ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?
Discussion
wormus said:
SpeckledJim said:
And even further off-piste, Iceland are doing a range of 'authentic' Mumbai street food curries. Small portions but 4 for £5 and we're very impressed.
Mmmmm frozen, curried offal 
Vron said:
wormus said:
SpeckledJim said:
And even further off-piste, Iceland are doing a range of 'authentic' Mumbai street food curries. Small portions but 4 for £5 and we're very impressed.
Mmmmm frozen, curried offal Blimey, I wonder how much the farmer is getting. Lots of dairy herds finishing.
V8mate said:
majordad said:
V8mate said:
matchmaker said:
Trustmeimadoctor said:
Anyone near that new tesco jacks?
What?Clearly they have way too much money and no idea what to do with it, as this isn't going to go well for them.
When you're good at being Tesco, why would you think you'd be any good at being Aldi, when Aldi has 70 years' experience of being Aldi?
Companies should stick to what they know.
Sainsbury's had a go at being Aldi in 2016, and stopped again within months.
IanA2 said:
Vron said:
wormus said:
SpeckledJim said:
And even further off-piste, Iceland are doing a range of 'authentic' Mumbai street food curries. Small portions but 4 for £5 and we're very impressed.
Mmmmm frozen, curried offal Blimey, I wonder how much the farmer is getting. Lots of dairy herds finishing.
Shaw Tarse said:
Tony Angelino said:
Anybody get the Le Creuset rip offs in store?
Local Lidl has them in stockI’ve survived my day in the Fens. Stopped off at Jack’s on the way home.
Decent size car park which was full. Of Fenlanders. Most of them in Jack’s. In store bakery by the door. See photo for limited basic selection. Lots of fresh fruit and veg still on the shelves. Lots of the same. This was repeated throughout the store. Not the varied exotic choice of Aldi. Frozen Pizza section, poor, see photo.
‘Aisle of dreams’. Awful. Cheap and nasty - thin plastic type laundry basket with a rattan weave print! Abandoned trolleys and baskets.
Limited alcohol selection, see red wine photo. Nothing look appealing to me, except for they do have a Pink Gin, 50cl at £12.
It was like a Supermarket version of a terrible Pound Land, full of value products, and plenty of the same on repeat, and basic. Wide aisles, more packing space on tills, half a dozen self checkouts.
I bought a few things for the sake of it. But looking at prices it’s not as cheap as my local Aldi. By 5p/10p on items like jars of pickles, sauces, veg, dried and tinned goods.
Also, and an odd observation, the next customer bars are heavy metal squares which are hard and heavy to pick up but probably handy in a robbery. And the strange looking person behind me smelt cows, dirty sweat and stale alcohol (and no that wasn’t my PH friend).
Boys are trying the Pizzas tonight. Due to the limited selection I stopped at my local Aldi to pick up a Spinach and Ricotta one for me. And finish the rest of my shopping in style and luxury.
Decent size car park which was full. Of Fenlanders. Most of them in Jack’s. In store bakery by the door. See photo for limited basic selection. Lots of fresh fruit and veg still on the shelves. Lots of the same. This was repeated throughout the store. Not the varied exotic choice of Aldi. Frozen Pizza section, poor, see photo.
‘Aisle of dreams’. Awful. Cheap and nasty - thin plastic type laundry basket with a rattan weave print! Abandoned trolleys and baskets.
Limited alcohol selection, see red wine photo. Nothing look appealing to me, except for they do have a Pink Gin, 50cl at £12.
It was like a Supermarket version of a terrible Pound Land, full of value products, and plenty of the same on repeat, and basic. Wide aisles, more packing space on tills, half a dozen self checkouts.
I bought a few things for the sake of it. But looking at prices it’s not as cheap as my local Aldi. By 5p/10p on items like jars of pickles, sauces, veg, dried and tinned goods.
Also, and an odd observation, the next customer bars are heavy metal squares which are hard and heavy to pick up but probably handy in a robbery. And the strange looking person behind me smelt cows, dirty sweat and stale alcohol (and no that wasn’t my PH friend).
Boys are trying the Pizzas tonight. Due to the limited selection I stopped at my local Aldi to pick up a Spinach and Ricotta one for me. And finish the rest of my shopping in style and luxury.
whoami said:
Steamer said:
..Not quite as 'brexiteer-land' as I was expecting
Je suis intrigued.+ Chatteris had something like a 71% Vote leave estimated backing.
A friend of mine is a production director for a major UK food processor, and I'm, hoping to get his verdict on this Jack's adventure by Tesco. (Why is it you never bump into people when you want to?)
However, I can well recall him saying some time last year, that the only way that the likes of Tesco, Sainsbury etc, would be able to compete with Aldi/Lidl , would be to offer lowest common denominator products to still achiieve a workable profit , quite simply because of their respective business model. Aldi/Lidl, are not beholden to shareholders ,and thus dividends, the city, or like for like sales scrutiny , unlike Tesco, etc.
This seems to be born out by my recent experience with Sainsbury (who I have virtually stopped using) in the qulaity of their own brand product has seen a sharp decline in lines I have historically bought , and comments on their website, seems to show its a widespread matter across many more lines I have not used. The Aldi/Lidl own brand stuff on the other hand seems great qulaity, Aldi mayo is my favourite , their Pickled beets better than Baxters. There are some misses of course, but the overall quality of the Aldi/Lidl product is excellent, often/mostly cheaper, in some cases considerably so. . This past week I bought some belting duck breasts from Lidl, bloody excelent, and both bigger product by weight, and several pounds cheaper than Sainsbury offering.
Anyhow, back to Jacks, it seems likely that if my friend is right then their offerings will be very poor quality . We shall see, but I'll be surprised if the venture lasts.
However, I can well recall him saying some time last year, that the only way that the likes of Tesco, Sainsbury etc, would be able to compete with Aldi/Lidl , would be to offer lowest common denominator products to still achiieve a workable profit , quite simply because of their respective business model. Aldi/Lidl, are not beholden to shareholders ,and thus dividends, the city, or like for like sales scrutiny , unlike Tesco, etc.
This seems to be born out by my recent experience with Sainsbury (who I have virtually stopped using) in the qulaity of their own brand product has seen a sharp decline in lines I have historically bought , and comments on their website, seems to show its a widespread matter across many more lines I have not used. The Aldi/Lidl own brand stuff on the other hand seems great qulaity, Aldi mayo is my favourite , their Pickled beets better than Baxters. There are some misses of course, but the overall quality of the Aldi/Lidl product is excellent, often/mostly cheaper, in some cases considerably so. . This past week I bought some belting duck breasts from Lidl, bloody excelent, and both bigger product by weight, and several pounds cheaper than Sainsbury offering.
Anyhow, back to Jacks, it seems likely that if my friend is right then their offerings will be very poor quality . We shall see, but I'll be surprised if the venture lasts.
Hosenbugler said:
A friend of mine is a production director for a major UK food processor, and I'm, hoping to get his verdict on this Jack's adventure by Tesco. (Why is it you never bump into people when you want to?)
However, I can well recall him saying some time last year, that the only way that the likes of Tesco, Sainsbury etc, would be able to compete with Aldi/Lidl , would be to offer lowest common denominator products to still achiieve a workable profit , quite simply because of their respective business model. Aldi/Lidl, are not beholden to shareholders ,and thus dividends, the city, or like for like sales scrutiny , unlike Tesco, etc.
This seems to be born out by my recent experience with Sainsbury (who I have virtually stopped using) in the qulaity of their own brand product has seen a sharp decline in lines I have historically bought , and comments on their website, seems to show its a widespread matter across many more lines I have not used. The Aldi/Lidl own brand stuff on the other hand seems great qulaity, Aldi mayo is my favourite , their Pickled beets better than Baxters. There are some misses of course, but the overall quality of the Aldi/Lidl product is excellent, often/mostly cheaper, in some cases considerably so. . This past week I bought some belting duck breasts from Lidl, bloody excelent, and both bigger product by weight, and several pounds cheaper than Sainsbury offering.
Anyhow, back to Jacks, it seems likely that if my friend is right then their offerings will be very poor quality . We shall see, but I'll be surprised if the venture lasts.
Mentioned before we go to Sainsbury's but only for some specific products that we like. Just been for a stock up on those items last week. First thing, prices have clearly gone up, in some cases markedly, so they're off the list or bought in much smaller quantity. Not hit a significant decrease in quality on the stuff we buy, at least not noticed yet. Time will tell. However, I can well recall him saying some time last year, that the only way that the likes of Tesco, Sainsbury etc, would be able to compete with Aldi/Lidl , would be to offer lowest common denominator products to still achiieve a workable profit , quite simply because of their respective business model. Aldi/Lidl, are not beholden to shareholders ,and thus dividends, the city, or like for like sales scrutiny , unlike Tesco, etc.
This seems to be born out by my recent experience with Sainsbury (who I have virtually stopped using) in the qulaity of their own brand product has seen a sharp decline in lines I have historically bought , and comments on their website, seems to show its a widespread matter across many more lines I have not used. The Aldi/Lidl own brand stuff on the other hand seems great qulaity, Aldi mayo is my favourite , their Pickled beets better than Baxters. There are some misses of course, but the overall quality of the Aldi/Lidl product is excellent, often/mostly cheaper, in some cases considerably so. . This past week I bought some belting duck breasts from Lidl, bloody excelent, and both bigger product by weight, and several pounds cheaper than Sainsbury offering.
Anyhow, back to Jacks, it seems likely that if my friend is right then their offerings will be very poor quality . We shall see, but I'll be surprised if the venture lasts.
But can see a time when the every alternate month trip to Sainsbo's has reduced to once or twice a year, possibly less.
Aldi and Lidl are a different environment altogether. Basic shelving and display, lighting, products put out in boxes to save time, multi skilled staff who operate warehouse, product refill and tills and are taught to do so at speed (X amount of scanned products per minute) resulting in fewer paid staff but a high turnaround of work. They cost save in everything from ground up.
Things I noted in Jack’s included separate staff on the above mentioned duties. I doubt the woman who served me will be breaking a nail stacking shelves or knows for one minute how to operate and pallet truck.
She chatted away to me too, no speed scanning and I was allowed to pack at the till.
Look at the lighting in the aisle of dreams - it’s almost ‘designer value’.
The photo I took of the laundry products. No choice and all removed and stacked individually in to those fiddly shelves. Compare that to putting two boxes out in a Lidl/Aldi. Time wasted.
Kids said the pizzas were ‘ok’ but preferred the Aldi Stonebaked one’s. Rocky mistake on my part letting teenagers taste review.
If Jack’s is relying on 8/10 products being British then from the outset there’s not going to be the variety of flavour and choices. We hardly grow Coconuts and Mangoes in wild abundance.
Things I noted in Jack’s included separate staff on the above mentioned duties. I doubt the woman who served me will be breaking a nail stacking shelves or knows for one minute how to operate and pallet truck.
She chatted away to me too, no speed scanning and I was allowed to pack at the till.
Look at the lighting in the aisle of dreams - it’s almost ‘designer value’.
The photo I took of the laundry products. No choice and all removed and stacked individually in to those fiddly shelves. Compare that to putting two boxes out in a Lidl/Aldi. Time wasted.
Kids said the pizzas were ‘ok’ but preferred the Aldi Stonebaked one’s. Rocky mistake on my part letting teenagers taste review.
If Jack’s is relying on 8/10 products being British then from the outset there’s not going to be the variety of flavour and choices. We hardly grow Coconuts and Mangoes in wild abundance.
RammyMP said:
That beers not cheap, bottles of ale in my local Aldi are £1.25. I always stock up on a few bottles of Black Sheep. Bought a few bottles of Old Peculiar yesterday for £1.49 each.
As mentioned most packaged items seemed more expensive than the Aldi I shop in. Lots of £1 and £2 items too and the .05p round off. Whereas Aldi have things at .93p or £1.87. Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff