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

Miró

Cornucopia said:

Miró said:

I really like Aldi's sparkling water flavoured with elderflower but it has been missing from the shelves round here for ages.  Has anyone spotted any recently or has it been discontinued?

I usually buy a bottle every week.  At 32p (or is it 35p) it's a bargain.

A few weeks ago, they rebranded those sparkling water products, and the Elderflower variety, which used to have a blue cap, changed to "Apple & Elderflower" and now has a green cap.   I don't think it tastes any different, though.

Thank for the info re the rebranding.  I bought a couple of bottles of the new elderflower and apple variety last week and tried it for the first time yesterday.  Not keen tho...thought it tasted Ok to start with but left a nasty synthetic/sweet aftertaste.  Will just have to get a bottle of elderflower cordial and plain sparkling water and make my own I guess!!

Cornucopia

I used the Lidl Plus App for the first time today.  All very easy (you just scan your QR code using the scanner at the till, and it gives access to all the offers you have selected).   I also got my £5 off on £25 spend, which is their introductory offer.

Rosa_Damascena

Cornucopia said:

I used the Lidl Plus App for the first time today.  All very easy (you just scan your QR code using the scanner at the till, and it gives access to all the offers you have selected).   I also got my £5 off on £25 spend, which is their introductory offer.

I assume that was at a self-service till? Is there any reason why it cannot be scanned at a regular till?

LindsayT

Rosa_Damascena said:

Cornucopia said:

I used the Lidl Plus App for the first time today.  All very easy (you just scan your QR code using the scanner at the till, and it gives access to all the offers you have selected).   I also got my £5 off on £25 spend, which is their introductory offer.

I assume that was at a self-service till? Is there any reason why it cannot be scanned at a regular till?

No reason at all. I handed my phone to the cashier today to get the £5 off and she scanned it. On the bill though, it shows up as money off each item instead of £5 off at the bottom.

Cornucopia

Rosa_Damascena said:

Cornucopia said:

I used the Lidl Plus App for the first time today.  All very easy (you just scan your QR code using the scanner at the till, and it gives access to all the offers you have selected).   I also got my £5 off on £25 spend, which is their introductory offer.

I assume that was at a self-service till? Is there any reason why it cannot be scanned at a regular till?

No.   We don't have any self-service tills.   They have installed mini scanners facing the customer, similar to the ones in Sainsburys.

Cornucopia

LindsayT said:
On the bill though, it shows up as money off each item instead of £5 off at the bottom.

Mine too - how weird?  18p off this, and 21p off that, right the way down the receipt.

LindsayT

I thought it was very strange, I would have expected £5 to come off at the bottom. My local Lidl doesn't have self-service tills either. Just to let people know, there is actually a dedicated thread for the Lidl Plus app.

od244051

LindsayT said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Cornucopia said:

I used the Lidl Plus App for the first time today.  All very easy (you just scan your QR code using the scanner at the till, and it gives access to all the offers you have selected).   I also got my £5 off on £25 spend, which is their introductory offer.

I assume that was at a self-service till? Is there any reason why it cannot be scanned at a regular till?

No reason at all. I handed my phone to the cashier today to get the £5 off and she scanned it. On the bill though, it shows up as money off each item instead of £5 off at the bottom.

The scanner for the QR code on the Lidl Plus app looks like this - there's a hole in the 'sneeze' screens to do this

LindsayT

Well, as we don't have this in my local Lidl, as I said I handed the phone to the cashier with no problem.

od244051

The Lidl I go to has no self scans. If i go to a store with self scan, would the scanner scan the QR code?