Aldi vs Lidl

luckat

Remind me of the differences, please.

I've gathered that Lidl has good, high-class stuff - nice wine, ham, cheese, vegetables, etc - whereas Aldi is more gutty. (Alas, it's an Aldi that's going to move in up the road from us.)

But which is the one that pays its staff well and has good conditions?

Karoma

luckat wrote:

But which is the one that pays its staff well and has good conditions?

Neither. Relatively speaking, Aldi take care of their staff better than Lidl.

lemansky

Yea given a choice,i'd go for working in Aldi.

luckat

OK, that makes me feel a bit better about Aldi moving in. Thanks, Karoma.

SpitfireIV

Lidl uses plasticy, fake looking models on its leaflets......enough to put me off .

I personally prefer Aldi, seems more professional to me.

MarkR

I would say that aldi has a better range of food. Usually better specials too. Their luxury ice cream is lovely.

Jrembin

Aldi is by far superior.

This thread is pointless though. Tesco is obviously the God of all supermarkets if not all beings.

ejmaztec

Jrembin wrote:

Aldi is by far superior.

This thread is pointless though. Tesco is obviously the God of all supermarkets if not all beings.

That must mean that SuperValu is the devil incarnate, always objecting to Tesco trying to build a store in the same town.

jesus_thats_gre

Jrembin wrote:

Aldi is by far superior.

This thread is pointless though. Tesco is obviously the God of all supermarkets if not all beings.

They for a few months after the open while they are still properly staffed and the shelves are actually stocked. The quality of my local Tesco stores just keep dropping and dropping.

I am particularly aware of it as I worked in a Tesco for 5 years while in school and college my ould fella was a manager for 20+ years.

Nordie

A few of my friends swear by Lidl and I have went shopping there about 4 times to come out empty handed and then head for Tesco or Superquinn. Nothing in it appeals to me at all.

philstar

lidl and aldi.....can't tell the difference between them:cool:

having said that i always enjoy shopping in them, u see some bizzare stuff..like horse riding gear and scuba diving stuff.

as if yr going to pop down to yr local shopping centre for a carton of milk and a saddle for the horse

Shiva

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

I am particularly aware of it as I worked in a Tesco for 5 years while in school and college my ould fella was a manager for 20+ years.

Getting completely off-topic for a mo...I was a manager with them years ago.
What branch was your Dad based in ? I might know him
(Naturally, I wont name him if I do)

BuffyBot

Much prefer Aldi's products over Lidl's

A Primal Nut

Karoma wrote:

Neither. Relatively speaking, Aldi take care of their staff better than Lidl.

I work in Lidl and in fairness, Lidl and Aldi pay better than any other supermarket, and they're finally bringing in new rules to give us proper breaks. Its not amazing conditions but its as good or better than any of the competitors. Although you have to work, not sit around all day looking for something to do like other supermarkets with too many staff (or at least that was my experience working in Dunnes). If your good, promotions are faster and easier to attain than most other places.
The store managers are mostly sound compared to the power-trippin', egotistical ****s in Dunnes - once ya get on with your work they're grand, although a prequisite for the higher-up managers who visit now and again is that you can't smile. In my experience.

Lidl uses plasticy, fake looking models on its leaflets......enough to put me off

Haha, my friend got his first proper job modelling job for that lidl retail degree thing and got some slaggin' - I'll have to send him the way of this thread.:D He won't be happy. Or maybe he'll agree I don't know.

I'm surprised people are saying Aldi over Lidl...in my experience they're the same and about 90% of the products are identical and from same manufactures and suppliers - just different packaging and brand names.

Speaking of brand names, the brand name for bread in Lidl is now 'Riding Lodge' - its like a whorehouse or something. Who's idea was it to use that as a brand name for bread? Maybe at least one person has a sense of humour in head office.

sioda

Aldi FTW better range and nicer stores.

little miss

Aldi for the cheap booze...

Saruman

They are pretty much the same.. i heard they are both owned by brothers who went their seperate ways and try to outdo each other.. so when a lidl opens, an aldi will open very close

Anyway Aldi has a better quality about it.. especially the Wine and alcohol. Most of the products are the same type of thing though.. cheap stuff.

Tesco is better, though i much prefer the quality in Dunnes (as cheap as tesco) and more so Superquinn obviously.

5starpool

I value money too little to shop in either of them.

thefinalstage

5starpool wrote:

I value money too little to shop in either of them.

Ahahahaha a fool and his money will soon be parted. Cheaper food = more money for other things.

An Citeog

Definitely Lidl FTW! There's an even cheaper version in Germany called Plus. They don't disclose any accounts and there's no phone number for their head office :eek: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20030831/ai_n12584472

5starpool

thelastangryman wrote:

Ahahahaha a fool and his money will soon be parted. Cheaper food = more money for other things.

I must just have more money than you.

BuffyBot

Saruman wrote:

They are pretty much the same.. i heard they are both owned by brothers who went their seperate ways and try to outdo each other.. so when a lidl opens, an aldi will open very close

It's actually a little different. Aldi and Lidl are totally seperate, and always have been. There is actually two seperate Aldi's (originally one, but split up one to each brother). Both Aldi's still work closely with each other but are seperate. They've got a bit of a gentlemans agreement going on so you'll never find them competing in the same country, except Germany where you do find both, naturally.

Jrembin

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

They for a few months after the open while they are still properly staffed and the shelves are actually stocked. The quality of my local Tesco stores just keep dropping and dropping.

I am particularly aware of it as I worked in a Tesco for 5 years while in school and college my ould fella was a manager for 20+ years.

yes whatever SATAN

Go rape a small child and eat her bunny rabbit. :mad:

5starpool

Jrembin wrote:

yes whatever SATAN

Go rape a small child and eat her bunny rabbit. :mad:

That's a lovely post. I hope you enjoy it as it might be your last on AH for a while.

m83

They're both the sshiitteee.


Thread locked.

timmywex

m83 wrote:

They're both the sshiitteee.


Thread locked.

wannabe mod

i vote aldi, i prefer their specials

m83

Hehe, I was wondering if anyone would notice that!

Karoma

Luckat: I think you have your answer. However, if you want the thread re-opened, let me or another mod know.



Jrembin will take a short timeout (I'd actually let this slide normally as it's obviously tongue-in-cheek. However, you've upset the locals with this one + some of your other posts to AH... mmm. I think it's best you take a little break from posting and see how others interact.)

Jrembin wrote:

Don't even get me started on Karoma