Great 'What's Hot and What's not at Aldi, Lidl & Netto' Hunt revisted

Vaila

lidl is great for its chocolate esp and confectionary
i find their jam, choc spreads and cheese spreads to be just as good as other brands
and there fruit and veg is always value

bluesindy_2

Just been reading this thread, as you can tell I've had a cracking Bank Hol!!! I personally do a 'big' shop on line with Sainsos once every 5/6 weeks (Basics stuff if pretty good!) and I'm fortunate to have a Lidl down the road and an Aldi in town so when I'm running low I tend to nip to either of these and have generally found the quality to be excellent in most things. Lidl chilled lasagne is always a good stand by! If you havn't used them definintely give them a go, until I found this site a few years ago I would't have dreamed of using them (God how snobby does that sound?) but you learn as you go along!! (and save money).

ps. For a treat now I wait until M&S have their £10 meal deals, don't feel I'm missing out then.

pps. In fact I'm drinking a delicious bottle of red from Lidl right now:beer:


Happy Bank Hol folks

Raksha

I'll tell you what hot at Wolverton Nettos - the gas main outside!

http://www.bucksfire.gov.uk/BucksFire/News/Netto.htm

Mary_Hartnell

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/33221387#Comment_33221387

hansi

bluesindy wrote: »

Just been reading this thread, as you can tell I've had a cracking Bank Hol!!! I personally do a 'big' shop on line with Sainsos once every 5/6 weeks (Basics stuff if pretty good!) and I'm fortunate to have a Lidl down the road and an Aldi in town so when I'm running low I tend to nip to either of these and have generally found the quality to be excellent in most things. Lidl chilled lasagne is always a good stand by! If you havn't used them definintely give them a go, until I found this site a few years ago I would't have dreamed of using them (God how snobby does that sound?) but you learn as you go along!! (and save money).

ps. For a treat now I wait until M&S have their £10 meal deals, don't feel I'm missing out then.

pps. In fact I'm drinking a delicious bottle of red from Lidl right now:beer:


Happy Bank Hol folks

I trust that is a £2.99 bottle:beer:

TheDan

I worked for Lidl for a few years and regularly shopped there as well as visiting Aldi and Netto to keep an eye on the competition (and pick up the week's bargains). Personally though, I think Lidl have started to lose their way recently and seem to be deliberately making their deals more and more complex. Fair enough to offer case deals, and I think everyone's familiar with the Monday/Thursday specials, but the thing they do now where offers on food items are only available on certain days and at certain times will just make customers resent them if they are unfortunate enough to turn up on the wrong day to pick up the deal they want.

Eenymeeny

Hi, I've bought a second sack barrow at Lidl yesterday for £14.99. This one is for my sister as she was very impressed when she borrowed ours. It was a brilliant help in the last renovation project. Really strong and collapses so that it'll go in the boot, maybe useful for car booters?:)

lucky77

TheDan wrote: »

Personally though, I think Lidl have started to lose their way recently and seem to be deliberately making their deals more and more complex. Fair enough to offer case deals, and I think everyone's familiar with the Monday/Thursday specials, but the thing they do now where offers on food items are only available on certain days and at certain times will just make customers resent them if they are unfortunate enough to turn up on the wrong day to pick up the deal they want.

I totally agree. I find it frustrating and confusing that certain food items are only on offer Mon-Wed and others Sat-Sunday, especially if I can only get on a Thursday or Friday. I don't want to shop there more than once a week which I guess is what Lidl is trying to encourage.

mustrum_ridcully

TheDan wrote: »

I worked for Lidl for a few years and regularly shopped there as well as visiting Aldi and Netto to keep an eye on the competition (and pick up the week's bargains). Personally though, I think Lidl have started to lose their way recently and seem to be deliberately making their deals more and more complex. Fair enough to offer case deals, and I think everyone's familiar with the Monday/Thursday specials, but the thing they do now where offers on food items are only available on certain days and at certain times will just make customers resent them if they are unfortunate enough to turn up on the wrong day to pick up the deal they want.

Headoffice in Germany needs to stamp on Lidl UK ASAP about that as to the best of my knowledge Lidl UK is the only one that does dirty tricks like Mon-Wed food offers (Lidl Ireland food offers run the whole week).

Li0nhead

We all know why they are doing it. Its to simply spread custom over the course of the week or forcing you to come in store several times a week but if they dont be careful they will just drive us elsewhere.