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

harz99

northwalesd said:

Aldi announced in September their intention to move away from BB dates on fresh fruit and veg. As you say @maman it brings them in line with other supermarkets.

well this shopper will stop buying fresh from them when they stop dates on the fresh produce i buy, Aldi dates are always last minute anyway, but at least you can pick the freshest produce out when dated...

maman

Obviously your choice to shop elsewhere @harz99 but over time it will be the same everywhere. 🤔

Doc_N

What really annoys me about the backward move of preventing customers from selecting the freshest items is that it’s being dressed up as being for the benefit of customers by reducing waste.

It’s very plainly not. The only beneficiaries are the supermarkets, who will indeed reduce their waste - at our expense by shifting less fresh produce onto customers.

harz99

maman said:

Obviously your choice to shop elsewhere @harz99 but over time it will be the same everywhere. 🤔

I'll change to frozen if needs be, as Doc_N says this is just a con on the supermarket's part. Having said that, certain veg like red/white cabbage, swede and a few other's that aren't prepacked can be closely examined so all us nit lost, fruit is much more of a problem though.

Rosa_Damascena

Doc_N said:

What really annoys me about the backward move of preventing customers from selecting the freshest items is that it’s being dressed up as being for the benefit of customers by reducing waste.

It’s very plainly not. The only beneficiaries are the supermarkets, who will indeed reduce their waste - at our expense by shifting less fresh produce onto customers.

Realistically we are stuck with this. The only answer is for consumers to buy less - and waste less - and possibly more frequently.

YoungBlueEyes

We could all stop buying pre-packed and buy loose from the greengrocers (where available). Or frozen.

That’d learn em sharpish. 

Grumpelstiltskin

YoungBlueEyes said:

We could all stop buying pre-packed and buy loose from the greengrocers (where available). Or frozen.

That’d learn em sharpish. 

I live in a town with 100.000 inhabitants and we haven't had a Greengrocer for about 20 years. Until recently there was a stall on the market but that has gone as well now.

No supermarket anywhere near the town centre apart from M & S, so what do people do?

Doc_N

Grumpelstiltskin said:

YoungBlueEyes said:

We could all stop buying pre-packed and buy loose from the greengrocers (where available). Or frozen.

That’d learn em sharpish. 

I live in a town with 100.000 inhabitants and we haven't had a Greengrocer for about 20 years. Until recently there was a stall on the market but that has gone as well now.

No supermarket anywhere near the town centre apart from M & S, so what do people do?

Greengrocers, real sweet shops, fish merchants, even newsagents..........all gone or on the way out.  Our fault, of course, for not using them.

Pollycat

Doc_N said:

Grumpelstiltskin said:

YoungBlueEyes said:

We could all stop buying pre-packed and buy loose from the greengrocers (where available). Or frozen.

That’d learn em sharpish. 

I live in a town with 100.000 inhabitants and we haven't had a Greengrocer for about 20 years. Until recently there was a stall on the market but that has gone as well now.

No supermarket anywhere near the town centre apart from M & S, so what do people do?

Greengrocers, real sweet shops, fish merchants, even newsagents..........all gone or on the way out.  Our fault, of course, for not using them.

Was mooching around Manchester city centre this week and saw a tobacconist shop.

Rosa_Damascena

Doc_N said:

Grumpelstiltskin said:

YoungBlueEyes said:

We could all stop buying pre-packed and buy loose from the greengrocers (where available). Or frozen.

That’d learn em sharpish. 

I live in a town with 100.000 inhabitants and we haven't had a Greengrocer for about 20 years. Until recently there was a stall on the market but that has gone as well now.

No supermarket anywhere near the town centre apart from M & S, so what do people do?

Greengrocers, real sweet shops, fish merchants, even newsagents..........all gone or on the way out.  Our fault, of course, for not using them.

There is one round the corner from me but I just cannot justify the prices sought - 50p for a nectarine in the height of summer makes no sense when I can get a punnet from the Tesco Express next door for the same or less. If it was a stall selling bowls for £1 it would be a different story.