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

briskbeats

Saw Lidl had some Christmas lines - stollen bites and the whole stollen. Plus some frozen Deluxe veggie alternatives for Christmas such as nut roasts, some goats cheese pastry things. I have bought some of these in the past and they were v v nice, They were in the same freezers as the specials and the stollen is opposite that.

briskbeats

Wish A&L do ladies' shoes in sizes 8 and 9. They often do lightweight trainers. Try on the 7s and they are too tight. Sometimes I can get away with the mens shoes. Sometimes I want a girly colour of purple, light green etc,

mikb

harz99 said:

mikb said:

Cornucopia said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Has Aldi got its Christmas goodies in yet? I notice all the other retailers have introduced Christmas lines early knowing that if we're given an extra month to guzzle them, that's exactly what the Great British public will do

Not seen any yet in A or L.

ALDI here/today has the Holly Lane Deep Fill Mince Pies out (79p for 6) and I saw but resisted the Stollen Bites (£2.49 I think) -- so yes they have started. Both of the above were middle-aisle.

Have Aldi got the Christmas food n goodies catalogue out yet please? 

That, I don't know, I never take much notice of the in-store catalogues

harz99

mikb said:

harz99 said:

mikb said:

Cornucopia said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Has Aldi got its Christmas goodies in yet? I notice all the other retailers have introduced Christmas lines early knowing that if we're given an extra month to guzzle them, that's exactly what the Great British public will do

Not seen any yet in A or L.

ALDI here/today has the Holly Lane Deep Fill Mince Pies out (79p for 6) and I saw but resisted the Stollen Bites (£2.49 I think) -- so yes they have started. Both of the above were middle-aisle.

Have Aldi got the Christmas food n goodies catalogue out yet please? 

That, I don't know, I never take much notice of the in-store catalogues

I'll answer my own question, couldn't see any today, just the normal next offers flyers. 

Rosa_Damascena

briskbeats said:

Wish A&L do ladies' shoes in sizes 8 and 9. They often do lightweight trainers. Try on the 7s and they are too tight. Sometimes I can get away with the mens shoes. Sometimes I want a girly colour of purple, light green etc,

There was a time when they did, I got a number of size-8s but in recent years they have rationalised sizes from 4-7. I call discrimination on Bigfoot

briskbeats

Rosa_Damascena said:

briskbeats said:

Wish A&L do ladies' shoes in sizes 8 and 9. They often do lightweight trainers. Try on the 7s and they are too tight. Sometimes I can get away with the mens shoes. Sometimes I want a girly colour of purple, light green etc,

There was a time when they did, I got a number of size-8s but in recent years they have rationalised sizes from 4-7. I call discrimination on Bigfoot

Been a size 8 myself since I was 13. 

briskbeats

Loving Lidl’s goats cheese with garlic and herbs. Great cheese for those who can’t eat cows milk

Brie

Rosa_Damascena said:

There was a time when they did, I got a number of size-8s but in recent years they have rationalised sizes from 4-7. I call discrimination on Bigfoot

I wear a mere size 7 but remember back to when I lived in Vancouver.  Due to the large population of incredibly petite ladies with Chinese and Japanese backgrounds the sales often only included shoes of size 1 or even 0.  Made me feel like an absolute giant! 

Rosa_Damascena

Brie said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

There was a time when they did, I got a number of size-8s but in recent years they have rationalised sizes from 4-7. I call discrimination on Bigfoot

I wear a mere size 7 but remember back to when I lived in Vancouver.  Due to the large population of incredibly petite ladies with Chinese and Japanese backgrounds the sales often only included shoes of size 1 or even 0.  Made me feel like an absolute giant! 

But Canadian men are scarily huge!! Esp when decked out in their winterwear.

Saw someone buy a 12-pack of mince pies yesterday btw, so Christmas delicacies are definitely filtering through...

briskbeats

Brie said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

There was a time when they did, I got a number of size-8s but in recent years they have rationalised sizes from 4-7. I call discrimination on Bigfoot

I wear a mere size 7 but remember back to when I lived in Vancouver.  Due to the large population of incredibly petite ladies with Chinese and Japanese backgrounds the sales often only included shoes of size 1 or even 0.  Made me feel like an absolute giant! 

What's a size 0 shoe? Before 1, its 13.