Have you noticed how busy Aldi and Lidl are lately!

Seraph123

I've always shopped in Aldi and Lidl and sometimes sturday morning have been only one of a few people happily pootling round the store. No more. Went to Aldi yesterday, about 10am (day off) and the car park was jam packed and no trollies!! Went inside and every isle was full to busting. I noticed the car park had a huge amount of Mercs/Bmw's and the like. The secret is out :eek:

In_Martin_We_Trust

lidl is usually quite busy on thursdays when the new offers come out i always notice that in comparison to other days of the week. have been getting there xxl potatoes, onions, olive oil, spaghetti, toilet rolls, apple juice and previously have got there strawberry jam. xxl is awesome.

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and how people-free the big Tesc*s and Sainsbobs seems to be during the week.People are voting with their purses and their feet I think I went to Asd*s and M*rrisons during the week and it was a drive to get there (about 5 miles ) but I still think overall I saved money

Oscar_the_Pug

Yep, our local Aldis have been absolutely heaving the past few weekends. The secret is out!

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

I've started shopping there and the only comment I'll make is why did'nt I do it earlier.

Butterfly_Brain

We don't have a Lidl near to us sadly, but I know all the staff in our Aldi and they tell me that their sales figures are through the roof. It just goes to show that everyone is feeling the pinch and I think it will get worse the deeper the cuts get.

CH27

We always shop at Aldi on a sunday morning & it's getting busier every week.
Last week they had all four tills open & i've never seen more than two open.

Mrs_Vimes

I think the Daily Mail did an article on Ald*. A family swopped Sainsbobs for Aldi* and saved a fortune. So now the 4 wheel drive brigade seem to be using their common sense?
As long as they leave my free range chicken and eggs alone.

duchy

I'm just amazed it took so long. I live within 5 minutes walk of an Aldi and do most of my shopping there-however yesterday I did a food shop in M&S (I'm skint but had some vouchers) . I really don't like the layout in M&S even in the bigger stores it feels cramped in the food hall and stock levels weren't terrific with several gaps in stock.

If I was paying "real money" to shop there I'd be wondering why I was paying so much more for not much better.

Toonie

I've only been living in my new place for three months and the local Lidl has definitely been getting busier even in this short space of time. I do pick up quite a few things there but also have a fantastic Turkish supermarket close by where I can get a lot of things even cheaper. They do fantastic bread for 50p, you can buy giant tins of butter beans for 59p, tinned toms for 39p. It's brilliant, I just have to remember I have to walk up a hill to get home!

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As this thread is more related to shopping than Old Style, I've moved it over to the Food Shopping and Groceries board.

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