ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

[NWTony]

Voldemort said:

My local Lidl today. Some staple items not available, no beef ffs, no whole/blue milk, no cooking apples, no mushrooms, in fact fruit and veg very poor. Also the basket of shopping I got seemed expensive by Lidl standards. Hope it's a one-off and not a change for the worse.

Aldi the same, they are making it very difficult to shop there. 3 weeks ago zero eggs, 2 weeks ago zero milk, last night zero salad. FFS

[BrabusMog]

This made me chuckle

[anonymous-user]

Aldi seems to be always full of strangely shaped people.

[V8mate]

V6Pushfit said:

Aldi seems to be always full of strangely shaped people.

Yep - I try and avoid Sunday mornings as the late opening means that much of the underclass has risen from its slumber. This morning, the customer base was almost exclusively the under-dressed obese.

[BrabusMog]

V8mate said:

V6Pushfit said:

Aldi seems to be always full of strangely shaped people.

Yep - I try and avoid Sunday mornings as the late opening means that much of the underclass has risen from its slumber. This morning, the customer base was almost exclusively the under-dressed obese.

Yep, Sunday usually guarantees you seeing fat women in leggings so stretched they're becoming see through and the size 24 skinny jeans brigade.

[V8mate]

BrabusMog said:

V8mate said:

V6Pushfit said:

Aldi seems to be always full of strangely shaped people.

Yep - I try and avoid Sunday mornings as the late opening means that much of the underclass has risen from its slumber. This morning, the customer base was almost exclusively the under-dressed obese.

Yep, Sunday usually guarantees you seeing fat women in leggings so stretched they're becoming see through and the size 24 skinny jeans brigade.

Yeah, that's their winter uniform. Today it was... beach dresses

[bomb]

soxboy said:

bottom muffins

What are these ??

[Gretchen]

V8mate said:

BrabusMog said:

V8mate said:

V6Pushfit said:

Aldi seems to be always full of strangely shaped people.

Yep - I try and avoid Sunday mornings as the late opening means that much of the underclass has risen from its slumber. This morning, the customer base was almost exclusively the under-dressed obese.

Yep, Sunday usually guarantees you seeing fat women in leggings so stretched they're becoming see through and the size 24 skinny jeans brigade.

Yeah, that's their winter uniform. Today it was... beach dresses

I’m going to beg to differ on this. I love people of all size, shape, gender choice and sexual preference. If you have a problem put your Sunday best church hat on and fk off back to Waitrose.

Enjoy your day. Peace and love

[anonymous-user]

Gretchen said:

I’m going to beg to differ on this. I love people of all size, shape, gender choice and sexual preference. If you have a problem put your Sunday best church hat on and fk off back to Waitrose.

Enjoy your day. Peace and love

I don’t think anyone mentioned gender choice and sexual preference

Could you elaborate - is it an issue at Aldi?

Edited by V6Pushfit on Sunday 22 April 14:23

[anonymous-user]

I've been using Waitrose more and Lidl less, not because of the people, just Lidl offerings changed so much to cater for the middle-classes. It's a shame Lidl started out so well but is slowly becoming the same as all the other supermarkets.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Except you can't do a full weeks shop at Aldi or Lidl unless you have a limited diet unfortunately

[Bear-n]

V6Pushfit said:

Gretchen said:

I’m going to beg to differ on this. I love people of all size, shape, gender choice and sexual preference. If you have a problem put your Sunday best church hat on and fk off back to Waitrose.

Enjoy your day. Peace and love

I don’t think anyone mentioned gender choice and sexual preference

Could you elaborate - is it an issue at Aldi?

Edited by V6Pushfit on Sunday 22 April 14:23

I'll take this one. It's merely a statement of her neutrality on the usual discriminatory attitudes that many people have, expanding on the appearance comment in the posts above to demonstrate that it's no more acceptable in attitude than the gender and sexuality views that are largely taboo nowadays.

Fatties should't wear leggings though.

[V8mate]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Except you can't do a full weeks shop at Aldi or Lidl unless you have a limited diet unfortunately

Really? That may have been the case when they first arrived and simply replicated the German model (Aldi especially) but today - in the UK - that's nonsense.

They may not sell every last herb and spice, but they sell a more than comprehensive range of fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish.

I have a very clean and varied diet... the necessity to visit other supermarkets is rare.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

If your gonna wear cheap leggings then wear a top that covers ya ass I don't want to see your underwear but that's not as bad as when they arnt wearing any!

[l354uge]

V8mate said:

Really? That may have been the case when they first arrived and simply replicated the German model (Aldi especially) but today - in the UK - that's nonsense.

They may not sell every last herb and spice, but they sell a more than comprehensive range of fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish.

I have a very clean and varied diet... the necessity to visit other supermarkets is rare.

Same here, sometimes i have to very occasionally go elsewhere if I'm looking for some obscure or aldi has run out of something, but usually a full weeks shop is done exclusively there.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Beans and pulses lentils etc are our biggest bugbear also dried herbs

[J8 SVG]

But these are things you can buy in bulk and store for a good while so buy big packs and store at the back of the cupboard

No excuse :P

[Steamer]

V8mate said:

V6Pushfit said:

Aldi seems to be always full of strangely shaped people.

Yep - I try and avoid Sunday mornings as the late opening means that much of the underclass has risen from its slumber. This morning, the customer base was almost exclusively the under-dressed obese.

It might just be the case that because the aisles are closer together you notice the other customers more.

[FiF]

Steamer said:

V8mate said:

V6Pushfit said:

Aldi seems to be always full of strangely shaped people.

Yep - I try and avoid Sunday mornings as the late opening means that much of the underclass has risen from its slumber. This morning, the customer base was almost exclusively the under-dressed obese.

It might just be the case that because the aisles are closer together you notice the other customers more.

The aisles seem wider in the new stores, both new local Lidl and Also stores are actually quite decent layouts.

I haven't noticed the types of customer mentioned by some, but as generally sympathetic to the views expressed by Gretchen then perhaps I wouldn't notice.

Having said that usually up and about early doors so maybe that subset of the clientele aren't out of their scratching pits yet. See more oiks in pyjamas and slippers in Tesco frankly.

[FiF]

What's this obsession over the ability to do an entire weekly shop in one place?

For us the days of the "big shop" are over. Fair enough we are not as time constrained as in previous years, but we benefit from having recognised that each seller has some products that we particularly prefer to others. Therefore we go to those shops when we want that, and stock up, also getting the generic stuff at the same time, often timing when it's on offer. Shopping more often? Yes. Taking more time? Again yes. Spending more money? Definitely no, saving lots.

Guess this is a wider trend. It has its risks, but coupled with planning a proper menu for the week, basing that on what you have in and including plans for dealing with leftovers, bye bye big shop, bye bye throwing stuff away as it's past it, hello savings.