Shopping in LIDL

My local ALDI had the "super six" for 18 cent the week before xmas, and on xmas eve had them down to 1cent ! ....i pity the fool who bought the same veg in tesco!

Shenshen

xzanti wrote: »

I would say she meant that it was her first time doing a FULL weeks shopping and had meandered in on occasion to buy a few small bits..

Out of interest.. Which is better? Aldi or Lidl? I'm thinking I might forego Tesco this week and see what the craic is..

I like the fresh baked breads in Lidl, but I will always buy cleaning stuff and cosmetics in Aldi as they actually have a policy not to use any ingredients that were tested on animals after 1995 in any of their own brand products, whereas Lidl hasn't.

Other than that, both are great for fruit and veg and all dairy products.

sbsquarepants

iregk wrote: »

Eventually the uncontrolled kid pushes one button too many and you flip having a major in store meltdown. Going ape sh!t at the cashier who was just doing her job, telling the que to p!ss off and storming out of there dragging a crying child by the arm while pulling up your grey tracksuit bottoms (with pink stripes) that were sliding down your arse.

How we doing so far sister?

I'd say it said "juicy" on the arse, even though in my experience the arse that it refers too, is very rarely juicy. Lardy, would usually be a more accurate description!;)

Abi

I've read most of the thread (scanned through the rest), but it's not hard to figure out what happened.

Lidl hasn't got a packing area after the till, because it is designed to get people through as quickly as possible. The general consensus is, if you have literally a handful of items, pack at the till. If you have a weeks shopping, fire it into the trolley and pack it at the side, over by the window.

OP was trying to pack a weeks shopping with a toddler hanging out of the trolley. When heading for the counter with a toddler, give them something to nibble on to create a diversion while you sort out paying for your stuff, and firing them into the trolley.


I think there were a few wrongs in this scenario. Goading a woman with toddler is not right. If I saw this woman ahead of me I would have thought she isn't a regular visitor. If she looked visibly stressed I would have told her the pack-on-the-side trick.

Lidl should have some signs up to advise that its how they operate.


Storming out is probably not the best way to go about things. Address problems like an adult, rather than a deranged person.

xzanti wrote: »

Out of interest.. Which is better? Aldi or Lidl? I'm thinking I might forego Tesco this week and see what the craic is..

I think it's much of a muchness really. I normally shop in tesco too, but I've noticed they're increasing prices. Might do the same.

fishy fishy

i find both to be quite similar also. I would shop in both depending on where i am and what I need.

I don't buy the (oh, I have been there before story but only for a few bits).

If the op was there before she would know the procedure. I think she was trying to "show them what for" by packing her groceries at the register (how DARE they make me move to the counter) and it did not work out for her.

Also don't buy the crrying child excuse. she's had the child for 2 years. can she not put somthing in its mouth to quieten it if she is getting stressed out at a cash register. Most of the world have kids - they don't storm out of a shop because somebody mumbles behind them.

I also think that LIDL are no strangers to full trollies - and neither are their customers. It's not a new concept. I think the OP wanted to be pampered and treated like she was "special" (celtic tiger casualty). In the real world this doesn't happen.

I think whatever she did, she brought it on hersef.

ronjo

Perhaps the OP works for LIDL?

It seems that the one thing that has come out of this thread for me is that its the place to go.

Big Nasty

Abi wrote: »

I've read most of the thread (scanned through the rest), but it's not hard to figure out what happened.

Lidl hasn't got a packing area after the till, because it is designed to get people through as quickly as possible. The general consensus is, if you have literally a handful of items, pack at the till. If you have a weeks shopping, fire it into the trolley and pack it at the side, over by the window.

OP was trying to pack a weeks shopping with a toddler hanging out of the trolley. When heading for the counter with a toddler, give them something to nibble on to create a diversion while you sort out paying for your stuff, and firing them into the trolley.


I think there were a few wrongs in this scenario. Goading a woman with toddler is not right. If I saw this woman ahead of me I would have thought she isn't a regular visitor. If she looked visibly stressed I would have told her the pack-on-the-side trick.

Lidl should have some signs up to advise that its how they operate.


Storming out is probably not the best way to go about things. Address problems like an adult, rather than a deranged person.

Completely agree but what has got peoples goat up is that the OP is flaming the shop for this and not its customers. It's not the shops fault.

Is mise le key

fishy fishy wrote: »

(how DARE they make me move to the counter) .

I do remember being in LIDL once & a german lady in front of me had a bag of spuds in the trolley, the girl on the check out insisted that all items had to be placed on the conveyer for scanning, the lady with the spuds piped up to protest that she had shopped in LIDL in many locations in Germany & that this was absurd, surley the price could be entered without her having to lift the spuds out of the trolley again, she refused to take them out & called for the manager.

At this point there were a number of people behind me grumbling, the manager arrives & restates the store policy to the German lady, she repeats her assertion & leaves the shop.

Since then i have had many a bag of spuds keyed into the till without having to take them out of the trolley.

Odd.:D

ScumLord

Is mise le key wrote: »

I do remember being in LIDL once & a german lady in front of me had a bag of spuds in the trolley,

The Germans are ruthless when it comes to shopping in Lidl or Aldi.

Abi

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Completely agree but what has got peoples goat up is that the OP is flaming the shop for this and not its customers. It's not the shops fault.

I get where you're coming from, and I don't agree with her flaming the shop. I just see a series of wrongs that led to a ridiculous blown out of proportion event.


I must admit, the first time I shopped in Lidl I was trying to pack my stuff after the till too. Nobody told me what I should do, I just copped what others were doing and followed suit. I do think there should be some kind of sign to say that people should pack over by the counter.

The other thing would be to try make your shopping trip with a toddler as stress free as possible, by going in with a distraction game-plan.

MrStuffins

Abi wrote: »

I must admit, the first time I shopped in Lidl I was trying to pack my stuff after the till too. Nobody told me what I should do, I just copped what others were doing and followed suit. I do think there should be some kind of sign to say that people should pack over by the counter.

First time I shopped in there I started packing at the counter.

At this point the lady behind the till AND a couple of customers told me that I was doing it wrong and there was a section especially for packing.

Well, that was that! How dare they! I just soaked them in lighter fluid, set them alight and left in a rage!

Ficheall

Abi wrote: »

a ridiculous blown out of proportion thread

perhaps...

LisaLee

It sounds like your gripe was with the two old wans having a whinge with you in earshot. The only complaint you had about the store was the person on the till.

Yet you upped and left all your 3/4 shopping trolley full of stuff behind?

The women may have been ignorant in their remarks about you, but you came off worse in this story.

Big Nasty

LisaLee wrote: »

It sounds like your gripe was with the two old wans having a whinge with you in earshot. The only complaint you had about the store was the person on the till.

Yet you upped and left all your 3/4 shopping trolley full of stuff behind?

The women may have been ignorant in their remarks about you, but you came off worse in this story.

But there wasn't place for a gripe with the checkout girl at all! The OP said something sarcastic about murdering someone and then complains that the assistant didn't answer her because all she got was a shrug in return. Poor girl probably didn't even get the 'joke' anyhow.

Fighting Irish

toexpress wrote: »

Where is the nice atmosphere in Tescos? They are rude arrogant and ignorant I hate Tescos just as much as I hate LIDL and Aldi

Dunnes is OK

First of all, every shop is going to be different when it comes to staff or atmosphere, for me i want to shop, i want it to be quick, i want quality for as cheap as possible, gimme aldi lidl any day

Vote 4 Pedro

FearDark wrote: »

LIDL attracts a lower class citizen.

That's Bull Sh/t,

Lando Griffin

I dont / cant believe I missed this excellent / brilliant thread on Lidl / Aldi.

In my local Aldi business the tellers scan as fast as they can go and whilst still filling ones trolly with purchaces they ask "cash or Laser" and procede to count the change to the nearest demoniator. I usually reply, "cash probably, but if I dont have enough then Laser"
This stokes them and then they go, "there is a queue"
Unpreturbed, I continue packing and respond, "well there are 2 other tills that are unused and several employees who can use them and continue carefully putting my veg in the trolly for fear they get damaged.

later12

Lando Griffin wrote: »

I dont / cant believe I missed this excellent / brilliant thread on Lidl / Aldi.

In my local Aldi business the tellers scan as fast as they can go and whilst still filling ones trolly with purchaces they ask "cash or Laser" and procede to count the change to the nearest demoniator. I usually reply, "cash probably, but if I dont have enough then Laser"
This stokes them and then they go, "there is a queue"
Unpreturbed, I continue packing and respond, "well there are 2 other tills that are unused and several employees who can use them and continue carefully putting my veg in the trolly for fear they get damaged.

If they had to increase their prices to support higher labour costs, people like this would be the first to complain. Aldi isn't supposed to be a sunday drive; these shops are reasonably priced for a reason. You can't have your cake and eat it.

Frank Black

later10 wrote: »

You can't have your cake and eat it.

But you can buy a reasonably priced one that's Irish sourced and great quality to replace the one you've eaten, in your local Lidl.

AnonoBoy

FearDark wrote: »

LIDL attracts a lower class citizen.

You should see some of the scumbags that shop in my local Marks and Spencers!

patneve2

I definitely think that in Ireland some people look down at people who shop in LIDL or ALDI, ridiculous but has nothing to do with this thread so i won't say more

Lando Griffin

later10 wrote: »

If they had to increase their prices to support higher labour costs, people like this would be the first to complain. Aldi isn't supposed to be a sunday drive; these shops are reasonably priced for a reason. You can't have your cake and eat it.

Compared to the revenue lost when someone storms out the door leaving a shopping trolly behind full of goods that has to be re shelfed.
If they thought about it, if you have 1 person dealing with 10 people, the last 5 are going to be getting itchy feet wanting to get searved and probably from a bad shopping experience will think twice about shopping in this store, but if the second till was opened then the people would be out twice as quick leaving 2 employees to do floor work, and no disgruntled, moany customers. In my Aldi, it seems to be a competition to see who can let the queue grow the most before belling.

later12

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Compared to the revenue lost when someone storms out the door leaving a shopping trolly behind full of goods that has to be re shelfed.

In fairness, I think that's a pretty unique experience.

If they thought about it, if you have 1 person dealing with 10 people, the last 5 are going to be getting itchy feet wanting to get searved and probably from a bad shopping experience will think twice about shopping in this store,

I don't know about your situation, but in my German outlet store (think it's Lidl; can never tell the difference) there's a point near the checkout where a new till is open whenever the queue gets to a certain length.

Also, that sort of high labour input has probably been Superquinn's, Tesco's and Dunne's respective philosophies for years; but I'm pretty sure the profit share has tended to move away from their direction.

Kid Charlemagne

Lando Griffin wrote: »

I dont / cant believe I missed this excellent / brilliant thread on Lidl / Aldi.

In my local Aldi business the tellers scan as fast as they can go and whilst still filling ones trolly with purchaces they ask "cash or Laser" and procede to count the change to the nearest demoniator. I usually reply, "cash probably, but if I dont have enough then Laser"
This stokes them and then they go, "there is a queue"
Unpreturbed, I continue packing and respond, "well there are 2 other tills that are unused and several employees who can use them and continue carefully putting my veg in the trolly for fear they get damaged.

You seem to think holding everyone up to indulge in childish petulance and rudeness is commendable.

fishy fishy

yes, I can't stand those sort, who, when the get all their groceries scanned and bagged (depending on shop) look at the cashier as if they have two heads, when they are given the price of their groceries - it's as if they have no clue that the things must be paid for. never fails to amaze me.

dark crystal

fishy fishy wrote: »

Dark Crystal

can you clarify something.

In your opening post you say it was your first time in lidl (as you were broke).

Then, a few posts later, you stated that "anytime you are in there" ....

so which is it.....

have you only been in the the once
or have you been in there loads of times and are just plumping out your story here for us re. it was your first time.

either way, it begs the question - what else are you omiting/adding to your story.

As I said back in post #73:

I've been to LIDL a good few times to pick up a few pieces here and there, it was just the first time I'd done a proper weekly shop there.

dark crystal

iregk wrote: »

Dark Crystal's story has changed so much in the course of this I'd love to see what she is leaving out. I've been in both Aldi and Lidl and they both have the speed system signs up on every till and on every wall. Put your trolley at the till and pack at the shelf. Do not hold up the q.

So in summary the OP is omitting a lot of details to paint herself in good light here. The real story is something like this I'd wager.

Lots of shopping in the trolley. Waited until almost next to start unpacking as the kid was running amok and most likely wasn't in the trolley. So you're next, you've to take extra time in getting all your stuff onto the belt at which point due to the lack of grocery space in the Aldi/Lidl till system the cashier had stopped scanning and had to wait for your trolley. Once finished putting all your stuff onto the belt you bring your trolley around and start packing as the grocery's are being scanned.

Add onto this your kid is still going nuts and has your head wrecked you start to have a fit and then start screaming at the kid across the store. More tut's and hisses from the que thats now static. You're at fault for this entire situation yet in classic Celtic Tiger style see no fault in yourself as the world really does revolve around you. It's everyone else problem.

Eventually the uncontrolled kid pushes one button too many and you flip having a major in store meltdown. Going ape sh!t at the cashier who was just doing her job, telling the que to p!ss off and storming out of there dragging a crying child by the arm while pulling up your grey tracksuit bottoms (with pink stripes) that were sliding down your arse.

How we doing so far sister?

Firstly - you seem to have a low opinion of mums who shop in LIDL. There was no tracksuit, but nice stereotyping all the same

Secondly, I have yet to meet any mother who goes for a full weeks shop without putting a young toddler in a trolly and instead just leaves the child run amock while they go about their business. Then again, this is AH - not exactly the most parent friendly forum on Boards.

Thirdly, where exactly are the inconsistencies in my story? I've said what happened on a number of occasions and have no reason to lie about anything. Believe what you like my friend - no skin off my nose at all

TiGeR KiNgS

So OP is Princess Perfect that got stung in the recession and now has to shop with the plebs.

One minor/non issue and OP goes on a tantrum, ups and leaves, all because she is too self conscience to ignore the commoners.

OP get your act together and instead of complaining about 1 minor experience at LIDL you should get off your high horse.

Ryanair will be a fun experience for you.

Jesus Wept

Tesco, where everybody knows your name.

dark crystal

TiGeR KiNgS wrote: »

So OP is Princess Perfect that got stung in the recession and now has to shop with the plebs.

One minor/non issue and OP goes on a tantrum, ups and leaves, all because she is too self conscience to ignore the commoners.

OP get your act together and instead of complaining about 1 minor experience at LIDL you should get off your high horse.

Ryanair will be a fun experience for you.

Princess perfect? lol.

I struggle financially every day like everybody else and hold down 2 part time jobs, none of which pay well. I never got a sniff of the celtic tiger, so was hardly stung by it.

Also wtf has Ryanair got to do with anything? I haven't had a holiday since 1997 so I'd hardly need their services any time soon.

I've barely a pot to p!ss in, truth be told, so whatever perception you have of me as some middle class princess is completely off the wall.