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Good and Bad Buying at Lidl and Aldi (***Please don't expire***)
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I'll miss the lovely, cheerful guy outside my Aldi who cleans down all the trolleys and hands them over with a smile.
To me the key workers being given priority access isn't just a thanks but an appreciation that they are still out working when many others are at home, so please go ahead to the front of the queue and don't wait. Although admittedly that's maybe a daft thought as it has really just been mainly for NHS, and not any others deemed key workers.
And to keep this on-topic. I only recently tried the Aldi ketchup having always used Heinz. It tastes ok but I do find it a bit watery. Do Lidl do a version of the reduced salt & sugar ketchup (Aldi now do which is why I've tried it)?
I fear that the ability to go to the front of the queue is too open to abuse rather like disabled and child parking spaces. A young, fit looking couple in the queue last week took 2 trolleys. I think they told the guy on the door they were shopping for 2 families. Once inside, they just dumped the second trolley in the aisle and carried on shopping together. ☹️
So much to read, so little time.