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Good and Bad Buying at Lidl and Aldi (***Please don't expire***)

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  • CAZBEAR
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    There was something in my local paper about Aldi stopping selling newspaers and magazines.... Can anyone confirm this ?
    Best headline ever on local paper??
    "Weight loss group doubles in size"
  • Stompa
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    CAZBEAR wrote: »
    There was something in my local paper about Aldi stopping selling newspaers and magazines.... Can anyone confirm this ?
    Maybe?

    https://www.betterretailing.com/products/newspapers-magazines/aldi-axes-newspapers-and-magazines-after-menzies-row/
    Stompa
  • A._Badger
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    It's true. I was in a branch of Aldi this afternoon. Newspapers and magazines were gone and there was a small poster announcing their discontinuation.
  • Cornucopia
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    edited 4 October 2019 at 10:32PM
    Popcorn in place of the magazine rack in my Aldi, today.



    Price reduction at Lidl:

    - Peanut Butter 85p (was 99p) edit: this may have been a one branch clearance.


    New products at Aldi:

    - Various Quorn chilled products (Deli slices, Savoury Eggs, Cocktail Sausages). Not cheap, though, £1.85-£1.99
  • robrymond
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    Never saw anyone buy a magazine or paper anyway. Waste of space.
  • mac.d
    mac.d Posts: 1,387 Forumite
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    edited 4 October 2019 at 10:31PM
    Cereal/Muesli Bars.

    Aldi's Benefit Cereal Bars are pretty tasty. By comparison Lidl's Crownfield Muesli Cereal Bars (Apple) are not nice at all. In fact I'm thinking of throwing the rest in the bin. I think the Hazelnut version are supposed to be ok, but I don't think I'll bother trying them.
  • candygirl
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    robrymond wrote: »
    Never saw anyone buy a magazine or paper anyway. Waste of space.

    I always used to :(
    "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf"

    (Kabat-Zinn 2004):D:D:D
  • Pollycat
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    robrymond wrote: »
    Never saw anyone buy a magazine or paper anyway. Waste of space.
    candygirl wrote: »
    I always used to :(
    Me too (although it was only a TV mag so once a week).
    Cans of pop in the space now in our store.
  • VfM4meplse
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    robrymond wrote: »
    Never saw anyone buy a magazine or paper anyway. Waste of space.
    Ours has been replaced by a cage full of pale ale, and bizarrely a pink gin liqueur with neither electronic tag nor shelftalker. I made a price enquiry as it was full strength and it turned out to be something like £13, at which point I suggested that its proximity to the entrance would lead it to walk straight out of the door. Which genius planogrammed that? :think:
    Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!

    "No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio

    Hope is not a strategy :D...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!
  • Cornucopia
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    Cornucopia wrote: »
    Popcorn in place of the magazine rack in my Aldi, today.
    Today, dishevelled display of crisps. :(

    Price reduction at Lidl:

    - Peanut Butter 85p (was 99p) edit: this may have been a one branch clearance.
    This is now the price in Aldi, too.

    - Also, 2 Litre Double Concentrate Squash is back at Aldi - same price and packaging as before (85p). :T

    - 4 pack Greek Style yogurt now has a new pack style (4x separate round pots) and is now "No Added Sugar/0% Fat" - in both Lidl & Aldi.
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