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

Rosa_Damascena

The middle-aisle specials haven't been all that, lately. It's been mostly gardening stuff, and I'd decided planting wouldn't happen when lockdown started. Not worth breaking the rules for some compost, and I have plenty of garden furniture.

Doc_N

New delivery service from Aldi recently announced:

Have your groceries delivered straight to your door 

Need a few essentials in a hurry? Can’t go to the shops? You can now order the things you need direct from your local store through our new food delivery partner, Deliveroo. This speedy new service allows you to do a shop safely and conveniently without leaving the house.

Follow the steps below to complete your order today!

Participating stores

Our home delivery service is currently being rolled out across limited number of stores in the UK. If you live near one of our participating stores, you’ll find that it only takes a few clicks to get the essentials you need. We are regularly adding more stores, so if we are not currently in your area, just check back on the app soon.

https://www.aldi.co.uk/deliveroo

Not remotely what most customers want yet, but it’s a start.  The sooner the better - costing an arm and a leg from Tesco and Sainsbury for unavoidable deliveries at the moment.  They won’t be standard Aldi prices, but they’ll still undercut the majors.

harz99

Doc_N said:

New delivery service from Aldi recently announced:

Have your groceries delivered straight to your door 

Need a few essentials in a hurry? Can’t go to the shops? You can now order the things you need direct from your local store through our new food delivery partner, Deliveroo. This speedy new service allows you to do a shop safely and conveniently without leaving the house.

Follow the steps below to complete your order today!

Participating stores

Our home delivery service is currently being rolled out across limited number of stores in the UK. If you live near one of our participating stores, you’ll find that it only takes a few clicks to get the essentials you need. We are regularly adding more stores, so if we are not currently in your area, just check back on the app soon.

https://www.aldi.co.uk/deliveroo

Not remotely what most customers want yet, but it’s a start.  The sooner the better - costing an arm and a leg from Tesco and Sainsbury for unavoidable deliveries at the moment.  They won’t be standard Aldi prices, but they’ll still undercut the majors.

I don't want to sign up to deliveroo just to find out if a store near me delivers! Just list them first.

Doc_N

harz99 said:

Doc_N said:

New delivery service from Aldi recently announced:

Have your groceries delivered straight to your door 

Need a few essentials in a hurry? Can’t go to the shops? You can now order the things you need direct from your local store through our new food delivery partner, Deliveroo. This speedy new service allows you to do a shop safely and conveniently without leaving the house.

Follow the steps below to complete your order today!

Participating stores

Our home delivery service is currently being rolled out across limited number of stores in the UK. If you live near one of our participating stores, you’ll find that it only takes a few clicks to get the essentials you need. We are regularly adding more stores, so if we are not currently in your area, just check back on the app soon.

https://www.aldi.co.uk/deliveroo

Not remotely what most customers want yet, but it’s a start.  The sooner the better - costing an arm and a leg from Tesco and Sainsbury for unavoidable deliveries at the moment.  They won’t be standard Aldi prices, but they’ll still undercut the majors.

I don't want to sign up to deliveroo just to find out if a store near me delivers! Just list them first.

"The German supermarket chain began making deliveries from its Daleside Road store in Nottingham on Monday and plans to extend the service to seven stores across the east Midlands next month."

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/18/aldi-joins-with-deliveroo-to-start-grocery-deliveries-coronavirus

harz99

Doc_N said:

harz99 said:

Doc_N said:

New delivery service from Aldi recently announced:

Have your groceries delivered straight to your door 

Need a few essentials in a hurry? Can’t go to the shops? You can now order the things you need direct from your local store through our new food delivery partner, Deliveroo. This speedy new service allows you to do a shop safely and conveniently without leaving the house.

Follow the steps below to complete your order today!

Participating stores

Our home delivery service is currently being rolled out across limited number of stores in the UK. If you live near one of our participating stores, you’ll find that it only takes a few clicks to get the essentials you need. We are regularly adding more stores, so if we are not currently in your area, just check back on the app soon.

https://www.aldi.co.uk/deliveroo

Not remotely what most customers want yet, but it’s a start.  The sooner the better - costing an arm and a leg from Tesco and Sainsbury for unavoidable deliveries at the moment.  They won’t be standard Aldi prices, but they’ll still undercut the majors.

I don't want to sign up to deliveroo just to find out if a store near me delivers! Just list them first.

"The German supermarket chain began making deliveries from its Daleside Road store in Nottingham on Monday and plans to extend the service to seven stores across the east Midlands next month."

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/18/aldi-joins-with-deliveroo-to-start-grocery-deliveries-coronavirus

Take but it needs to be in the Aldi blurb, not a separate article. Plot to get you signed up to Deliveroo?

[Deleted User]

How many groceries can they get on a scooter?

rhcp

Deleted_User said:

How many groceries can they get on a scooter?

It will be Granville on his bicycle.

od244051

Went to Lidl. Seeing that they are letting in couples in again. Probably saw about three in total. As was buying shopping for my parents and a family friend that can't get out. On working out how much they were owing me, noticed that one of the orange stickered items I was charged full price and for two of them. So about £2.60 out of pocket. 

Rang Lidl customer service and explained about the above. Given me a reference number which I wrote on the receipt and show it to the cashier on my next visit. So I will get my £2.60 off. 

Is this a new thing? Never been overcharged before.

203846930

od244051 said:

Went to Lidl. Seeing that they are letting in couples in again. Probably saw about three in total. As was buying shopping for my parents and a family friend that can't get out. On working out how much they were owing me, noticed that one of the orange stickered items I was charged full price and for two of them. So about £2.60 out of pocket. 

Rang Lidl customer service and explained about the above. Given me a reference number which I wrote on the receipt and show it to the cashier on my next visit. So I will get my £2.60 off. 

Is this a new thing? Never been overcharged before.

It happens more than you think, I always stack my reduced items at the front of the belt and tell the cashier they are there and still some get missed

I have been told by my shop manager that they are changing the orange sticker to now have its own barcode rather than them having to push the button on the till to reduce it.

Cornucopia

I went to Aldi this week for the first time since Lockdown began.   I was quite impressed with their infection controls - they had a well-stocked cleaning station just inside the front door, and they had dividing barriers between parallel customer queues at the tills (which is something I've not seen anywhere else).  There was no queue to go in, and no queues at the tills.

Since I'd been away for several weeks, I was not surprised to see many products had been given new packaging, and in some cases new recipe/new sizes.   In particular, the pre-packaged fruit and nut selections have been given a complete makeover.   The Tropical Mix, which used to be the same size, weight and quality as the Lidl version is now huge, but still the same weight, and the laws of physics dictate that it is now full of lighter ingredients such as banana chips and toasted coconut.    Much less of heavier ingredients like raisins, nuts and dried tropical fruit.

The 4-pack small pots of fruit in juice/syrup have returned after what must be a year, and now have attractive packaging using photos of the fruit inside.

They also had supplies of pocket-size hand sanitiser and (well done to Aldi) they are still only asking 42p for it.