Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

Ken68

It's not often I have a trolleys worth but when I do i clear the goods straight into it, pay instantly and then package up away from the till.
Some couples , the wife does everything and then keeps the queue waiting packaging properly and opens up purse etc.
The man is just a carthorse

meer53

I always check my receipt before i start packing my stuff, i've had a couple of things go through twice but they're really quick at sorting it out. They always give the money back in cash rather than crediting your card.

I love Aldi, there's always something interesting to buy. Bought their Balsamic Vinegar Salad Dressing recently, it's really good.

Eliza_2

On the couple of occasions when I've been charged for a completely random article, it was explained to me that when they go through the till so fast, the barcode numbers from 2 items run together and make a completely new item. So it really is important to check.

I did notice that when I returned the day after this happened, that till was out of use and being fixed, so it could've just been one of those things.

I do remember when the cashiers used to have to remember the prices for absolutely everything in the days before bar codes. Nightmare!!!

Hope you haven't been and bought up all that fudge while I've been out at work today.

PLRFD

I remember that,i thought it bizarre memorising every item in the shop.

Stompa

Jennifer_Jane wrote: »

We have baskets in our Aldi, which means you have to pack into your bag

You don't have to use the baskets though. Before they arrived I just used to find a box somewhere and use that. And since they won't allow me to take a basket through the till I continue to use a box. It's much quicker to just sling stuff back in the box at the till, and pack it into bags later.

Eliza_2

Before baskets arrived I used to put the goods into my own bag then empty it out onto the counter and repack once paid. I've seen plenty of other people do that too which is possibly why, at last, they brought in their own baskets.

I just so hope they don't turn into a clone of all the other supermarkets.

Mockingjay1

LIDL:

BAD: Their own brand cream of mushroom soup, 42p I believe, completely rank
GOOD: Xmas nibbles especially the Camembert moneybags & Duck Spring Rolls, own brand sparkling water

vegasvisitor

Eliza wrote: »

Before baskets arrived I used to put the goods into my own bag then empty it out onto the counter and repack once paid. I've seen plenty of other people do that too which is possibly why, at last, they brought in their own baskets.

I just so hope they don't turn into a clone of all the other supermarkets.

I'd be worried they thought I was shoplifting :eek: In Lidl though I've previously used one of those cardboard trays from the tins or something to carry bits and pieces.

WantToBeSE

Eliza wrote: »

Terrible fudge with cranberries - please don't buy it, I beg you - so that a great big pile of it is left so I can fill a trolley on Jan 2nd (the day I give up the diet)

mmm

hehehe...its a similar thing with the AWFUL ) ) marzipan stollen in Lidl...nobody shoul buy ANY...i want it ALL!

Eliza_2

lesley74 wrote: »

I'd be worried they thought I was shoplifting :eek:

tbh I was up for being stopped for shoplifting - I was ready with my speech about why don't they have baskets. Sadly I never got a chance to say my bit and now they have baskets.

They can't say anything anyway, until you have walked out with the stuff without paying so you can use what you like to carry it round in, as long as you pay for it all.

Disappointment at Aldi today was their brie and cranberry in breadcrumbs frozen thingies. I grilled them and all the brie and cranberry ran out. leaving a crunchy outer shell. Scraping the grill pan was very yummy however, but I was testing them out ready for guests and can't really offer them the pan and a sharp knife!