The middle aisles in Aldi.

Davarus Walrus

There was a survey published yesterday showing that an increasing amount of Irish people are flocking to Aldi to do their shopping.

I've become a bit of a fan myself. The quality of most of the food is of high quality, and I've found them to be better than the other supermarket offerings at the same price point. My issue is with the middle aisles. You'll wander down there for a gawk and end up with a bicycle stand, paint brushes, a Bruce Willis DVD collection, chainsaw, and a set of screwdriver heads.

Does anyone else have the same issues with these aisles of temptation? Do the good folk of AH now have a shed/bedsit/attic/spare bedroom filled with **** they really didn't need, but which seemed like a good idea at the time?

syklops

Who wouldn't want a Bruce Willis DVD collection?!?

For Forks Sake

1. Buy Aldi horse blanket
2. Something
3. ?????
4. Win Kentucky Derby.

Links234

I generally shop in Aldi and find a lot of their products better than the likes other supermarkets might have, and no, I've never gone in for cereal and come out with a chainsaw and some decking, but one time I did buy Freddy Got Fingered though just because I want to see how bad it really is. That's the only Aldi impulse buy I can think of.

dee_mc

I have an aunt who buys 2 of every second special deal in Lidl/Aldi...

dpofloinn

Doesn't effect me because of my superior willpower and very empty wallet ,but mostly because of my willpower

ratracer

If you'd started shopping in Aldi seven or eight years ago you'd be sick of buying all the **** you don't need by now, and hence saving even more money!!

radia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL7jyXCQ2Zc

Davarus Walrus

Links234 wrote: »

I generally shop in Aldi and find a lot of their products better than the likes other supermarkets might have, and no, I've never gone in for cereal and come out with a chainsaw and some decking, but one time I did buy Freddy Got Fingered though just because I want to see how bad it really is. That's the only Aldi impulse buy I can think of.

I liked Freddy Got Fingered. Funny. Possibly funnier with 10 bottles of Aldi's Pale Ale down the hatch.

kneemos

Most of it is crap in truth.

Son Of A Vidic

syklops wrote: »

Who wouldn't want a Bruce Willis DVD collection?!?

Probably some chainsaw wielding loon.

The Domonator

radia wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL7jyXCQ2Zc

Is that Joan Burton in the bottom left of that thumbnail?

syklops

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Probably some chainsaw wielding loon.

Yippe ky-yay mother-****er

Pawn

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

Does anyone else...

Yes, just today I got the car polisher for 17.99€

mbur

Good interview on RTE1 John Murray show this morning about the mind games that these supermarkets play on unsuspecting shoppers. Might be worth a visit


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dmc17

You go in to buy a pound of butter and come out with an inflatable dinghy.

mbur

The Domonator wrote: »

Is that Joan Burton in the bottom left of that thumbnail?

Mary Harney surely

rainbowdrop

dmc17 wrote: »

You go in to buy a pound of butter and come out with an inflatable dinghy.

In for a tin of beans, out with a surfboard.....

The One Doctor

Have to admit to never being tempted by any of the special offer stuff as I know I'd never use it.

corner of hells

Recent purchases include a 16 foot barge pole fishing rod and a lime green jacket , I only went in with the OH to buy a bottle of wine .

anewme

Also, the way the Brochures that are in the Sunday papers and stores advertise what's coming next.

My Mum and Dad love those brochures.

Example, it could be horse week, a saddle, horseblanket and the like.
Next week could be running week, all the (good) running gear. Then it could be old people week, lots of stuff for old fogies. Gardening week. Ski week. Cooking week. Dog week. (Especially loved the dog basket with a photo of a labrador in it and underneath the comment, dog not included) Scuba Diving Week.

The selection of products are so random, its brilliant. You'd wonder who thinks them up.

Green farmer

I'll probably get suckered into buying more apple and pear trees again this year !!! I also have about 5 sets of spanners from there and 10 garden hoses !!!

Karl Stein

Was only in ALDI yesterday evening getting lemonade and left with bicycle lights, a bicycle lock and cycling jacket and I don't even have a bike.

kneemos

I saw somebody's mother sitting in the middle isle one day,forget to check the price.Very sad.

vicwatson

I feckin love Aldi

Stheno

I rarely buy the middle aisle stuff, but the one chuffing time I was looking for something specific (merino thermals) I met a mother at the checkout looking for the same thing.

She was ahead of me, and being a sap I gave her mine, ran down to where I'd gotten the first lot and desperately rooted for another in my size.

Kindness is overrated in Aldi

umop.episdn

I bought a bottle of limencello from aldi.....cheaper than buying cif lemon cleaner in tesco

Wossack

Im gonna have to sit my dad down, with his powerfix stapleguns and ultrasonic jewelery cleaners and have an intervention

90% of the stuff doesnt even get the plastic removed

vicwatson

Stheno wrote: »

Kindness is overrated in Aldi

And Lidl.

What is this phenomenon about people letting others go ahead of them at the checkout if they see they only have a couple of items and they have a trolley full?

Never saw it happening in Tesco, Superval et al

Stheno

vicwatson wrote: »

And Lidl.

What is this phenomenon about people letting others go ahead of them at the checkout if they see they only have a couple of items and they have a trolley full?

Never saw it happening in Tesco, Superval et al

I actually did this in Lidl last Saturday, she only had two items in fairness?

I'd a trolley of stuff worth 99e

Piliger

I prefer Lidl. Cheap and brilliant.

Stheno

Crap quality though imo

Aldi are slightly more upmarket, nicer range, better service

Senna

I went into aldi to buy a set of snow chains and I came out with a packet of sausages.

kneemos

vicwatson wrote: »

And Lidl.

What is this phenomenon about people letting others go ahead of them at the checkout if they see they only have a couple of items and they have a trolley full?

Never saw it happening in Tesco, Superval et al

Internationally recognised supermarket rule of engagement.

vicwatson

Stheno wrote: »

I actually did this in Lidl last Saturday, she only had two items in fairness?

I'd a trolley of stuff worth 99e

Dont get me wrong I think its nice to be polite and people that do it - fair play.

Just that it never happened to me in Tesco, Supervalu etc ! Only ever happens in Aldi and Lidl

Stheno

Senna wrote: »

I went into aldi to buy a set of snow chains and I came out with a packet of sausages.

Lidl sausages are not great, I prefer those from my local craft butcher

Not that much expensive either

The Backwards Man

Doussy is fcuking awesome! I'd drink it if it wasn't poisonous!

Pingi

I think of it as the man creche, keeps him occupied while I do the shopping.

Piliger

Stheno wrote: »

Crap quality though imo

Aldi are slightly more upmarket, nicer range, better service

I find the reverse to be the case. Different strokes I guess ....

Stheno

Pingi wrote: »

I think of it as the man creche, keeps him occupied while I do the shopping.

actually that works for me too, until he wastes my time explaining why he needs x special offer

Whispered

Piliger wrote: »

I find the reverse to be the case. Different strokes I guess ....

Same here, I find lidl higher quality with more choice. My local lidl has a bakery too, my local Aldi doesn't.

Ice Storm

vicwatson wrote: »

Dont get me wrong I think its nice to be polite and people that do it - fair play.

Just that it never happened to me in Tesco, Supervalu etc ! Only ever happens in Aldi and Lidl

Tesco etc have more checkout options - express checkout and self service, so if you only have a few items you can use these.

I've only seen bog standard check outs in Aldi and Lidl. Maybe this is why?

Ihatecuddles

Stheno wrote: »

I'd a trolley of stuff worth 99e

And not a bitch in sight!

vicwatson

Ice Storm wrote: »

Tesco etc have more checkout options - express checkout and self service, so if you only have a few items you can use these.

I've only seen bog standard check outs in Aldi and Lidl. Maybe this is why?

I think its something to do with the extra long checkout bay...

Irish Guitarist

I have no interest in the likes of power tools. Anything I've seen in Aldi that is of any interest to me (for instance I once saw a USB cassette player for converting tapes to MP3 files) is locked up behind a glass case. I can never figure out how I'm supposed to look at these items. Do I go to the checkout, queue up and ask the cashier to open the case for me? Or do I stand around waiting in front of the case for ages like an idiot until someone that works there walks past me and ask them?

Cee-Jay-Cee

Thankfully the management in the new Aldi store in letterkenny is so poor that you are unable to find anything in the centre aisle cages as they just dump everything in on top of each other, I don't bother even looking at the stuff anymore. It's a complete mess and probably losing them considerable money in lost sales.

The Backwards Man

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I have no interest in the likes of power tools. Anything I've seen in Aldi that is of any interest to me (for instance I once saw a USB cassette player for converting tapes to MP3 files) is locked up behind a glass case. I can never figure out how I'm supposed to look at these items. Do I go to the checkout, queue up and ask the cashier to open the case for me? Or do I stand around waiting in front of the case for ages like an idiot until someone that works there walks past me and ask them?

Go to the milk fridge yoke. Find a leaky carton, trapse around the aisles for bit and end yourself up at the glass case. Before you know it, an employee with a roll of their cheapest kitchen roll will have followed your milky trail to your current position.

Always works for me.:)

kneemos

CJC999 wrote: »

Thankfully the management in the new Aldi store in letterkenny is so poor that you are unable to find anything in the centre aisle cages as they just dump everything in on top of each other, I don't bother even looking at the stuff anymore. It's a complete mess and probably losing them considerable money in lost sales.

People do seem to feel free to open stuff and throw it about.
Don't see it happening anywhere else.

ratmouse

anewme wrote: »

Also, the way the Brochures that are in the Sunday papers and stores advertise what's coming next.

My Mum and Dad love those brochures.

Example, it could be horse week, a saddle, horseblanket and the like.
Next week could be running week, all the (good) running gear. Then it could be old people week, lots of stuff for old fogies. Gardening week. Ski week. Cooking week. Dog week. (Especially loved the dog basket with a photo of a labrador in it and underneath the comment, dog not included) Scuba Diving Week.

The selection of products are so random, its brilliant. You'd wonder who thinks them up.

"Old people week"?! I'm laughing away to myself here!! And "dog not included"!! You couldn't make this stuff up! Brilliant!

ratmouse

I actually enjoy both Aldi and Lidl if only for their copying of bug brand labels. Cant remember if it's Lidl or Aldi but have you ever seen their version of Penguin Bars called Seal Bars?! They look just like Penguin bars packaging except they have a seal on them instead of a penguin! Also one of them do a version of Carlsberg except it's called Cronesberg and the font is almost the same as that used by Carlsberg! Genuinely entertaining!

That_Girl_ Is_ A_Cowboy

I'm eager to start cross stitching and I came across some cross stitching kits in Aldi for 5 euro each. I still didn't start on them though because knitting is my passion but I will. I also found a huge ball of creamy colour yarn in Aldi for 5.99 which I hope to use for knitting a cushion cover or knitting needle case.