Shopping at Aldi compared to others. £42 saving.
Discussion
I've been a convert to Aldi for a couple of years since they built one in my town. Over that time the average price per item on my weekly shop has been around £1 whereas at Tesco or Sainsbury's its more like £2.10. That is a big saving. I am also noticing that the clientele is improving, yep there are still some cider drinking mouth breathers but not exclusively anymore.
There are certain things I can't get that require a trip to Tesco, but overall it is better than the bigger supermarkets. We can be in and out in less than 45 mins, and when we did Tesco home delivery is was always a PITA as I kept forgetting they were coming that night.
It's not perfect but the cost savings make up for it.
There are certain things I can't get that require a trip to Tesco, but overall it is better than the bigger supermarkets. We can be in and out in less than 45 mins, and when we did Tesco home delivery is was always a PITA as I kept forgetting they were coming that night.
It's not perfect but the cost savings make up for it.
FiF said:
Let's not forget, the Parkside manly power tools in the middle of Lidl is actually Bosch. I spotted a drill the other week that is identical in every respect to my Bosch drill, and at a fraction of the price.
I won’t buy the parkside cordless stuff because once the battery packs up, you are pretty much stuffed for a replacement. (Happy for anyone to tell me otherwise though). See I don't get this, you made a £42 saving by buying own brand gear. What would you save buying own brand in Tesco or Asda. People always go on about the savings but they're eating cheesy puffs instead of wotsits and drinking iron brew instead of irn bru. It's not a like for like comparison.
I nip in occasionally on the way home to see if they have any Guinness crisps. One person on the check out, hoaching with scum, s
t layout, looks like something out of the 90's.
I used to live across from one and as others have said it was great for picking up certain stuff but i'd bloody struggle with a weeks shop in there. I had to nip over to the Co-op for branded stuff (you need a bding lottery win in there).
TBH, I only use Asda because they rarely change the layout and I know exactly where everything is.
I nip in occasionally on the way home to see if they have any Guinness crisps. One person on the check out, hoaching with scum, s
t layout, looks like something out of the 90's.I used to live across from one and as others have said it was great for picking up certain stuff but i'd bloody struggle with a weeks shop in there. I had to nip over to the Co-op for branded stuff (you need a b
ding lottery win in there).TBH, I only use Asda because they rarely change the layout and I know exactly where everything is.
devnull said:
FiF said:
Let's not forget, the Parkside manly power tools in the middle of Lidl is actually Bosch. I spotted a drill the other week that is identical in every respect to my Bosch drill, and at a fraction of the price.
I won’t buy the parkside cordless stuff because once the battery packs up, you are pretty much stuffed for a replacement. (Happy for anyone to tell me otherwise though). I am fortunate that I have the chavtastic holy trinity of Lidl, Aldi and B&M adjacent to each other in my town.
(had to go to Home Bargains on the other side of town for my £15 dash cam though)
FiF said:
Let's not forget, the Parkside manly power tools in the middle of Lidl is actually Bosch. I spotted a drill the other week that is identical in every respect to my Bosch drill, and at a fraction of the price.
Exactly, you can't nip to Waitrose and accidentally come home with a MIG welder.
moanthebairns said:
See I don't get this, you made a £42 saving by buying own brand gear. What would you save buying own brand in Tesco or Asda. People always go on about the savings but they're eating cheesy puffs instead of wotsits and drinking iron brew instead of irn bru. It's not a like for like comparison.
I nip in occasionally on the way home to see if they have any Guinness crisps. One person on the check out, hoaching with scum, st layout, looks like something out of the 90's.
I used to live across from one and as others have said it was great for picking up certain stuff but i'd bloody struggle with a weeks shop in there. I had to nip over to the Co-op for branded stuff (you need a bding lottery win in there).
TBH, I only use Asda because they rarely change the layout and I know exactly where everything is.
If you read my post...I nip in occasionally on the way home to see if they have any Guinness crisps. One person on the check out, hoaching with scum, s
t layout, looks like something out of the 90's.I used to live across from one and as others have said it was great for picking up certain stuff but i'd bloody struggle with a weeks shop in there. I had to nip over to the Co-op for branded stuff (you need a b
ding lottery win in there).TBH, I only use Asda because they rarely change the layout and I know exactly where everything is.
I've done a like for like after my shop as close as I can and the only difference I can see is the fact aldi charged me £6.79 for something I didn't buy.
This included me selecting everything own brand that wasn't branded from aldi.
Everything that was Aldi's own, I selected the same at Ocado.
Most of the packaged stuff, was branded.
moanthebairns said:
See I don't get this, you made a £42 saving by buying own brand gear. What would you save buying own brand in Tesco or Asda. People always go on about the savings but they're eating cheesy puffs instead of wotsits and drinking iron brew instead of irn bru. It's not a like for like comparison.
This is a good point. However, my experience of own-brand stuff in Tesco or Morrisons is not good. Most of the alternate brand stuff in Aldi is good quality and they do stock the main brands on quite a few items e.g. butter, biscuits, some cereals. Where they do stock the main brands, they are significantly cheaper. I hate the speed at which they throw things through the check out but if you're prepared (bags already laid out inside the trolley) you can pack as fast as they swipe.
I don't notice any difference in customers between Aldi and any other supermarket. I think 5 years ago it might have been different but now it's just the same.
Aldi or Lidl aren't bad for certain things. Tend to go to Lidl more. The only downside is, they have a habit of closing down manned (am I allowed to say that these days) checkouts and only leaving the self service tills open. Then as other people have said, they throw the items at you. I mean, I'm all for being speedy at the checkout, but at times it's ridiculous. So I purposely go very slow to annoy if they do that.
One thing to consider when comparing the discount stores with Tesco (possibly others) is that Tesco does a lot of discounting/special offers.
For example, 200g Gold Blend is @ £7.50, but last time I paid £4.50, previously £5 etc etc. In fact, there are some items I hardly ever pay full price for - cheddar, washing tabs, tea...
If you don't have flexibility between brands or are on a limited/weekly budget, it's harder to take advantage of the offers. But otherwise you soon learn what not to pay full price for.
ETA, this is where online helps as you can quickly see any 'favourites' on special offer.
For example, 200g Gold Blend is @ £7.50, but last time I paid £4.50, previously £5 etc etc. In fact, there are some items I hardly ever pay full price for - cheddar, washing tabs, tea...
If you don't have flexibility between brands or are on a limited/weekly budget, it's harder to take advantage of the offers. But otherwise you soon learn what not to pay full price for.
ETA, this is where online helps as you can quickly see any 'favourites' on special offer.
The quality price equation doesn't quite add up here vs Tesco and the like for a few reasons. The 'low range' operating model, in simple terms they buy a lot of a good quality product, but the volumes allow for them to buy it very cheap and sell cheap. Tesco buy a wide range and therefore do not have the volume and have to sell higher priced as they have paid more for something of equivalent quality.
There are also supply chain and operating model differences, such as the discounters put sites on freehold instead of leashold sites. So the cost of entry is higher for discounters but their ongoing financial concerns are lower. That said, there is only so much freehold space available in the UK vs much more prevalent leasehold so need to see how that plays out when they continue to expand.
The quality is good, but the range is poor, thats the trade off. Simples!
There are also supply chain and operating model differences, such as the discounters put sites on freehold instead of leashold sites. So the cost of entry is higher for discounters but their ongoing financial concerns are lower. That said, there is only so much freehold space available in the UK vs much more prevalent leasehold so need to see how that plays out when they continue to expand.
The quality is good, but the range is poor, thats the trade off. Simples!
Have been a regular in our local Aldi and Lidl for a while now. Yes, there are a few things you can't get there, but for the majority of the shop they are fine.
I've got to a point where I hate going shopping anywhere else because you just don't get the savings. I popped into Morrisons yesterday to pick up a few bits and the cost was much more than similar from Aldi/Lidl.
It's a shame our Lidl and Aldi's aren't like the examples in Spain etc. Visited a Lidl in Mallorca quite a lot when we were last on holiday there and the savings are even better.
I've got to a point where I hate going shopping anywhere else because you just don't get the savings. I popped into Morrisons yesterday to pick up a few bits and the cost was much more than similar from Aldi/Lidl.
It's a shame our Lidl and Aldi's aren't like the examples in Spain etc. Visited a Lidl in Mallorca quite a lot when we were last on holiday there and the savings are even better.
I love the baskets of random stuff up the middle
Wandered round one yesterday while the car was being MOTed and almost bought a couple of gym kettlebells which were half the price of anywhere else but realised the car was about half a mile away and my arms probably wouldn't last that long
Wandered round one yesterday while the car was being MOTed and almost bought a couple of gym kettlebells which were half the price of anywhere else but realised the car was about half a mile away and my arms probably wouldn't last that long
lufbramatt said:
I love the baskets of random stuff up the middle
Wandered round one yesterday while the car was being MOTed and almost bought a couple of gym kettlebells which were half the price of anywhere else but realised the car was about half a mile away and my arms probably wouldn't last that long
Mrs Puggit came home with them Wandered round one yesterday while the car was being MOTed and almost bought a couple of gym kettlebells which were half the price of anywhere else but realised the car was about half a mile away and my arms probably wouldn't last that long
As others say, it's great for day-to-day stuff. All our meet and veg, cereal, bread etc comes from Aldi, and it saves a packet. We still need a Sainsburys visit every 2 weeks or so for top up items.
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