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Trolley Bag System Aldi

Villain

An Irish inventor from Carlow has a product in Aldi this week which I think is a great system.

It allows you to quickly and simply fill out your trolley into bags and allows you easily pack them at the checkout and then pack into the car.

They are €8.99 for the set available on Thursday http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_13391.htm

I have no connection to the product other than I know the inventor is from Carlow

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beanhead

brian plank wrote: »

dont give you time? while they scan the stuff you put it in a bag, its hardly rocket science. if you want to have the bags in the trolley first then its just a matter of getting around 7 or 8 in dunnes for the same price as 4 of the fancy handle bags. they hold their shape so you can place them in the trolley and put the stuff into them.

The important part is that they hang I think, most empty bags placed in an empty trolley actually fall over or concertina closed in my experience & you definitely need 2 hands for a regular bag for this constant adjusting.

I think you could deal with a small kid with one hand & fill with the other.

Sure it's a small difference, but thats what separates competition.

In saying that I would be most impressed if I were to see someone with cheaper bags & bamboo rods from the garden centre making their Heath Robinson debut, kudos to you Sir & your frugality

casio4

Villain wrote: »

LOL they throw it at you very quick and the check out's have no space after they scan it to put like other stores

looks like other stores are copping on to what Lidl & Aldi are doing and they want you out quick, tesco have spent a fortune on a new design and got rid of the belt at the back so when the cashier scans the item you don't have as much room as you used to and they fling the stuff at you now, where as it used to come to you on the belt

2smiggy

i also can see the benefit of these. doing a bid shop at the likes of lidl, they really give you no time at checkout, and i also find myself putting the goods back into the trolley and putting them into bags maybe out at the car.

you can also keep your meats , veg , cleaning products etc separate from each other at all times.

anything that makes life a bit easier is good IMO

suppafly

Think they look like a good idea alright. I think i'll get a set too

jimmycrackcorm

It would be fantastic. Unfortunately I am one of those people who constantly forgets to bring my bags Rio the shop and end up having to buy more

dowtchaboy

casio4 wrote: »

looks like other stores are copping on to what Lidl & Aldi are doing and they want you out quick, tesco have spent a fortune on a new design and got rid of the belt at the back so when the cashier scans the item you don't have as much room as you used to and they fling the stuff at you now, where as it used to come to you on the belt

Interesting - any of you over 50 (am I alone in here?) might remember the FIRST time Tesco came to Ireland - early 80's when they took over Albert Gubay's 3Guys discount operation - there was one on the Tullow Road out of Carlow - they had this dreadful checkout where there was a tiny space where the checkout operator placed your stuff - no belt - was a bit of wood about 12 inches square - and the idea was you had to throw everything into the cart and then move to the bag packing area (where they had free bags, or you could reuse cardboard boxes). It was very much like LIDL/ALDI style - stuff in boxes on the floor - cheap and cheerful.

Tesco pulled out - and came back ten years later by buying Quinnsworth - with a completely different kind of operation.

I'll bet Herself will go for a set of these bags!

the groutch

will seem great until you find out that they won't fit in your local supermarket's trolleys, the trolley shown in the picture is very narrow and deep

rubadub

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Tbh I think most of those giving out never have to do a big weekly shop!

Or never been in lidl/aldi, its a whole different experience, and I love the policy of "get the f*ck away from my till you subhuman, somebody else has to be served".

I have the pick of 2 shops some days, supervalu & lidl, I usually go to lidl as I know they have this policy, in supervalu I have been stuck queuing ages while the auld fella behind the till is chatting away for ages to other customers, and they are also woefully inefficient at taking payments. Of course some people in the area might go to supervalu specifically since they do not like the GTFO policy and want to chat.

maiden

I think its a brill idea!! I for one will def buy them and give them a go. If I think they are ****e, i will be happy in the knowledge that I helped support an Irish inventor!
Fair play to whoever he is!

the groutch

rubadub wrote: »

I have the pick of 2 shops some days, supervalu & lidl, I usually go to lidl as I know they have this policy, in supervalu I have been stuck queuing ages while the auld fella behind the till is chatting away for ages to other customers, and they are also woefully inefficient at taking payments.

yeah, they are a bit slow at the tills in that supervalu, but they have some decent offers, and the 10pm opening all week is a big plus

I used to work there (albeit 10 years ago), so I still know some of the staff, good to have a bit of banter while you shop

lidl i'd mainly go in for the twice a week non-food offers, I'm not adventurous enough to try alot of lidl's brands of foods

schemingbohemia

the groutch wrote: »

will seem great until you find out that they won't fit in your local supermarket's trolleys, the trolley shown in the picture is very narrow and deep

yeah i'm sure this was invented not to work on most trolleys :rolleyes: - where do you get this idea that trolleys in different supermarkets are all different? they're nearly all made by the one company.

i think it's a great idea and fair play to the inventor, we need more people like him in the country.

mayfire

Villain wrote: »

I have no connection and get nothing out of it other than promoting Carlow

Ah! So thats what Carlow has to offer!
"Carlow, the shopping trolley capital of Ireland......roll in there".

Villain

mayfire wrote: »

Ah! So thats what Carlow has to offer!
"Carlow, the shopping trolley capital of Ireland......roll in there".

lol we have Plenty something to offer apart from bags for trolleys, we have a fine Dolmen big stone and also a great GAA Team Jersey

ctrl-alt-delete

To be honest i don't see how it is an invention,

I don't see how it would make my job easier to be honest,

I'd prefer the normal bags i use, but then again i don't shop much in aldi.

I prefer to pack the bag at the end of the conveyor belt in front of me, then lift the bag into the trolley,

I suppose they will work for some people as some people seem to like the idea.

keithclancy

Old Idea TBH ... been around Germany for ages.

http://www.kochen-essen-wohnen.de/detail112.html

T-Maxx

Just another gadget IMO - fit for one of those mail order catalogues (can't remember the name now:o).

Don't let Irish pride cloud over the common sense folks!:p

Bob Z

Villain wrote: »

LOL read the small print, I certainly wish I was but no I just know the person is from Carlow, I have no connection and get nothing out of it other than promoting Carlow

Ah come on now!! you don't expect us to believe that!! We all know theres only a couple of dozen people living in Carlow

lilyface

Hi guys, don't post much on this thing, more of a lurker TBH. anyway bought a set of these on Thursday morning and did a big shop using them. having a one year old with me they were really great and saved alot of time. so I recommended them to my sister and she called into Aldi to get a set in the evening. They were totally sold out. Hope they get them back in soon as I have a few friends who are interested in them.

T-Maxx wrote: »

Just another gadget IMO - fit for one of those mail order catalogues (can't remember the name now:o).

BetterWare or Kleeneze or one of those junk catalogues?

dowtchaboy

Villain wrote: »

lol we have Plenty something to offer apart from bags for trolleys, we have a fine Dolmen big stone and also a great GAA Team Jersey

I reckon there's an export business there - flogging Carla GAA jerseys in Jamaica....
As former scallion-ater meself I am stunned when I see a Carlow match actually shown on telly - and to beat Wexford..... WTF?

dowtchaboy

TM wrote: »

BetterWare or Kleeneze or one of those purveyors of indispensably useful devices?

fixed that for ya.....

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