ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?
Discussion
IanA2 said:
Laurel Green said:
V8mate said:
Gretchen said:
Stopped off at Jack’s on the way home.
Great review! 
Picked up some bits in Poundstretcher next door too
If anyone knows anywhere cheaper, and not in bulk, let me know.
Gretchen said:
Aldi and Lidl are a different environment altogether...
How fast did they get you through the checkout?This has become a major annoyance to me in other supermarkets now I'm an Aldi seasoned pro.
I ventured into a Tesco recently and my shopping was starting to defrost before I could get back to the car!
Gretchen said:
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.
Excellent points. I used to supply Aldi they are a very efficient company and also quite a pleasure to deal with from a suppliers point of view. Lots of work involved as you’d imagine. Lots of detail required but that is only testament to their solid business. I also had a meeting with a Tesco buyer once and since people are discussing their new venture I can confortably say that they were a complete and utter set of tThings 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.
ts. I’ll keep shopping at Aldi thanks very much and since we’re on the subject of what’s worth trying from their shelves:
All meats including cured. Had some great steaks from there. Only one bad experience with the steak, was really fatty but that’s probanly the way I cooked it.
Veg is good quality.
The cereals I’ve tried are good.
Their cleaning products do the job well.
Bread etc. All pretty good.
Come to think of it I can’t remember a bad product I’ve bought there.
I'm an Aldi fan but not impressed with the 2 fresh beef wellingtons I bought the other day. Cooked as per instructions, the steak was well overdone and although in one lump, was similar to the meat in a steak pie. The mushroom/pate coating had a smell of vomit, which I found most off-putting. At £4.99 I wish I'd bought one of their very good fillet steaks instead.
Steamer said:
Gretchen said:
Aldi and Lidl are a different environment altogether...
How fast did they get you through the checkout?This has become a major annoyance to me in other supermarkets now I'm an Aldi seasoned pro.
I ventured into a Tesco recently and my shopping was starting to defrost before I could get back to the car!
Whereas with Lidl you're through, paid and out, though Tesco scan as you shop is even quicker, unless you get the " we have to search your shopping in case you failed to scan a 20p packet of heavy browning" malarkey, which is frankly bleeding irritating, though I guess necessary, not to mention the security tags on certain low priced items.
FiF said:
Have to say that one incentive for Tesco is they've nailed the Scan as you shop model. It's a real disincentive to go into, say, Sainsbury's, put stuff in the trolley, find a checkout, wait while life histories / holiday accounts / kids illnesses are discussed by rabbiting checkout staff, take stuff out of trolley, put on belt, get it scanned, pack into bags, pay, sod off to car.
Whereas with Lidl you're through, paid and out, though Tesco scan as you shop is even quicker, unless you get the " we have to search your shopping in case you failed to scan a 20p packet of heavy browning" malarkey, which is frankly bleeding irritating, though I guess necessary, not to mention the security tags on certain low priced items.
Sainsbury's have scan as you shop 'guns' just like Tesco.Whereas with Lidl you're through, paid and out, though Tesco scan as you shop is even quicker, unless you get the " we have to search your shopping in case you failed to scan a 20p packet of heavy browning" malarkey, which is frankly bleeding irritating, though I guess necessary, not to mention the security tags on certain low priced items.
Those guns are so last year though. At both Waitrose and Tesco I 'scan as I shop' using my 'phone, and the Tesco app includes in-app payment too (up to £250), so I don't even need my wallet with me.
Thesprucegoose said:
Alidls have economy of scale Tesco can't get close to, Tesco have a history of bad ideas.
They have comparable buying power.Schwarz Group (Lidl + Kaufland) = EUR96.9
Tesco have teamed with Carrefour:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44679884
Combined revenues of £128BN.
Admittedly Lidl is more focused in it's buying, but both carry significant scale.
V8mate said:
FiF said:
Have to say that one incentive for Tesco is they've nailed the Scan as you shop model. It's a real disincentive to go into, say, Sainsbury's, put stuff in the trolley, find a checkout, wait while life histories / holiday accounts / kids illnesses are discussed by rabbiting checkout staff, take stuff out of trolley, put on belt, get it scanned, pack into bags, pay, sod off to car.
Whereas with Lidl you're through, paid and out, though Tesco scan as you shop is even quicker, unless you get the " we have to search your shopping in case you failed to scan a 20p packet of heavy browning" malarkey, which is frankly bleeding irritating, though I guess necessary, not to mention the security tags on certain low priced items.
Sainsbury's have scan as you shop 'guns' just like Tesco.Whereas with Lidl you're through, paid and out, though Tesco scan as you shop is even quicker, unless you get the " we have to search your shopping in case you failed to scan a 20p packet of heavy browning" malarkey, which is frankly bleeding irritating, though I guess necessary, not to mention the security tags on certain low priced items.
Those guns are so last year though. At both Waitrose and Tesco I 'scan as I shop' using my 'phone, and the Tesco app includes in-app payment too (up to £250), so I don't even need my wallet with me.
Not tried the Tesco app, Waitrose too inconvenient
FiF said:
V8mate said:
FiF said:
Have to say that one incentive for Tesco is they've nailed the Scan as you shop model. It's a real disincentive to go into, say, Sainsbury's, put stuff in the trolley, find a checkout, wait while life histories / holiday accounts / kids illnesses are discussed by rabbiting checkout staff, take stuff out of trolley, put on belt, get it scanned, pack into bags, pay, sod off to car.
Whereas with Lidl you're through, paid and out, though Tesco scan as you shop is even quicker, unless you get the " we have to search your shopping in case you failed to scan a 20p packet of heavy browning" malarkey, which is frankly bleeding irritating, though I guess necessary, not to mention the security tags on certain low priced items.
Sainsbury's have scan as you shop 'guns' just like Tesco.Whereas with Lidl you're through, paid and out, though Tesco scan as you shop is even quicker, unless you get the " we have to search your shopping in case you failed to scan a 20p packet of heavy browning" malarkey, which is frankly bleeding irritating, though I guess necessary, not to mention the security tags on certain low priced items.
Those guns are so last year though. At both Waitrose and Tesco I 'scan as I shop' using my 'phone, and the Tesco app includes in-app payment too (up to £250), so I don't even need my wallet with me.
Not tried the Tesco app, Waitrose too inconvenient
Sainos round here have all had guns for... dunno.. at least 6 or 7 years.
V8mate said:
FiF said:
V8mate said:
FiF said:
Have to say that one incentive for Tesco is they've nailed the Scan as you shop model. It's a real disincentive to go into, say, Sainsbury's, put stuff in the trolley, find a checkout, wait while life histories / holiday accounts / kids illnesses are discussed by rabbiting checkout staff, take stuff out of trolley, put on belt, get it scanned, pack into bags, pay, sod off to car.
Whereas with Lidl you're through, paid and out, though Tesco scan as you shop is even quicker, unless you get the " we have to search your shopping in case you failed to scan a 20p packet of heavy browning" malarkey, which is frankly bleeding irritating, though I guess necessary, not to mention the security tags on certain low priced items.
Sainsbury's have scan as you shop 'guns' just like Tesco.Whereas with Lidl you're through, paid and out, though Tesco scan as you shop is even quicker, unless you get the " we have to search your shopping in case you failed to scan a 20p packet of heavy browning" malarkey, which is frankly bleeding irritating, though I guess necessary, not to mention the security tags on certain low priced items.
Those guns are so last year though. At both Waitrose and Tesco I 'scan as I shop' using my 'phone, and the Tesco app includes in-app payment too (up to £250), so I don't even need my wallet with me.
Not tried the Tesco app, Waitrose too inconvenient
Sainos round here have all had guns for... dunno.. at least 6 or 7 years.
Mind you 68 stores only out of 1,100 ish, so it's still an experiment I'd reckon.
My taste testers (aged 5 and 8) have decided:
Aldi chocolate digestives are fine instead of McVities
Aldi tomato ketchup is fine instead of Heinz
Aldi hula hoops are fine instead of real Hula Hoops
Aldi baked beans aren't as good as Heinz, however the best ones are Waitrose (but as Waitrose are only 40p per can I'm not complaining).
Aldi chocolate digestives are fine instead of McVities
Aldi tomato ketchup is fine instead of Heinz
Aldi hula hoops are fine instead of real Hula Hoops
Aldi baked beans aren't as good as Heinz, however the best ones are Waitrose (but as Waitrose are only 40p per can I'm not complaining).
LeadFarmer said:
Aldi chicken tempura fillets are bloody lovely. had them tonight with Aldi oven chips and Aldi beans. Couldn't tell any difference from Heinz beans to be honest.
Seconded for the chicken
have you tried the MASSIVE chips? In the black & gold bag...they’re like bricks & very tasty. Lidl Thai green curry very nice & also pork schnitzel twing said:
LeadFarmer said:
Aldi chicken tempura fillets are bloody lovely. had them tonight with Aldi oven chips and Aldi beans. Couldn't tell any difference from Heinz beans to be honest.
Seconded for the chicken have you tried the MASSIVE chips? In the black & gold bag...they’re like bricks & very tasty. Lidl Thai green curry very nice & also pork schnitzel Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff