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

Pollycat

charlies_mum wrote: »

Visited Aldi today and bought a trolley full. Bought two bunches of flowers £2.59 and peppers £1 all at half price. All went through at full price, so was overcharged £3. Had to go back to checkout to get it sorted.

Assumed it would go through automatically but it seems the checkout operator needs to manually adjust

Just beware if buying half price goods.

I've never been overcharged for half price goods - and I check before I leave the store.


I thought they do go through automatically.

charlies_mum

Pollycat wrote: »

I've never been overcharged for half price goods - and I check before I leave the store.


I thought they do go through automatically.

I've been over charged before but didn't realise until I got home, so checked this time.

The checkout operator said "sorry, I missed those" and had to call a manager to sort it. Of course there was a massive queue who had to wait while it was sorted. I nearly didn't bother but that wouldn't have been very MSE :rotfl:

VfM4meplse

charlies_mum wrote: »

I've been over charged before but didn't realise until I got home, so checked this time.

The checkout operator said "sorry, I missed those" and had to call a manager to sort it. Of course there was a massive queue who had to wait while it was sorted. I nearly didn't bother but that wouldn't have been very MSE :rotfl:

The relatively small number of Aldi and Lidl stores vs the Big 4 means de facto people are there with cost minimisation in mind - so don't be shamed into not getting the error corrected.


I've just seen Ideal Home magazine recommend the new scents in the Aldi "Jo Malone"-like candle range, including Bitter Orange. Has anyone tried them? From what I have observed, this is one line that is year-round and never subject to a red sticker

Cornucopia

You can always come back to the cashier after they have moved on to the next customer - that gives them the option of calling the manager to deal with the overcharging.

Pollycat

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I've just seen Ideal Home magazine recommend the new scents in the Aldi "Jo Malone"-like candle range, including Bitter Orange. Has anyone tried them? From what I have observed, this is one line that is year-round and never subject to a red sticker

I've not tried the new ones but have bought the mandarin, lime & basil and pomegranate fragrances in diffusers and candles.


I would try the bitter orange.


I don't like the freesia & ? or the roses one.

bhaskar

charlies_mum wrote: »

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I've been over charged before but didn't realise until I got home, so checked this time.

The checkout operator said "sorry, I missed those" and had to call a manager to sort it. Of course there was a massive queue who had to wait while it was sorted. I nearly didn't bother but that wouldn't have been very MSE :rotfl:

I like how lidl has the 20p stickers that have a barcode on them, aldi should do that

Cornucopia

A mundane item, I know, but I got some new bin bags from Lidl expecting them to be the flimsy white plastic ones, and they turned out to be substantial transparent plastic - much, much stronger (probably tougher than the black bin bags).

Lidl "Purio" 20x 50l swing bin liners. 79p

maman

VfM4meplse wrote: »

The relatively small number of Aldi and Lidl stores vs the Big 4 means de facto people are there with cost minimisation in mind - so don't be shamed into not getting the error corrected.


I've just seen Ideal Home magazine recommend the new scents in the Aldi "Jo Malone"-like candle range, including Bitter Orange. Has anyone tried them? From what I have observed, this is one line that is year-round and never subject to a red sticker

I like the lime, mandarin and basil too (No 1). It's very popular and I've had to dig around to find any.

apple_muncher

I've stopped buying cottage cheese in aldi as it goes off very quickly - at times even before the use by date and unopened. So I now buy it from lidl where it does what I'd expect - it lasts much longer and doesn't go off early.

VfM4meplse

apple_muncher wrote: »

I've stopped buying cottage cheese in aldi as it goes off very quickly - at times even before the use by date and unopened. So I now buy it from lidl where it does what I'd expect - it lasts much longer and doesn't go off early.

But its quite sour, I find. Polish ones seem to be a lot milder.