Things you refuse to buy in Lidl and Aldi....

Cantona's Collars

Fuinseog wrote: »

for years there was a stigma attached among Irish people about shopping there.

one or two restaurant critics have hinted that some of the food they have eaten in restaurant tasted a lot like the products in aldi.

lidl and aldi with their special offers have made 'posh' food affordable.

Venison and pheasant is a lot cheaper in Lidl than regular supermarkets.

I know one person who's still like that & she won't be caught dead in Penneys either,yet her husband shops in Lidl.

stovelid

Seanchai wrote: »

I enjoy both. Far fewer Union Jacks emblazoned on all the products in Lidl or Aldi. Far less rabble-rousing nationalistic shít (wrong country, arseholes!) - in fact, I've never seen it - in either store compared to Tesco and M&S.

The British retailers in Ireland really need to get over themselves. The USSR and US won WWII for Britain, and the Germans won post-WW II. Shít happens. Time to move on, and all the Union Jacks on all the British products in the world will not hide the decline in British power and the rise in German power.

Anyway, I'd trust the quality of a German manufactured product quicker than I'd trust the quality of a British manufactured one. As would most people outside Britain (and judging by the number of German cars in Britain, quite a few Brits feel similarly).

You. Are. Mad.

Pottler

stovelid wrote: »

You. Are. Mad.

I.Don't.Agree.With.You
- seems a fair enough point he/shes making tbf.

monkeysnapper

i started off buying 1 or 2 things from aldi and thought ,, mmm thats quite nice, then 2 years down the line i buy all my stuff from there because i find the quality so good, if i was to be pushed then id say i dont like the bread, im a brennans man myself,
on the ceriels i remember buying the weetabix version in lidle or aldi i cant remember and they were ****e , and so was the cornflakes , then 2 months ago i was to lazy to go to tesco and i bought the branflakes and they were lovely, and so was the cornflakes.they must have changed their supplier.

Aldi do say that they do there own brand because they can control the quality and price, if one of the 2 dont meet its target then they either stop supplying it or find a new supplier.

Strawberry Shortcake

Dish washing tablets are rubbish.

huey1975

Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

Then it's not bread, it's toast.

Yeah but I don't think anyone buys toast in a supermarket

monkeysnapper

huey1975 wrote: »

Yeah but I don't think anyone buys toast in a supermarket

what is brushetta then

Seanchai

stovelid wrote: »

You. Are. Mad.

:rolleyes:. In explaining your, em, political sympathies on Irish-British things, you've previously admitted that you were born in Britain and you incessantly tell us in every thread you get the chance about your pathological hatred for the GAA, or "bogball" as you call it when the chip on your shoulder is in full flight.

"Mad" suddenly sounds like a compliment.

e_e

Everything except the bottled water, fresh breads and these:

http://www.suessigkeiten-blog.de/files/2008/05/cherryoca-packung.jpg

huey1975

monkeysnapper wrote: »

what is brushetta then

****ed if I know. Is it even a word? I know the Italians eat something called bruschetta though!

monkeysnapper

huey1975 wrote: »

****ed if I know. Is it even a word? I know the Italians eat something called bruschetta though!

sorry, i had some in the press but couldnt be arsed to go see for the spelling, sooooooo would you call that "bruschetta " toast, its as close to burnt bread that i can think of

Mayo_Boy

Toilet paper. It just clings to your feckin' arse

squod

Buy fuhkall there. About two of the entire staff of aldi/lidl are friendly happy normal people.

BlaasForRafa

swiss cheese pizza in aldi is absolutely rotten

the_syco

The alcoholic cider. Also, their home-brand ice-cream.

K-9

squod wrote: »

Buy fuhkall there. About two of the entire staff of aldi/lidl are friendly happy normal people.

Must have met them all then! They are so quick scanning stuff they do tend to be short conversations!

the_syco wrote: »

The alcoholic cider. Also, their home-brand ice-cream.

Taurus from Aldi isn't bad, don't find any difference from Bulmers, but hard to beat Koppangers.

Agree on the ice cream.

stovelid

Seanchai wrote: »

:rolleyes:. In explaining your, em, political sympathies on Irish-British things, you've previously admitted that you were born in Britain and you incessantly tell us in every thread you get the chance about your pathological hatred for the GAA, or "bogball" as you call it when the chip on your shoulder is in full flight.

"Mad" suddenly sounds like a compliment.

I think the term was silage ball.

Grayson

I was a vegetarian for years. I found that the veggies in lidl were better and they had a far bgger selection of organic veggies. However as a meat eater again i can honestly say that I wouldn't touch any of the ready meals (including stuff like pies) in there. Disgusting grisley stuff.

i know a lot of people who say the tea is pretty bad too.

Duggy747

Having worked in Lidl, you were only allowed a half hour break at max so you didn't have much time to eat and were forced to eat from the delights of the shop.

Desperately, one day I bought the microwaveable donor kebabs. Tasted like dried out rubbish.

The smell out of me afterwards was cruel, we had to evacuate the town because people assumed it was a chemical attack.

Oh, and the seaweed pizzas look like mouldy old vomit.

somefeen

I do all my shopping in lidl now, only go to tesco if there is something specific I need.
The only thing I've tried and absolutely detested was their pasta sauce, ****ing hell I actually hate it with a passion, why why would you sell such ****e. Its mank.
Their chocolates pretty good but I wouldnt buy the rip off mars bars etc

The el tequito chilli sauce is excellent though, and I can go in there and buy whatever the hell I want and it usually only comes to like 20-30 quid, try that in tesco and you're fuced.

Tesco is for rich people and their chorizo and salami is crap in comparison to Lidl's.

stovelid

Duggy747 wrote: »

Having worked in Lidl, you were only allowed a half hour break at max so you didn't have much time to eat and were forced to eat from the delights of the shop.

Desperately, one day I bought the microwaveable donor kebabs. Tasted like dried out rubbish.
.

You should look into this new invention called packed lunches.

Biggins

I don't buy their breakfast cereal stuff. It always turns into a a paste-like mush that is a total turn off and tastes rotten anyway, in the mouth.

somefeen

Biggins wrote: »

I don't buy their breakfast cereal stuff. It always turns into a a paste-like mush that is a total turn off and tastes rotten anyway, in the mouth.

As opposed to........?

Biggins

somefeen wrote: »

As opposed to........?

I'll leave that to your imagination!

Guy:Incognito

Seanchai wrote: »

I enjoy both. Far fewer Union Jacks emblazoned on all the products in Lidl or Aldi. Far less rabble-rousing nationalistic shít (wrong country, arseholes!) - in fact, I've never seen it - in either store compared to Tesco and M&S.

The British retailers in Ireland really need to get over themselves. The USSR and US won WWII for Britain, and the Germans won post-WW II. Shít happens. Time to move on, and all the Union Jacks on all the British products in the world will not hide the decline in British power and the rise in German power.

Anyway, I'd trust the quality of a German manufactured product quicker than I'd trust the quality of a British manufactured one. As would most people outside Britain (and judging by the number of German cars in Britain, quite a few Brits feel similarly).

Theres definately someone that needs to get over themselves. Its not the supermarkets though.

Madam_X

The union jack is just the British flag - why would placing it on a product be making a statement re the world wars?
Also, it's not something I notice on products at all - seems the kind of thing one would have to look out for.

AnonoBoy

Onixx wrote: »

The union jack is just the British flag - why would placing it on a product be making a statement re the world wars?
Also, it's not something I notice on products at all - seems the kind of thing one would have to look out for.

Some people are just looking for things to be offended by.

Shenshen

I have to admit, I honestly don't get the amount of people complaining about the staff in Aldi and Lidl... How much interaction do you get with them anyway? Do you usually go shopping with the expressed intend of having a good long chat with the check-out girl? Or do you belong to those people who enjoy grilling staff on the exact ingredients of every product you buy?

I usually go in, fill up my trolley, and am grateful for a speedy check-out. There usually isn't a lot of scope for me to even notice if the staff are friendly?
How much time do you usually spend pursuing staff to find out if they're friendly or not?

eth0

Shenshen wrote: »

I have to admit, I honestly don't get the amount of people complaining about the staff in Aldi and Lidl... How much interaction do you get with them anyway? Do you usually go shopping with the expressed intend of having a good long chat with the check-out girl? Or do you belong to those people who enjoy grilling staff on the exact ingredients of every product you buy?

I usually go in, fill up my trolley, and am grateful for a speedy check-out. There usually isn't a lot of scope for me to even notice if the staff are friendly?
How much time do you usually spend pursuing staff to find out if they're friendly or not?

If there is nobody behind me then ill try and chat them up, but usually dont get far

mauzo

Their goats cheese is absolutely amazing. Cheapest I've found and by far the best. I could eat the whole thing at once.

I never really shop in either, I normally order my weekly shop online and just get a few bits in tesco when I need them.

I only even buy meat in the butchers though.