Good and Bad Buys from Aldi & Lidl *Do NOT Expire Please*

VfM4meplse

The Lidl baclava is really good, with residual stock still on sale after Christmas (not an item that has benefited from a price slash, though). Expensive but worth it, great to serve after a meal with coffee instead of dessert.

RainbowDrops

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Expensive but worth it.

It's actually very cheap compared to the real deal.
I live in an area with lots of Baclava bakeries, and a similar amount of "fresh" stuff costs around £10.

Eenymeeny

Thanks for all of your advice on the washing up liquid. I'll look out for the Lidl Platinum next time I'm in there. We do call into Aldi sometimes so will look for those too.
Reckon I'll be using the present one much quicker than usual! (Little tip if you haven't heard of it: I decant it into a soap dispenser then squirt it onto the washing up sponge. Two squirts usually suffice but I'm using three at the moment!)

VfM4meplse

RainbowDrops wrote: »

It's actually very cheap compared to the real deal.
I live in an area with lots of Baclava bakeries, and a similar amount of "fresh" stuff costs around £10.

Agreed, but for a mass-produced product its great. Plus for me its a luxury vs the w/w price of Western goodies, ie biscuits, cake or chocolate.

Say for arguments sake each piece is 25g, it costs about 27p per piece. That is compared to 2.25p for a chocolate oatie biscuit of 18.75g (a very affordable favourite of mine), currently 42p / 300g pack in Aldi. You can't compare the two in terms of quality of ingredients, but if its a sugar hit you're after the biscuits win hands down for me, as I discriminate preferentially on the basis of price

PLRFD

Could say that again please with a bit more detail this time

VfM4meplse

PLRFD wrote: »

Could say that again please with a bit more detail this time

Sorry m'lud, just being [STRIKE]greedy[/STRIKE] MSE.

RainbowDrops

Loving your sugar maths!

maman

maman wrote: »

My Aldi was an absolute mess again this week.:(

Not sure where I should raise it? I did comment to the guy on the checkout but he seemed as exasperated as me.

dlusman wrote: »

https://customerservice.aldi.co.uk/contact


( and Select "store" in step 1 )

I followed this up and got a swift, polite response from Aldi. Pleasingly it did address what I'd written not just a standard churned out email. They apologised, of course, but also said they'd pass it on to the local store. Hopefully normal service will be resumed.


I don't think it can be a supply problem as such as plenty of e.g. cauli and broccoli in Sainsbury's but none in Aldi.:( The mess store has to a lack of management of staff, assuming they have enough staff in the first place.

A._Badger

maman wrote: »

I followed this up and got a swift, polite response from Aldi. Pleasingly it did address what I'd written not just a standard churned out email. They apologised, of course, but also said they'd pass it on to the local store. Hopefully normal service will be resumed.


I don't think it can be a supply problem as such as plenty of e.g. cauli and broccoli in Sainsbury's but none in Aldi.:( The mess store has to a lack of management of staff, assuming they have enough staff in the first place.

Aldi is a victim of its own success . I have two stores in my area and both are woefully small for the volumes of business they are doing. The car parks are always crammed and the staff work flat out constantly re-stacking the shelves, which are stripped again in next to no time.

I understand a new store is planned in one of the towns concerned but it's taking time, I suspect because Aldi's management is as badly stretched as are its shelf stackers.

I suppose it's a nice problem for the company to have but it can be frustrating for consumers and it must be hell on the staff.

maman

A._Badger wrote: »

Aldi is a victim of its own success . I have two stores in my area and both are woefully small for the volumes of business they are doing. The car parks are always crammed and the staff work flat out constantly re-stacking the shelves, which are stripped again in next to no time.

I understand a new store is planned in one of the towns concerned but it's taking time, I suspect because Aldi's management is as badly stretched as are its shelf stackers.

I suppose it's a nice problem for the company to have but it can be frustrating for consumers and it must be hell on the staff.

Yes, you're right about being a victim of its own success.


I have four stores in easy reach including one new and larger one.


What made me comment was that this particular store is always well managed and tidy. I recognise your description of staff refilling shelves flat out but since Christmas there don't seem to be so many staff there or the stock. I time my shop for just before the Friday teatime onslaught when the car park is fairly empty as parents have gone to collect offspring from school and too early for most people to have finished work. Usually, because they're expecting the weekend rush there is plenty of stock and high staffing levels.


I'll post again if anything changes.