aldi Anyway I can't just waltz in and buy cheap booze on its own, so i sprinkle in some mushrooms, the odd tin of paint, jigsaw puzzle, brake fluid cos I don't want to look like an alky

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Staples from Aldi

Middle aisle?

 

[bobmcfc]

Their paint brushes are shit,

I spend £100 a week in Aldi too, little secret.. Rachmaninoff Vodka, 1 litre, £14.39, I wouldn't go in at all if it was up to me but it's cheap, for a litre. Sometimes I go to Asda or Tescos and they do a 1.5litre bottle, it works out cheaper but I'd look insane picking it off the shelf. I've never seen anyone even reaching for one of them, What's with the baskets with wheels in Aldi Anyway I can't just waltz in and buy cheap booze on its own, so i sprinkle in some mushrooms, the odd tin of paint, jigsaw puzzle, brake fluid cos I don't want to look like an alky

Do you spend the whole £100 on Vodka ? Lol

 

[MellowJoe]

Do you spend the whole £100 on Vodka ? Lol

Yup :)

 

[Cityfan]

Use Lidl for most stuff it's close by and reasonably priced.
Don't think I've ever been in Waitrose or know where one is.
I've heard of it though

 

[dickie davies]

I have on a infrequent basis but none the less I prefer to eat quality rather than presumed quality at a a lesser price. If you doubt me I suggest you check the line of were the meats come from as your first port of call. If they can refer back to the farm the heritage and the where the animal was slaughtered I would be amazed. The reference to EVERY single piece of beef is registered in Waitrose for a reason. Again as stated if you wish to eat from where you have no idea where it comes from, your choice

Neighbour of mine worked in the meat industry and I asked him what the difference was between a (at the time) Netto chicken and a Marks & Spencer chicken? His answer was "nothing " with the exception that M&S chickens are all pretty much the same size and have no blemishes whereas Netto would take the rest, no matter the size or if there was a blemish on the skin

 

[jaseirai]

Their paint brushes are shit,

I spend £100 a week in Aldi too, little secret.. Rachmaninoff Vodka, 1 litre, £14.39, I wouldn't go in at all if it was up to me but it's cheap, for a litre. Sometimes I go to Asda or Tescos and they do a 1.5litre bottle, it works out cheaper but I'd look insane picking it off the shelf. I've never seen anyone even reaching for one of them, What's with the baskets with wheels in Aldi Anyway I can't just waltz in and buy cheap booze on its own, so i sprinkle in some mushrooms, the odd tin of paint, jigsaw puzzle, brake fluid cos I don't want to look like an alky

 

[City Hobgoblin]

Lidl curries been good recently, crapping all over Asda's efforts

 

[Two Gun Bob]

It Doesnt Have To Be This Way!


As mentioned @post 60, I only wish their advertising blurb did what it said on the tin.
After much angst we have now decided to do our main shop at Tescos and where appropriate will use Tesco own brands alongside mainstream brands. Certain products obviously demand branded such as HP sauce, KP dry roasted nuts, Baileys, Ready Brek and Tommy sauce etc.

The tin of bullets on display below have no place in any modern civilised setting and have just ruined or pudding chip and pea supper. We have 5 tins left and the other 4 are going straight in the bin. False economy. Its not every product, but a lot of their suppliers in the current climate are now cutting corners with their Q.C and frankly it's us the end users that suffer.

Our main shop will be Tesco, but we will call into Aldi for their tonic water. Tesco Aldi price match their mince and chicken which we eat with abandonement. The only reason we dont get tonic water from Tesco is the ridiculous price of Shwweppes tonic who seem to think they are the reincarnation of Fentiman. Aldis tonic is acceptable and only 55p a bottle. When Shwweppes is a £1 a bottle we buy in bulk. We dont buy into the fentman fevertree dream as they are tickling the consumer into financial ruin.

Other Aldi products that should be reported to trading standards are Brookland rice with the consitancy of pish, Aldi cream crackers that taste like dust, copy cat sheldon T- Cakes, all of Holly Lane cake factorys nasty Mcnasty offerings, especially the apple pies without the apple. Most of their own brand fisherman frozen catch tat, and also the bread which I wouldnt feed to a dieting duck.

Good Aldi produces are the beers wines and spirits (not all) their mince, chicken, meat and steak are par for the course, their tonic water and their Dr pepper rip of is especially pleasing to the palate. Free range eggs are nice but is an egg not an egg as I've yet to identify an Aldi chicken in the wild. Same with the milk that comes from a cow.
It's frustrating and just not worth the effort anymore. That is all:

 

[Nellies left peg]

It Doesnt Have To Be This Way!



As previously mentioned @post 60, I only wish their advertising blurb really did what it said on the tin.

After much angst we have now decided to do our main shop at Tescos and where appropriate will use Tesco own brands alongside mainstream brands. Certain products obviously demand branded such as HP sauce, KP dry roasted nuts, Baileys, Ready Brek and Tommy sauce etc etc etc.

The tin of bullets on display below have no place in any modern civilised setting and have just ruined or pudding chip and pea supper. We have 5 tins left and the other 4 are going straight in the bin. False economy. Its not every product, but a lot of their suppliers in the current climate are now cutting corners with their Q.C and frankly it's us the end users that suffer.

Our main shop will be Tesco, but we will call into Aldi for their tonic water. Tesco Aldi price match their mince and chicken which we eat with wanton abandonement. The only reason we dont get tonic water from tescos is the ridiculous price of Shwweppes tonic who now seem to think they are the reincarnation of Fentiman which they are not. Aldis tonic is acceptable and only 55p a bottle. When Shwweppes is a £1 a bottle we buy in bulk. We dont buy into the fentman fevertree dream as they are a tickling the consumer into financial ruin.

Other Aldi products that should be reported to trading standards are Brookland rice with the consitancy of pish, Aldi cream crackers that taste like dust, copy cat sheldon T- Cakes, all of Holly Lane cake factorys nasty Mcnasty offerings, especially the apple pies without the apple. Most of their own brand fisherman frozen catch tat, and also the bread which I wouldnt feed to a dieting duck.

Good Aldi produces are the beers wines and spirits (not all) their mince, chicken, meat and steak are par for the course, their tonic water and their Dr pepper rip of is especially pleasing to the palate. Free range eggs are nice but is an egg not an egg as I've yet to identify an Aldi chicken in the wild. Same with the milk that comes from a cow.

It's frustrating and just not worth the effort anymore. That is all:

I always thought you were an M and S shopper Bob. We still do a bit of food shopping there and the prices don’t seem to have rocketed as much as others