Aldi

[Rincewind]

I think it depends on what you need. The Sainsburys in town isnt too bad. Get a big bag of cornflakes for around 35p. get home and empty them into a container. i'd do the same with a £2 Kellogs box but would have none left in the box and fill the container 3/4. A lo tin spuds/tomatoes 20p

The Sainsburys on granby Street dont stock many own brands so are dearer.

They should have a bus that goes to St George Retail Park

[surrifox]

I went to a branch of Lidl local to where we were on holiday in france - the randomness of the shopping experience is brilliant - they had outboard motors for sale stacked up next to some sort of crazy artificial trees or shrubs.

 

Also vodka sold under the brands "Putinov" (seriously and Rackmaninov). Was also also able to buy  crak  which turned out to be cheese biscuits

[surrifox]

The big multi bag of crisps are good, 30 for about 2.60, though they've took the BBQ flavour out which were the best.

 

apparently most of the  savoury crips and snacks on the market are flavoured with a product extracted from human hair - good enough to put me off them for life!

[Captain...]

apparently most of the  savoury crips and snacks on the market are flavoured with a product extracted from human hair - good enough to put me off them for life!

 

You can't just make an outrageous claim like that and not back it up, crisps flavoured with human hair, are we talking Prawn ponytail here? Smokey Back n sides?

[Sharpe's Fox]

apparently most of the  savoury crips and snacks on the market are flavoured with a product extracted from human hair - good enough to put me off them for life!

Gary Lineker brings in Robbie Savages hair that he cuts off during MOTD to Walkers. He did bring in Lawros 'tache but it flavoured the crisps with the bullshit that came out of his mouth and onto his upper lip hair.

[surrifox]

You can't just make an outrageous claim like that and not back it up, crisps flavoured with human hair, are we talking Prawn ponytail here? Smokey Back n sides?

I decided to mullet over

how about barber queue  sauce flavour

 

 

(coat being retrieved)

[The People's Hero]

Like I said TPH not the greatest but ok at £3.99 and is ok to drink during the week. Will usually get some nice stuff in for the weekend.

I like Malbec so will give the Aldi one a try

They do a couple. This one has a blue foil/whatever over the top. I think it's their premium range although some in that range are still only a fiver.

Our aldi is very new and near my work. Can always get a parking space. I'm a genuine convert now.

[sphericalfox]

apparently most of the  savoury crips and snacks on the market are flavoured with a product extracted from human hair - good enough to put me off them for life!

Considering the majority (if not all) of the crisps are made by Walkers/Lays and by KP/United Biscuits, but simply go into a different packet, that's some claim.

 

Though having worked at KP, I wouldn't be surprised by a few pubes making it into a packet or two.

[Captain...]

I decided to mullet over

how about barber queue  sauce flavour

 

 

(coat being retrieved)

 

Better than my efforts.

 

I don't fancy a packet of Dandruffles either.

[Rincewind]

Its like when I worked in the hosiery. We did socks for BHS, Littlewoods, George/Asda and market sellers who bought the seconds. To qualify for a second there had to be a pin hole or a slight mis pattern. A slight fault and a place like BHS or Littlewoods would reject a whole order and we;d have to recheck the work. So some near perfect stuff ended on the market at a fraction of the price.When I buy socks I still check them for faullts. How sad is that?

[I am Rod Hull]

ALDI. Bellucci Amaretto 500ml - £4.99 

 

LIDL. Freshona Pickled Gherkins 1550g - £1.49 

[Stadt]

The little creamy chocolate bars ðŸ˜

[sdb]

I've never seen a thread with so little moaning. Might have to try this.

[absolutelegend]

My Aldi observations:

 

(+) they are cheap for equivalent no brand food items - particularly long life packaged type stuff.  i.e. basics.

(+) cheap random seasonal non food items - ski wear is always good.

 

(-) the general experience is pretty poor, and I find the check out queues long, and when I get to the till I feel really rushed to move on asap.

(-) I am never able to get everything I need there, and the choice generally is a lot smaller than the bigger supermarkets - i.e. they stock a lot less stuff / product ranges.  I generally hate shopping so this is a big one for me.

(-) I personally don't find the range of fresh foods very appealing - bread, meat and veg.  No in store bakery, butcher etc.

(-) they don't employ many staff for the amount of stuff they turn over, not really supporting local jobs etc.  In fact their business model is based on aggressively using as few staff as possible.

(-) I'd generally sooner support British business for various reasons.

 

All things considered, it's not really for me, but I see why it appeals on the cost front.

[Orkneyfox]

I've been to Lidl in Germany and they have that very European practice of having to tear through the packing material yourself to get to the products you want. For instance, they just load the industial sized multipacks onto the shelves and if you want one bottle of water you have to find your own way to tear through the half inch thick industrial plastic to get it out of a pack of eight.

 

Do they do that over here? I'm not sure I want to be stood in an aisle gnarrling on a multipack of orange juice. Although I suppose I could just get one of those walking canes that secretly sheaths a hidden sword... but then if I've got the cane I'll have to get the matching cape and top hat... yeah actually I'll probably just do that and start shopping at Lidl.

Are you channeling Adam Adamant?

[Orkneyfox]

Waitrose & M&S are on the way home.  For big shop i tend to use Sainsburys becuase it is closest.  We tend to buy branded becuase my wife grew up in Oz and they dont do a lot of own label over there.

 

Side question, can you name the buggest selling brand in the UK?

Jo?

[Rincewind]

One thing that has put me off as said above are the queues. I normally only shop for a few things so it can be frustration to have 6 items in a large queue of people with stacked trolley's. Once I saw somebody with a trolley full of bread. I am sure that amount would not be for home consumption unless he had a very large family.

[davieG]

The biggest queues I encounter are nearly always at tesco and they're much slower checking you out are often the most ignorant completely devoid of eye contact either looking totally bored or chatting away to a fellow checkout person.

[MooseBreath]

Waitrose & M&S are on the way home. For big shop i tend to use Sainsburys becuase it is closest. We tend to buy branded becuase my wife grew up in Oz and they dont do a lot of own label over there.

Side question, can you name the buggest selling brand in the UK?

Coca cola?

[davieG]

My Aldi observations:

 

(+) they are cheap for equivalent no brand food items - particularly long life packaged type stuff.  i.e. basics.

(+) cheap random seasonal non food items - ski wear is always good.

 

(-) the general experience is pretty poor, and I find the check out queues long, and when I get to the till I feel really rushed to move on asap.

(-) I am never able to get everything I need there, and the choice generally is a lot smaller than the bigger supermarkets - i.e. they stock a lot less stuff / product ranges.  I generally hate shopping so this is a big one for me.

(-) I personally don't find the range of fresh foods very appealing - bread, meat and veg.  No in store bakery, butcher etc.

(-) they don't employ many staff for the amount of stuff they turn over, not really supporting local jobs etc.  In fact their business model is based on aggressively using as few staff as possible.

(-) I'd generally sooner support British business for various reasons.

 

All things considered, it's not really for me, but I see why it appeals on the cost front.

Hope you don't shop at asda(wal-mart)then.

[Mike Oxlong]

Is it crap and yet more crap produced by Simon Cowell?

[Rincewind]

The biggest queues I encounter are nearly always at tesco and they're much slower checking you out are often the most ignorant completely devoid of eye contact either looking totally bored or chatting away to a fellow checkout person.

Is the poem your sig I tried to quote it I quite like it

[promised land]

Only thing I don't like is that their tills are shit. The cashiers smash everything through the scanner then try and shove you away whilst starting on the next persons shopping. Where the **** am I meant to put all my shit?

I haven't shopped in Aldi since the year 2001, no reason really apart from I moved house and Tesco was more convenient.

Back then they didn't have barcode scanners which I'm lead to believe they do now, so the cashier literally touched each item as she tapped the price in, if you think it's fast now you should've tried it then, best method is to get a very large bag, they make ones you can clip on your trolley for this or an Ikea bag.

Then when it hits that short bit after the till, just put it straight in the bag.

You needed your wits about you back then but the prices reflected that. Also you had to pay with cash, I'm sure that's changed too now.

[absolutelegend]

Hope you don't shop at asda(wal-mart)then.

 

Nope - I find Asda the worst of the lot.

 

I gave Aldi another go a few weeks ago.  After waiting in a long queue, another till was eventually opened and a load of people from my queue automatically moved to that and ended up getting served much quicker than me.  Very annoying.  Once I was served, I was told that I wasn't allowed to pack my bags at the till, and I had to go to the back of the shop to do it.  I also got the distinct impression the the lad on the till thought I was being way too slow.

[Rincewind]

I normally put the stuff in the trolley and stack it in my bag away from the till