Aldi shares

Smithyh1965

Can you invest in Aldi? 

bowlhead99

No, it's a private business. I mean if you have hundreds of billions you could approach the owners and ask them if they'd like to sell, on the offchance.

vermania

It's a good reason to shop at Sainsbury's, Tesco or Morrisons, you can support British business and do your bit to grow/sustain your pension pot at the same time! Even if it's apparently more expensive.

AnotherJoe

Same as LIDL, both are privately held 

AnotherJoe

vermania said:

It's a good reason to shop at Sainsbury's, Tesco or Morrisons, you can support British business and do your bit to grow/sustain your pension pot at the same time! Even if it's apparently more expensive.

If your pension pot contains any of those, even via a fund, you likely  have some bad investments. 

vermania

AnotherJoe said:

vermania said:

It's a good reason to shop at Sainsbury's, Tesco or Morrisons, you can support British business and do your bit to grow/sustain your pension pot at the same time! Even if it's apparently more expensive.

If your pension pot contains any of those, even via a fund, you likely  have some bad investments. 

I knew someone would quickly take the bait. So by that it's preferable to line the pockets of private company owners instead.

kinger101

vermania said:

It's a good reason to shop at Sainsbury's, Tesco or Morrisons, you can support British business and do your bit to grow/sustain your pension pot at the same time! Even if it's apparently more expensive.

It's not a good reason.  If increasing pension pot was the objective then one would shop cheaper and put the savings into a pension. As for supporting British business, all the supermarkets are providing jobs in the UK.  I'm guessing the average Aldi worker relies less on working tax credits than a Tesco worker.  

MarkCarnage

I knew someone would quickly take the bait. So by that it's preferable to line the pockets of private company owners instead.

That's a pretty sweeping and emotive statement. What makes it worse, or better, whether a company is private or public? There are good and bad examples of both. Either you are trolling or a little Englander Brexiteer or both. 

glider3560

vermania said:

AnotherJoe said:

vermania said:

It's a good reason to shop at Sainsbury's, Tesco or Morrisons, you can support British business and do your bit to grow/sustain your pension pot at the same time! Even if it's apparently more expensive.

If your pension pot contains any of those, even via a fund, you likely  have some bad investments. 

I knew someone would quickly take the bait. So by that it's preferable to line the pockets of private company owners instead.

You could say the same about local small businesses.  By shopping there, you are lining the pockets of their private company owner, rather than helping your own pension pot.

cloud_dog

vermania said:

It's a good reason to shop at Sainsbury's, Tesco or Morrisons, you can support British business and do your bit to grow/sustain your pension pot at the same time! Even if it's apparently more expensive.

Aldi (can't comment on Lidl as we don't shop there) stock a lot of british sourced produce.  We find it far easier to find and buy produce from Britain in Aldi than Sainsbury's, Tesco, etc ,etc.  So, I am comfortable in my actions in helping to support British business / farmers, etc 

AnotherJoe

vermania said:

AnotherJoe said:

vermania said:

It's a good reason to shop at Sainsbury's, Tesco or Morrisons, you can support British business and do your bit to grow/sustain your pension pot at the same time! Even if it's apparently more expensive.

If your pension pot contains any of those, even via a fund, you likely  have some bad investments. 

I knew someone would quickly take the bait. So by that it's preferable to line the pockets of private company owners instead.

??? Why not accuse me of drowning kittens instead of shopping at Sainsburys as well?

My comment was on the merits of investing in UK supermarkets. A poor idea IMNSHO. Because, for a start, you probably wont be growing your pension pot (which is one of the things you mentioned) instead you'd be depleting it.