aldi voucher

I just used this week's Aldi voucher from the Sunday Independent in Tesco. I also had a €6 off €40 spend voucher to be used this week.

Got 6 bottles of wine @ 25% off, 2 selection boxes, 2 big bags of Walkers Sensations and a tub of Quality Street for €36.95.

My shopping should have been €69.91 before offers and coupons, so I basically got almost 50% off.

The girl on the till nearly didn't let me use the Tesco voucher and the competitor voucher together, she was about to explode when I asked to check with the supervisor - who said it was fine!

Happy Days!!

vicwatson wrote: »

Bump, and Lidl one in Sindo/ S world too

Thanks, you've just answered my previous post.

CheltenhamJ wrote: »

Can you use these in dunnes too ?

No.

Zombie alert !!!!

Any idea if the aldi/lidl vouchers will be out again this year ?

When do they usually start ?

so if you spend 50 they give you 10 back? or they give you 10 of your next shopping?

I'm beginning to wonder if Aldi & Lidl will actually do them this Christmas.....last year they did them in Aug/Sept for back to school - there was none this year. They'd nearly be out by now if they were doing them....

According to Twiter neither have plans to issue vouchers at the moment, could all change mind you

can you use them together one the one item?

Any news on the vouchers. No looking good!!!!!

No vouchers tomorrow anyway. Are they giving them at all this year. Such a loss. I had a couple of lists ready!!

Sorry Moderator. Ill be more careful in future.

L1011 wrote: »

I have a feeling that Tesco acceptance of vouchers has massively reduced the appeal to Lidl/Aldi of producing them.

What is your thinking/logic behind this?

My theory was aldi/lidl love the fact tesco accept them, as they can really screw them over and plan to release them while tesco already have really good offers on. e.g. right now tesco have trays of beer going cheap, so if I was in charge of Aldi/lidl I would release now. It is rare to see very good offers in lidl/aldi when the vouchers are released for their own shops.

People in other threads claimed to work for tesco and said they were being hit really hard by the aldi/lidl vouchers.

If people go to tesco instead aldi/lidl might think its a loss in potential sales, but in the long run they could be forcing tesco to sell at a loss and so really screw them. When I use the vouchers in tesco I am sometimes 100% certain they are making a loss (e.g. buying spirits which are already certainly below cost, even if cost was free).

My really cheeky suggestion would be for aldi to realise 49euro off a shop of 50 euro for use on stephens day, when all aldi shops are closed but tesco are open!

I have also asked & wondered about how it works with papers. I am guessing lidl/aldi might get the ads/coupons published for free, or are even possibly paid by the paper to carry them. I know its the only time I ever buy those rags, some people buy mulitple copies and I have seen them sold out.

Dunnes have the better idea, spend 50 euro and get 10 off your next shop in tesco or dunnes. Lots of people have certain products they only buy in dunnes or tesco, so could spend 50 in dunnes and use it in tesco, which might be of benefit to dunnes, depending on what they buy.

L1011 wrote: »

If your intent is to drive market share, pushing people to competitors does not achieve that intent.

Who says that is their intent though? If it puts tesco out of business it should benefit them. Or if it severely severely reduces tescos profits, or in this case potentially increase their losses as they may not even break even -so is not just reducing profits.

Depends on what people are buying of course. In the tesco threads you will notice many peoples tesco vouchers prevent online purchases around this time. I figured this was to stop people buying up crates of beer, which are possibly sold at very little profit, or even at a loss, but are heavy and not attractive instore buys to many people.

My joke suggestion of 49 off a 50 euro spend is probably allowed to be done legally, and would totally screw over tesco. I do wonder if what they are doing is a more subtle version of this.

L1011 wrote: »

Seeing as Tesco did not take them for some time, I doubt damaging Tesco was the plan to begin with.

If tesco are onto such a great trick/idea by accepting them then why do you reckon aldi do not copy them and take competitor coupons too? tesco sent plenty out in recent mailings.

Not sure if tesco were accepting competitor coupons when aldi ones were first were in papers. I never said it was their initial plan, but quite possibly turned out to be a very beneficial unintended consequence for aldi, which they might later have taken advantage of by releasing on selective dates.

I was saying aldi are possibly paid by the papers to carry these coupons, aldi could be hoping they are not used in their stores, could be better off for people be causing tesco to make a loss. I don't see any tesco coupons in papers, and I am sure any paper would love to have the massive increase in sales.

Tesco are selective about what coupons they accept. People had previously reported having iceland and M&S coupons accepted, not certain if both were officially taken, I think iceland were officially accepted.

http://www.tesco.ie/CompetitorCoupons/
it is now only 4

We accept spend & save coupons only from Dunnes Stores, SuperValu, Lidl and Aldi

I got 4x10 off 50 euro spend coupons in the door for use in a local(ish) lidl, I live far closer to a tesco. I am waiting to hear if people nearer the lidl also got them too. I will be using all mine in tesco, mainly on stuff they are already definitely making a loss on.

If I worked in marketing/accounts of marketing in aldi/lidl I would be taking full advantage of tescos policy.

L1011 wrote: »

Tesco are taking them in a desperate attempt to retain market share.

Nobody in Aldi or Lidl HQ wants to hand market share to competitors

aldi or lidl can easily get around tesco using them. e.g. if people spend 40 or 50 euro then give them a 10 off voucher for the store (not a 10 euro off your next 50 spends like dunnes do). Tesco will not accept these, and if they did then aldi would be delighted. You would have people splitting shopping like they do in tesco, put through 50 euro, hold back 10euros worth and could possibly get that free using the voucher just handed to them. Though they might prefer people having to come back another day to use it, and most probably would.

There are probably a few other ways to get around tescos qualifications for accepting them too.

This is a bit more local than most alerts - but it is a bargain.

The freesheet Dun Laoghaire Gazette currently (27/Dec-4/Jan edition) has a €10 off €50 voucher for Aldi Sallynoggin only Valid 27/Dec- 4th Jan.

Probably a response to the new Lidl opening nearby.

vicwatson wrote: »

Online paper I wonder?

"only original coupons are valid" - so probably wouldn't work.

The papers are pretty widely available in the area though - including the nearby Tesco Park Pointe.

do aldi and lidl care about what tesco are doing? can they stop them? how does it benefit tesco?

Quackster wrote: »

I'd say Tesco accepting their vouchers was a considerable factor in them deciding not to issue spend & save vouchers in the run-up to this Christmas. Therefore a victory for Tesco.

but dont tesco lose out? are they allowed to do it?

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I was thinking it was doing heavy damage to Tesco profits as the majority of weeks the vouchers ran around Christmas Tesco were doing big loss leading alcohol deals. I suppose if people are doing a full weekly shop and decide to go to Tesco to use the voucher the overall value of the trolley will result in a break even or modest profit for Tesco but where you had people buying only their alcohol with the vouchers that had to be a complete loss.

they sell alcohol at a loss?