Great What/What Not to Buy at Lidl, Aldi and Netto Hunt

stamford

Aldi - 500g Seedless Red Grapes £0.49

caringa

Lidls wine - £2.29 a bottle starting today

HanaDR

Aldi combi microwave is brilliant. Had it some time now. about 1/3 the price of the Panasonic and ahigh power microwave output too.

Perez

caringa wrote: »

Lidls wine - £2.29 a bottle starting today

I bought a bottle of this the other day, think it was a Cabarnet Sauvignon (but not 100% sure) - it was fine for cooking with, I needed most of a bottle for a recipe...

As a standalone drinking wine, it wasn't too offensive, but definitely won't be winning any awards! I think you can get away with cheap reds better than whites - I imagine a £2.29 bottle of white wine would be absolutely disgusting!

Joey122

How does lidl sell items for so cheap?

I ve always been amazed why Tesco cannot undercut them

Does anyone actually know?

BexTech

Joey122 wrote: »

How does lidl sell items for so cheap?

I ve always been amazed why Tesco cannot undercut them

Does anyone actually know?

Lower over-heads?

Less advertising?

Charging for carrier bags?

No loyalty card?

Stores located in areas where the 'rent' is cheaper?

C_Ronaldo

BexTech wrote: »

Lower over-heads?

Less advertising?

Charging for carrier bags?

No loyalty card?

Stores located in areas where the 'rent' is cheaper? I think they try and snap up land before any of the other 4 supermarkets get to it first

what Bextech said plus they dont employ cleaners like other supermarkets plus they only have a minimal amount of staff on the payroll plus as theres minimal staff in each day the staff do longer hours eg 9 -7 or 8 - 7,

stamford

BexTech wrote: »

Lower over-heads?

Less advertising?

Charging for carrier bags?

No loyalty card?

Stores located in areas where the 'rent' is cheaper?

Lower margins and absence of a Rip Off Britain Policy

fiddlesticks

Our lidl shares a car park with tesco so its not that!

Chocolate
Frozen pizzas - the basil and mozzarella ones and the spinach ones
ALL the ice creams
the frozen seafood ranges
face cream etc
Shoes
Underwear (the ONLY place I've found a bra that fits)
pesto

Schamansky

Yes, what Bex said.

Minimised overhead through minimised customer service, minimal staff, minimum advertising, zero fringes, simplistic store outfits, etc.

Also a radical buying strategy, mostly own brands with long-term fixed contracts. Lidl's buyers are rumoured to strike fear in the heart of manufacturers' selling teams.

Staff policy is a key element. Lidl pay a better hourly rate than Tesco or Asda, but a Lidl employee does the work of three Tesco employees. I'm not exaggerating, no offence to Tesco employees. The pressure is quite extreme. Aldi pay even more, but their staff policy is the same. They demand 400% and get 350%. Ask anybody who works there.