ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?
Discussion
21TonyK said:
MiniMan64 said:
tog said:
MiniMan64 said:
21TonyK said:
MiniMan64 said:
Frozen confit duck legs.
For the price, awesome.
Lidl?For the price, awesome.
Aldi.
MiniMan64 said:
tog said:
MiniMan64 said:
21TonyK said:
MiniMan64 said:
Frozen confit duck legs.
For the price, awesome.
Lidl?For the price, awesome.
Aldi.
Melman Giraffe said:
MiniMan64 said:
tog said:
MiniMan64 said:
21TonyK said:
MiniMan64 said:
Frozen confit duck legs.
For the price, awesome.
Lidl?For the price, awesome.
Aldi.
Having switched from Lidl to Morrison's last week and all was good, this week I decided to try Sainsbury's.
What a bloody surreal experience that was, they're in some sort of lockdown mode, not far off like it was in the full lockdown, but we're in Tier 1. There's a marshalled queue to get in and you are asked if you want a basket or trolley which is allocated to you, you can't help yourself. Then you sanitise and are allowed in on a one out/one in basis, they have marshalls scattered around monitoring people and making minor interventions here and there. But the most bizarre thing was a series of recorded covid security messages being broadcast on a loop in a very surreal female voice, it was high pitched, simpering but at an abnormally slow speed, like a cross between Gladys Pugh and HAL9000 delivering non-stop INGSOC style propaganda messages about covid and the chocolate ration. I pictured the store and everything and everyone in it turning completely white with a fixed grin and a barcode on their teeth like some sort of dystopian WestWorld supermarket filled with clones. My shop took an absolute age too, although the store seemed quiet, the checkout queues were long and the pace slow, like it was deliberately geared as part of the covid mitigation? I won't be going back anytime soon.
Aldi/Lidl don't seem to have any covid mitigation other than checkout screens and are letting people get on with it re masks/distance/sanitising, Morrison's are a little more overt but nothing OTT, but this was ridiculous. What are Asda, Waitrose and the others like?
What a bloody surreal experience that was, they're in some sort of lockdown mode, not far off like it was in the full lockdown, but we're in Tier 1. There's a marshalled queue to get in and you are asked if you want a basket or trolley which is allocated to you, you can't help yourself. Then you sanitise and are allowed in on a one out/one in basis, they have marshalls scattered around monitoring people and making minor interventions here and there. But the most bizarre thing was a series of recorded covid security messages being broadcast on a loop in a very surreal female voice, it was high pitched, simpering but at an abnormally slow speed, like a cross between Gladys Pugh and HAL9000 delivering non-stop INGSOC style propaganda messages about covid and the chocolate ration. I pictured the store and everything and everyone in it turning completely white with a fixed grin and a barcode on their teeth like some sort of dystopian WestWorld supermarket filled with clones. My shop took an absolute age too, although the store seemed quiet, the checkout queues were long and the pace slow, like it was deliberately geared as part of the covid mitigation? I won't be going back anytime soon.
Aldi/Lidl don't seem to have any covid mitigation other than checkout screens and are letting people get on with it re masks/distance/sanitising, Morrison's are a little more overt but nothing OTT, but this was ridiculous. What are Asda, Waitrose and the others like?
21st Century Man said:
Having switched from Lidl to Morrison's last week and all was good, this week I decided to try Sainsbury's.
What a bloody surreal experience that was, they're in some sort of lockdown mode, not far off like it was in the full lockdown, but we're in Tier 1. There's a marshalled queue to get in and you are asked if you want a basket or trolley which is allocated to you, you can't help yourself. Then you sanitise and are allowed in on a one out/one in basis, they have marshalls scattered around monitoring people and making minor interventions here and there. But the most bizarre thing was a series of recorded covid security messages being broadcast on a loop in a very surreal female voice, it was high pitched, simpering but at an abnormally slow speed, like a cross between Gladys Pugh and HAL9000 delivering non-stop INGSOC style propaganda messages about covid and the chocolate ration. I pictured the store and everything and everyone in it turning completely white with a fixed grin and a barcode on their teeth like some sort of dystopian WestWorld supermarket filled with clones. My shop took an absolute age too, although the store seemed quiet, the checkout queues were long and the pace slow, like it was deliberately geared as part of the covid mitigation? I won't be going back anytime soon.
Aldi/Lidl don't seem to have any covid mitigation other than checkout screens and are letting people get on with it re masks/distance/sanitising, Morrison's are a little more overt but nothing OTT, but this was ridiculous. What are Asda, Waitrose and the others like?
Your flounce didn't last long What a bloody surreal experience that was, they're in some sort of lockdown mode, not far off like it was in the full lockdown, but we're in Tier 1. There's a marshalled queue to get in and you are asked if you want a basket or trolley which is allocated to you, you can't help yourself. Then you sanitise and are allowed in on a one out/one in basis, they have marshalls scattered around monitoring people and making minor interventions here and there. But the most bizarre thing was a series of recorded covid security messages being broadcast on a loop in a very surreal female voice, it was high pitched, simpering but at an abnormally slow speed, like a cross between Gladys Pugh and HAL9000 delivering non-stop INGSOC style propaganda messages about covid and the chocolate ration. I pictured the store and everything and everyone in it turning completely white with a fixed grin and a barcode on their teeth like some sort of dystopian WestWorld supermarket filled with clones. My shop took an absolute age too, although the store seemed quiet, the checkout queues were long and the pace slow, like it was deliberately geared as part of the covid mitigation? I won't be going back anytime soon.
Aldi/Lidl don't seem to have any covid mitigation other than checkout screens and are letting people get on with it re masks/distance/sanitising, Morrison's are a little more overt but nothing OTT, but this was ridiculous. What are Asda, Waitrose and the others like?
You've decided that this thread is for your general retail moans now, have you Mr Meldrew?
21st Century Man said:
I'll take Lidl over Sainsbury's any time. It was nuts. I had no idea this was happening.
Sainsburys have indeed gone berserk. I think they believe the customers think it's a good thing. But from the grumbling in the queue last time I went I didn't get that impression.
I got tutted-at from within what was essentially an animated hazmat suit for not fully obeying a circuitous duck tape maze they'd marked on the floor in the entrance vestibule, when there was nobody within 10 yards of me.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
SpeckledJim said:
...not fully obeying a circuitous duck tape maze they'd marked on the floor in the entrance vestibule, when there was nobody within 10 yards of me.
Anarchist savage. It's all your fault. My ALDI is weird when it comes to....Soda water.
every now and then a big pallet will come that's 50/50 soda water and tonic water. after a couple of days they're completely out of soda water and it doesn't come back into stock for maybe 1-2 weeks. kind of annoying. I like mixing it with their whisky or having it with cordial.
also another annoying thing. their 8yr old highland scotch whisky hasn't been on sale in ages. it's my go-to. the cheaper whisky thats in 1litre bottles doesnt seem to be about either
every now and then a big pallet will come that's 50/50 soda water and tonic water. after a couple of days they're completely out of soda water and it doesn't come back into stock for maybe 1-2 weeks. kind of annoying. I like mixing it with their whisky or having it with cordial.
also another annoying thing. their 8yr old highland scotch whisky hasn't been on sale in ages. it's my go-to. the cheaper whisky thats in 1litre bottles doesnt seem to be about either
ambuletz said:
also another annoying thing. their 8yr old highland scotch whisky hasn't been on sale in ages. it's my go-to. the cheaper whisky thats in 1litre bottles doesnt seem to be about either
Funny you mention that, our Lidl hasn't had the 8 year old Queen Margot whisky in for months now. Only the cheapest one.ambuletz said:
My ALDI is weird when it comes to....Soda water.
every now and then a big pallet will come that's 50/50 soda water and tonic water. after a couple of days they're completely out of soda water and it doesn't come back into stock for maybe 1-2 weeks. kind of annoying. I like mixing it with their whisky or having it with cordial.
17p/2L bottle in most other supermarketsevery now and then a big pallet will come that's 50/50 soda water and tonic water. after a couple of days they're completely out of soda water and it doesn't come back into stock for maybe 1-2 weeks. kind of annoying. I like mixing it with their whisky or having it with cordial.
Toaster Pilot said:
ambuletz said:
My ALDI is weird when it comes to....Soda water.
every now and then a big pallet will come that's 50/50 soda water and tonic water. after a couple of days they're completely out of soda water and it doesn't come back into stock for maybe 1-2 weeks. kind of annoying. I like mixing it with their whisky or having it with cordial.
17p/2L bottle in most other supermarketsevery now and then a big pallet will come that's 50/50 soda water and tonic water. after a couple of days they're completely out of soda water and it doesn't come back into stock for maybe 1-2 weeks. kind of annoying. I like mixing it with their whisky or having it with cordial.
This may actually be more for the council thread, however...
We have a period fireplace that I want to reinstate some form of fire in. To do so I need to line the chimney, to do that I need scaffolding. Other work needs doing whilst scaffolding is up, like new windows, repainting barge boards and redoing gutters. This is all adding up to 000s that I am still saving up for
Or I could just buy a fake fire from Aldi.
We have a period fireplace that I want to reinstate some form of fire in. To do so I need to line the chimney, to do that I need scaffolding. Other work needs doing whilst scaffolding is up, like new windows, repainting barge boards and redoing gutters. This is all adding up to 000s that I am still saving up for
Or I could just buy a fake fire from Aldi.
I‘m not sure if the selection we get here in Switzerland is the same as in the UK, but I‘ve been working my way through the Christmas treats „to make sure we get the good ones for Christmas“ and it‘s all been good. Stollen bites, fruit jellies, various types of Lebkuchen, chocolate and champagne truffles. The truffles in particular are dirt cheap and punch well above their weight.
What I wanted to post though was this Tour de Soleil Cotes de Rhone at CHF 3.29 (£2.75) a bottle. We only bought it to put in a venison marinade, but are drinking the leftovers and it‘s surprisingly smooth and drinkable. I say that as someone normally only drinks full-bodied, complex reds.
and it‘s all been good. Stollen bites, fruit jellies, various types of Lebkuchen, chocolate and champagne truffles. The truffles in particular are dirt cheap and punch well above their weight.What I wanted to post though was this Tour de Soleil Cotes de Rhone at CHF 3.29 (£2.75) a bottle. We only bought it to put in a venison marinade, but are drinking the leftovers and it‘s surprisingly smooth and drinkable. I say that as someone normally only drinks full-bodied, complex reds.
We're quite a dippy family... and have tried the efforts from every supermarket. Our favourite of old was the Waitrose tray of 3 dips.
But these Lidl ones are so much better. There's a few more in the range too. They last well too; we'll often open them one Saturday and then polish them off the following Saturday.
The nacho chilli cheese one is fabulous. I wouldn't normally choose a cheesy dip, but this has a lovely hot kick. Chunky guacamole is nicer than the Aldi one (which is still pretty good but has a... tang).
But these Lidl ones are so much better. There's a few more in the range too. They last well too; we'll often open them one Saturday and then polish them off the following Saturday.
The nacho chilli cheese one is fabulous. I wouldn't normally choose a cheesy dip, but this has a lovely hot kick. Chunky guacamole is nicer than the Aldi one (which is still pretty good but has a... tang).
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