Aldi

[Big City Girl]

It's amazing the turnaround on opinion of Aldi/Lidl.  I was too embarassed to say I shopped there.  Now I don't care, and it seems neither does anyone else.

 

Marc I'll give those chocs a whirl.

[White on Tyne]

thay do good Tbags gold £1.40 for 80 i get some one to get them for me

Yes, I agree with this. I think.

[Youri McAnespie]

It's amazing the turnaround on opinion of Aldi/Lidl.  I was too embarassed to say I shopped there.  Now I don't care, and it seems neither does anyone else.

 

Marc I'll give those chocs a whirl.

 

Perhaps that's one good thing to come from the recession, people have gone some way to abandoning daft notions about branding and the like. The whole ethos of "I buy therefore I am..." - meaning if you shopped at Aldi you're probably a scutter.

 

The 'American' notion of 'freedom' being tied to (over) consuming and prestige/cool through branding is fading somewhat, which is a good thing imo. Hopefully people won't go back to this way of thinking when things improve economically.

 

Now then, my trouser belt broke yesterday so I'm off to a skip down the road to fish a piece of washing line, I spied yesterday, out of there. Where are my shoes/bin bags?

[no balls]

See, this why I usually think you talk through your arse.

Aldi is good for a number of items, most mentioned like chorizo, red wine, some breads and veg BUT don't try and say all their stuff is as good as branded. If I were to offer up Aldi beans instead of Heinz or their own brand version of HP, I'd fully expect to feel the furry side.

[Zico]

Now that im a seasoned aldi-er I like to watch the JCLs at the till who think they can pack their bags at the checkout like they're in tesco or something whilst the checkout person whizzes everything through double quick to get them out the way

[gonzo]

Now that im a seasoned aldi-er I like to watch the JCLs at the till who think they can pack their bags at the checkout like they're in tesco or something whilst the checkout person whizzes everything through double quick to get them out the way

They have to scan 1000 items per hours on average.

 

Fact

[Youri McAnespie]

See, this why I usually think you talk through your arse.

Aldi is good for a number of items, most mentioned like chorizo, red wine, some breads and veg BUT don't try and say all their stuff is as good as branded. If I were to offer up Aldi beans instead of Heinz or their own brand version of HP, I'd fully expect to feel the furry side.

 

 

Nah, I think sometimes you get the wrong end of the stick - it's Heinz Ketchup all the way in the McAnespie household...

 

But stuff like, I dunno, San Pellegrino water - folk buy it for the bottle, I'm not having it any other way. Would people buy it if they stuck it a plain plastic bottle and sold it for say, a third less. I reckon' they wouldn't.

 

I buy stuff from all over the place, I'll go in the scutteriest of scutter shops if there's a deal or something on offer. That MoneySaving bloke reckons that shopping around for everything is akin to having a 20% payrise - OK it probably takes that little bit more effort, but it does pay off in the end.

 

I've said it before, since I've been applying this rule I've had so much more disposable income to do good stuff with - going away more, eating out more, saving - things like that, it's like anything good in life/advice etc. - you sort of want to share it with other people (ones you like that is).

Edited August 17, 2013 by Youri McAnespie

[Youri McAnespie]

And, finally, some of the rudest and ill-mannered people I've ever crossed paths with have been folk shopping at M&S, Booths and Waitrose.

 

They've been told as well - which is one of the advantages of being on the wrong side of 35 - you don't automatically defer to your elders anymore, if they're a fucking rude twat, they'll get telt.

[no balls]

You've never been to Fulwood asda then

[jules_darby]

You've never been to Fulwood asda then

Asda Hulme

 

Nothing could top that for concentration on nobheads

[Youri McAnespie]

Oh aye, there's obnoxious fuckers all over the show...

 

My point was, some people, tongue in cheek most of the time I know, lay claim to shopping at Waitrose etc. alluding to the rise they attract a better class of person.

 

It doesn't and they aren't - similarly some of the smellies shopping in Home Bargains are 'salt of the earth'.

[Youri McAnespie]

I'd put the Cooked Meat section at M&S in town up there with the Whoopsie section at Burnden Asda for ill-mannered types.

 

The only difference is one set are clad in Greenwood togs and  t'others are in three quarter trackies, velour Golddigga sweatpants or Saris.

[jules_darby]

Aldi is ace for some things, but I've always found it crap for fruit and veg

 

Maybe it's store by store?

[beer_swiller]

They've got a fabulous range of wines too.

 

Strangely there used to be a social stigma about shopping at Aldi but once you shop there and realise how cheap it can be it's no wonder it's the fastest growing supermarket in the UK   

Years ago when the kids where younger they were very upset with us when we mentioned going to Aldi, especially when their friends were around them. Now much older they go there themselves.

 

Wines are fantastic,  four quid buys a decent bottle.

 

Aye, I love a mooch around Aldi.

[ianofcleveleys]

We've an Aldi and a B&M on same site in Royton, get all we need from there and save a panful on the big name stores. Peri-peri chicken legs you fire in the microwave are great for a quick tea on a midweek night. Not a bad selection of bottled real ales for miles less than the big boys. Plenty of other stuff e like and not much we don't  

[cureforsanity]

We've been 'doing' aldi & lidl for years.

 

Used to do all our shopping at tesco but we save £50-£60 a week buying careful like.

 

You have to be careful with some of their tinned stuff which can be dearer than tesco, and I find their own barm cakes too sweet for my liking.

 

Also we've been going to iceland again recently. Fuck me that place is cheap for frozen stuff!

 

Being on the road a lot helps as my mrs sends me out with a shopping list if she knows I'll be near one. Home & bargains larger stores are also brill for cleaning stuff, dwrets, chocolate and good ale. I've been stocking the beer fridge up with pale ales for £1.29 or less.

 

A very good friend of mine (sadly no longer with us) and lifelong Wanderer was part of the Stuart Edgar management buyout and made a tidy sum when they sold it to the krauts, he used to go there a lot on business and deal with many supermarket buyers. He always raved about Aldi, in Germany they're like Tesco. Only much, much bigger and far wealthier.....