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[Food] Aldi/Lidl Blindness



Tom Hark Preston Park

Tom Hark Preston Park

Will Post For Cash
Jul 6, 2003
70,221
Anyone else suffer from this affliction? Got one or other budget supermarket just down the road from me, it's been there for years now, no idea which one it is,they just seem totally interchangeable :shrug:
 








Westdene Seagull

Westdene Seagull

aka Cap'n Carl Firecrotch
NSC Patron
Oct 27, 2003
21,027
The arse end of Hangleton
No blindness here - Lidl have far less variety than Aldi and are slightly more expensive. That said, both are very good supermarkets for getting your shopping at a very reasonable price. I use Aldi and then for a very few bits go to Sainsburys - three bags of goods at Aldi cost ~£60, less than one bag at Sainsburys ~£30. Why people use the Sainsburys and Tescos of the world to do their main shop is beyond me. Even more so Waitrose ! More money than sense.
 


Dick Swiveller

Dick Swiveller

Well-known member
Sep 9, 2011
9,159
Yep - still don't know which is which around us until I go there.
 




schmunk

schmunk

"Members"
Jan 19, 2018
9,516
Mid mid mid Sussex
We have all our shopping delivered, so would never go near one, but I have just had a lovely sit outside in the Aldi egg chair I bought (online) last week.
 




Bold Seagull

Bold Seagull

strong and stable with me, or...
Mar 18, 2010
29,804
Hove
Westdene Seagull said:
No blindness here - Lidl have far less variety than Aldi and are slightly more expensive. That said, both are very good supermarkets for getting your shopping at a very reasonable price. I use Aldi and then for a very few bits go to Sainsburys - three bags of goods at Aldi cost ~£60, less than one bag at Sainsburys ~£30. Why people use the Sainsburys and Tescos of the world to do their main shop is beyond me. Even more so Waitrose ! More money than sense.
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I like the fact there’s less choice at Aldi, keeps you focused on what you need rather than trying to entice you to buy all sorts with shelf strategy product placement. A shop also takes twice as long as well as costs twice as much in Tesco/Sainburys
 








mikeyjh

mikeyjh

Well-known member
Dec 17, 2008
4,489
Llanymawddwy
I like them, great for larder stuff, tins etc, knock off the normal brands, love it. - Fruit and veg is largely shite though there's usually someone who will pipe up that his mate who's a chef gets there stuff there....

To add - If you need anything other than about the main 3 or 4 most popular herbs and spices, you're going somewhere else....
 














Me and my Monkey

Me and my Monkey

Well-known member
Nov 3, 2015
3,354
Never go to Aldi/Lidl with a shopping list, you'll inevitably be disappointed. However, you'll also definitely come home with something VERY exciting and unexpected.
 




Is it PotG?

Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker
Feb 20, 2017
23,367
Sussex by the Sea
By no means perfect, but well worth the punt.

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BNthree

BNthree

Plastic JCL
Sep 14, 2016
10,918
WeHo
Not only do I not have “blindness” I even know which each of them stocks that the other doesn’t so know which to go to for certain things.

Aldi’s version of Aperol is less than half the price of Aperol and actually beat Aperol in a Which magazine taste test recently.

Given the cost of living crisis looming these supermarkets are going to be getting a lot more business.
 


Wrong-Direction

Wrong-Direction

Well-known member
Mar 10, 2013
13,427
Aldi produce really not that bad

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