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

VfM4meplse

Stompa wrote: »

I've been surprised at just how empty Aldi has been this year, even yesterday there seemed no more customers than any other
Saturday.

It was quite busy earlier this evening, but I managed to get parked and was in and out with a small trolley of goodies in 20 minutes. That's the beauty of Aldi.

amandacat

I did my whole Christmas shop there over the weekend. No more busy than usual really. Did my whole Christmas shop including turkey, champagne, gin, beer and lots of goodies for just over £110. I don’t have to shop there but choose to because I find most of their food nicer than Tesco, am in and out quickly and am always surprised how cheap my bill is at the till!

mac.d

My local Aldi was fairly busy yesterday afternoon, but not too bad & they had a 3rd till open instead of only two. I was just getting a handful of items but indulged myself by by adding a bottle of Toro Loco Rose and a packet of mini stollen bites (which are utterly delicious).

maman

mac.d wrote: »

My local Aldi was fairly busy yesterday afternoon, but not too bad & they had a 3rd till open instead of only two. I was just getting a handful of items but indulged myself by by adding a bottle of Toro Loco Rose and a packet of mini stollen bites (which are utterly delicious).

That's unusual. Most Aldi's round here are brilliant at opening (and closing) check outs to respond to the number of customers.

I wish I could say the same for Lidl. They're appalling.:(

Doc_N

maman wrote: »

That's unusual. Most Aldi's round here are brilliant at opening (and closing) check outs to respond to the number of customers.

I wish I could say the same for Lidl. They're appalling.:(

Exactly the same here. No queues to speak of in Aldi because they actively manage them. Long queues in Lidl because they’re still trying to force people through their dysfunctional self service tills, which work at the speed of a tortoise.

A._Badger

Doc_N wrote: »

Exactly the same here. No queues to speak of in Aldi because they actively manage them. Long queues in Lidl because they’re still trying to force people through their dysfunctional self service tills, which work at the speed of a tortoise.

Just the same where I shopped. Aldi was very busy but the queues were bearable and the checkouts fast and friendly. Saimsbury's, on the other hand, where a top-up of festive cat food was needed (cat far too posh to eat Aldi food), was a very different story and for the same reasons.

Happy Christmas, everybody.

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No queues this morning...

PLRFD

Stories in the press about off ALDI turkeys.

charlies_mum

PLRFD wrote: »

Stories in the press about off ALDI turkeys.

Bought one yesterday from Morrisons with a use by date of 26th, so hope that's ok.

Pollycat

PLRFD wrote: »

Stories in the press about off ALDI turkeys.

Not just Aldi.
Tesco & Morrisons too.
One report of someone buying a turkey (presumably fresh) from Aldi on 19/12, putting it in the fridge and it was 'off' when they came to cook it on Christmas Eve.
Regardless of what the instructions say, if I was buying a fresh turkey I'd want to be picking it up a lot closer to Christmas than that.


I wonder how many of those 'off' turkeys have been kept in optimum conditions from the date of purchase.