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

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  • Scipio80
    Scipio80 Posts: 5 Forumite
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    I was in Lidl today to buy items I use weekly, all had increased in price (between 5% and 10%) from the previous week. They have done this with indecent haste as you could see the old prices left underneath. 
    On enquiry an employee stated increased costs the cause.
  • Cornucopia
    Cornucopia Posts: 16,471 Forumite
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    edited 17 March 2020 at 10:02PM
    Scipio80 said:
    I was in Lidl today to buy items I use weekly, all had increased in price (between 5% and 10%) from the previous week.
    Any examples?

    Scipio80 said:
    They have done this with indecent haste as you could see the old prices left underneath.
    Underneath what?
  • KxMx
    KxMx Posts: 11,119 Forumite
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    Presumably the old price shelf label is under the new. Sounds like they've put them on top rather than remove the old label- with how busy they are that is understandable.
  • Scipio80
    Scipio80 Posts: 5 Forumite
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    Lidl Prestonpans.
    For example, walnuts £1.85 to £1.98.
    The old prices are still visible under the shelf labels.

  • Farway
    Farway Posts: 14,656 Forumite
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    I was in Lidl yesterday, usual shopping and can't say I found any price increases but maybe that's just my items?
    Eight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens
  • Ken68
    Ken68 Posts: 6,825 Forumite
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    Just got back from Lidl, intention was to shop three days early,  if having to self isolate. Some shelves half full, though UHT milk and ordinary milk available. All bread gone by 11am. Got everything I wanted. No obvious price increases, though Gammon Joint was £3.40kg.
  • My lidl has huge queues but the self service tills are not in use. I don't know why they don't open them. They are losing customers who only want a few things. 
  • DigForVictory
    DigForVictory Posts: 12,054 Forumite
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    Hate to say it but theft & only 2 packs of paracetamol per transaction an issue.
  • Tried lidl's own version of monsters munch- definite miss for the picked onion flavour, just tasted of vinegar, bleh...






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  • maman
    maman Posts: 29,707 Forumite
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    Don't know specifically about Lidl but SMs would need to alter the software to limit purchases /prevent panic buying. Maybe that's not easily /quickly achievable.
    Unfortunately we've come into this crisis on the back of the austerity policy. Lidl have  kept staff to an absolute minimum and relied on self service tills. Now they need to staff tills they have a problem. 
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