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

maman

Rosa_Damascena said:

I have been shopping at Lidl this month.

It is no coincidence that I am gaining a lot of weight!! 

That's strange @Rosa_Damascena, I buy their dishwasher stuff and pickles and I haven't gained at all. 🤣

Rosa_Damascena

maman said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

I have been shopping at Lidl this month.

It is no coincidence that I am gaining a lot of weight!! 

That's strange @Rosa_Damascena, I buy their dishwasher stuff and pickles and I haven't gained at all. 🤣

Don't make me choke on my (freebie) doughnut!!

Cornucopia

I got a free Margarita Pizza Slice yesterday (Lidl).   It was pretty good, even eating it cold.

Next time on Free Lidl Bakery items:   Croissant or Choc Hazelnut Croissant.

viv0147

Shopping in Aldi this morning 8 self-service tills and no checkout till. I asked for one to be opened which they did but it was amusing the people on the self-service were going nuts they couldn't get things to scan and how to operate them weigh the fruit etc some gave up and joined the queue behind me.PS I don't work for Aldi lol  

Rosa_Damascena

Cornucopia said:

I got a free Margarita Pizza Slice yesterday (Lidl).   It was pretty good, even eating it cold.

Next time on Free Lidl Bakery items:   Croissant or Choc Hazelnut Croissant.

Just had one myself, am surprised how delicious it was! 

Cornucopia

Rosa_Damascena said:

Cornucopia said:

I got a free Margarita Pizza Slice yesterday (Lidl).   It was pretty good, even eating it cold.

Next time on Free Lidl Bakery items:   Croissant or Choc Hazelnut Croissant.

Just had one myself, am surprised how delicious it was! 

I'm looking forward to it - I might have to go to Lidl relatively early in the day to make sure they have some.

maman

viv0147 said:

Shopping in Aldi this morning 8 self-service tills and no checkout till. I asked for one to be opened which they did but it was amusing the people on the self-service were going nuts they couldn't get things to scan and how to operate them weigh the fruit etc some gave up and joined the queue behind me.PS I don't work for Aldi lol  

That's strange. I did a larger than usual shop in Aldi last week and for the first time in ages they told me I'd have to use a staffed till as I had too many items for self service. 

It seems, from your experience, it's a case of what suits Aldi rather than the customer. 

No that it's just Aldi as most, if not all, supermarkets are pushing people towards self service. Then they have to keep increasing steps to try to avoid 'help yourself' theft.🤔

Rosa_Damascena

maman said:

viv0147 said:

Shopping in Aldi this morning 8 self-service tills and no checkout till. I asked for one to be opened which they did but it was amusing the people on the self-service were going nuts they couldn't get things to scan and how to operate them weigh the fruit etc some gave up and joined the queue behind me.PS I don't work for Aldi lol  

That's strange. I did a larger than usual shop in Aldi last week and for the first time in ages they told me I'd have to use a staffed till as I had too many items for self service. 

It seems, from your experience, it's a case of what suits Aldi rather than the customer. 

No that it's just Aldi as most, if not all, supermarkets are pushing people towards self service. Then they have to keep increasing steps to try to avoid 'help yourself' theft.🤔

Of course its what suits the retailer.

I went to a new(ish) branch of Lidl yesterday thinking that the bakery would be well stocked (correct) and that I would be able to sail through the self-service tills with a couple of items (very wrong). Self-service tills are not a function of modernity, it would seem: I was told that the reason they don't have them was because of the average spend per customer was too high. If it was low, they would consider it.

I'm sure they fear the reverse would happen - install a bank of self-service tills and people wouldn't fill their trolleys, they would grab a few bits and go. Whilst the tills are ringing there is no need to put contrary ideas into the customer's head!

gt568

Rosa_Damascena said:

maman said:

viv0147 said:

Shopping in Aldi this morning 8 self-service tills and no checkout till. I asked for one to be opened which they did but it was amusing the people on the self-service were going nuts they couldn't get things to scan and how to operate them weigh the fruit etc some gave up and joined the queue behind me.PS I don't work for Aldi lol  

That's strange. I did a larger than usual shop in Aldi last week and for the first time in ages they told me I'd have to use a staffed till as I had too many items for self service. 

It seems, from your experience, it's a case of what suits Aldi rather than the customer. 

No that it's just Aldi as most, if not all, supermarkets are pushing people towards self service. Then they have to keep increasing steps to try to avoid 'help yourself' theft.🤔

Of course its what suits the retailer.

I went to a new(ish) branch of Lidl yesterday thinking that the bakery would be well stocked (correct) and that I would be able to sail through the self-service tills with a couple of items (very wrong). Self-service tills are not a function of modernity, it would seem: I was told that the reason they don't have them was because of the average spend per customer was too high. If it was low, they would consider it.

I'm sure they fear the reverse would happen - install a bank of self-service tills and people wouldn't fill their trolleys, they would grab a few bits and go. Whilst the tills are ringing there is no need to put contrary ideas into the customer's head!

The lack of SS tills really GMG in Lidl.  If I didn't have to queue for ages I'd go a lot more often.

maman

All our local Lidl stored now have self service tills @gt568 but, in my experience, Lidl were always poor at opening up check outs compared with Aldi.

Possibly, they've stopped rolling out SS because of shoplifting? 🤔 I know they frequently shut down some of the SS tills (by putting an out of order sign up) as there seem to be a set number one person can oversee.