What supermarket do you use and why?

thecraicaddict

Bit of a random post here, I was just wondering where people like to shop and why. I go to Lidl and aldi, because I find it's cheap and the food is good!

ComputerKing

thecraicaddict wrote: »

Bit of a random post here, I was just wondering where people like to shop and why. I go to Lidl and aldi, because I find it's cheap and the food is good!

Tesco as I find the prices and quality are good and I can do the shop online and get the stuff delivered to the door.

Sir Arthur Daley

Tesco online.

Shenshen

Aldi and Lidl for most of my shopping, Tesco and Health Food Shop for things I can't get in Aldi and Lidl (yeast for baking, spices, some Quorn and other products).

Mostly for the price and quality of the food and their cleaning products, but also because shopping there is so much faster at the checkout, and they don't pump annoying music through their stores.

Bpmull

Dunnes stores as it's 2 minutes walk from my house. I go to supervalu the odd time too. I like there food they have the common brands and they often have offers on too so not so bad.

efb

Lidl or Dunnes- closest

stimpson

Aldi for the tasty steaks.

dee_mc

Pick n Mix for me - divided between Lidl, Aldi, Dunnes and occasionally Tesco and Supervalu. Lidl for washing liquid, bin bags, cereals, natural yogurt. Aldi for fruit and veg, crackers, meat and cheese. Dunnes for own brand dishwasher tabs and fabric softener when on special offer. Anything else I'll pick up anywhere.

wretcheddomain

St. Vincent de Paul

snubbleste

None of yer business!

_Kaiser_

Tesco online or Dunnes usually.

First is good cause the running total at the side stops me having to hand over a fortune at the checkout. Dunnes is the closest physical store so go there occasionally too

Penny Tration

Supervalu if I'm off work, because it's close. Dunnes if I'm in work, because I work next to it. Butchers for meat, aldi for junk food and wine when I'm having a night in with the bf and tv

mikemac1

Aldi because Tesco Ballyfermot is a filthy store and the till staff are mostly ignorant and fond of ignoring you as they chat to each other

The staff who work on the floor are always helpful to be fair

Lia_lia

A mixture really.

Lidl mostly and some things in Tesco. I also get a lot of my shopping in the English Market in Cork.

SEPT 23 1989

Crazy Prices

McChubbin

There's a SuperValu literally 2 minutes away from my house so unless I need something specific, that's generally where I do the bulk of my shopping. Also ocassionally shop in Lidl for their cheap and cheerful fruit promotions along with sometimes going to Tesco from time to time.

pauliebdub

Lidl , it's nearer to where I live. It's much cheaper and has pretty much everything I need. Staff are much more pleasant compared to tesco or dunnes.

_Kaiser_

pauliebdub wrote: »

Lidl , it's nearer to where I live. It's much cheaper and has pretty much everything I need. Staff are much more pleasant compared to tesco or dunnes.

I never get this.. What do ye be at that you're talking to staff so much?

I go in, wander around and get whatever I need, go to the till, queue, exchange mutually superficial hellos as I'm being served, hand over the Visa debit card, put in the PIN and say thanks.

Am I doing it wrong so?

SamAK

Tesco, because Dunnes closes at 6pm while Tesco stays open til 10.

Dear Aldi/Lidl - PLEASE OPEN A STORE IN LIMERICK CITY CENTRE! I'll never go to Tesco again, I promise!

whirlpool

Superquinn (now Supervalu) as it's two minutes' walk from my house. It is relatively expensive, though, so if money is tight on a particular week I'll do the 25 minute walk to Lidl.

onethreefive

SamAK wrote: »

Tesco, because Dunnes closes at 6pm while Tesco stays open til 10.

Dear Aldi/Lidl - PLEASE OPEN A STORE IN LIMERICK CITY CENTRE! I'll never go to Tesco again, I promise!

An Aldi in the city centre would be so good! I usually use Castletroy's aldi but it would be handy to have it in town aswell.

Freddie Dodge

Lidl and Aldi, - two reasons: 1 They allowed me to eat well when I couldn't have otherwise due to being broke. 2. I have discovered after much research that their food is tastier, more of it is irish and vastly cheaper than the shyte Tesco sell at slightly higher prices, and as for that gang of thieves Supervalu, - I'll never darken their door or any of Musgraves ever again.

fussyonion

Freddie Dodge wrote: »

Lidl and Aldi, - two reasons: 1 They allowed me to eat well when I couldn't have otherwise due to being broke. 2. I have discovered after much research that their food is tastier, more of it is irish and vastly cheaper than the shyte Tesco sell at slightly higher prices, and as for that gang of thieves Supervalu, - I'll never darken their door or any of Musgraves ever again.

What shyte do Tesco sell?

whirlpool

Aldi banned animal testing for any of their products or the products' ingredients that they sell.

"We introduced our ban on animal testing of products and ingredients in 1992 for cosmetic products and in 2005 for detergents and cleaning products."

https://corporate.aldi.co.uk/en/responsibility/resources-for-our-products/animal-testing-and-welfare/

PizzamanIRL

Pettitts

Good prices and deals etc.

fussyonion

I get some things from Aldi and the majority from Tesco.
Find myself buying more things from Tesco now though...I've started to hate the Aldi shops.
Hate the way they're laid out, their fruit and veg are always rotten and the whole place is dull. I hate going in there but I do like some of their stuff.
Shopping in Tesco is a pleasure for me.

dee_mc

fussyonion wrote: »

I get some things from Aldi and the majority from Tesco.
Find myself buying more things from Tesco now though...I've started to hate the Aldi shops.
Hate the way they're laid out, their fruit and veg are always rotten and the whole place is dull. I hate going in there but I do like some of their stuff.
Shopping in Tesco is a pleasure for me.

Which Aldi branch is that? I use the Ennis one and find the fruit and veg great, always plenty of stock and tends to be very fresh. Same in the 4-5 others i used when living in other areas.

pow wow

Aldi and Dunnes. Supervalu is closer to my house, but I don't have hours of my life free to spend queuing up at the Customer Service desk after I clear the checkout to query why the prices charged are different to the ones on the shelves...which happens pretty much every time I have shopped there.

Shenshen

fussyonion wrote: »

I get some things from Aldi and the majority from Tesco.
Find myself buying more things from Tesco now though...I've started to hate the Aldi shops.
Hate the way they're laid out, their fruit and veg are always rotten and the whole place is dull. I hate going in there but I do like some of their stuff.
Shopping in Tesco is a pleasure for me.

Can't say I've ever found any rotten fruit and veg in Aldi or Lidl, but I certainly have seen my fair share of mouldy strawberries and soft cucumbers on Tesco.

It's one of the reasons I never buy fruit and veg in Tesco any more.

fussyonion

dee_mc wrote: »

Which Aldi branch is that? I use the Ennis one and find the fruit and veg great, always plenty of stock and tends to be very fresh. Same in the 4-5 others i used when living in other areas.

Aldi Nutgrove. Aldi Cookstown. Aldi Tallaght. Any of them I've been to have fruit and veg that's absolutely manky.

fussyonion

Shenshen wrote: »

Can't say I've ever found any rotten fruit and veg in Aldi or Lidl, but I certainly have seen my fair share of mouldy strawberries and soft cucumbers on Tesco.

It's one of the reasons I never buy fruit and veg in Tesco any more.

Oh I'd never buy berries from Aldi...I bought raspberries once and the very next day they were covered in mould.
Find Tesco's berries really fresh.

dee_mc

fussyonion wrote: »

Aldi Nutgrove. Aldi Cookstown. Aldi Tallaght. Any of them I've been to have fruit and veg that's absolutely manky.

Aw that's a bit crap! Probably a bit of a trek for ya to go to Ennis just for fruit and veg though i suppose

Rabbo

I only use Marks and Spencer now. I prefer to mix with my kind of people. I dread to think of the clientele that a shop like Lidl would attract.

frisbeeface

Supervalu for fresh food because it's close to me and Aldi for everything else every few weeks.

Dan Chipowski

Aldi & Lidl mostly.

I do visit SuperValu the odd time but only as it's the closest to me; their selection is shocking and I've lost count of the amount of times I've had to get my money back on 'offers' that aren't discounted at the till. And that's been on ongoing issue for years.

Dunnes is ok but their meat is really poor.

Shenshen

fussyonion wrote: »

Oh I'd never buy berries from Aldi...I bought raspberries once and the very next day they were covered in mould.
Find Tesco's berries really fresh.

Can't say that's ever happened to me, down here in Cork.

As I said, I've seen fruit and veg at various stages of decomposition on the shelves in Tesco here, and not just in the one shop.

Put me off for good.

I've also found mouldy cheese on the shelves in Tesco (no, not the kind of cheese that SHOULD be mouldy, either), days past expiry date.

So when I shop in Tesco these days it's usually for frozen food and non-perishables, nothing else.

TireeTerror

Rabbo wrote: »

I only use Marks and Spencer now. I prefer to mix with my kind of people. I dread to think of the clientele that a shop like Lidl would attract.

I nipped over the border and went to visit Iceland in Newry as they have a few Scottish products that they don't sell in Ireland normally. I could not get out of the place quick enough, it was full of the scummiest looking dirty smelly manky looking tramps I've ever seen. I was embarrassed walking out hiding my face for fear I was going to be associated with those "people".

Dozen Wicked Words

Rabbo wrote: »

I only use Marks and Spencer now. I prefer to mix with my kind of people. I dread to think of the clientele that a shop like Lidl would attract.

I suppose one has to cut ones cloth accordingly, I prefer to have artisan producers on push bikes come to Wicked Word Hall to deliver my food. I think one or two of the staff shop at M&S though.

Arthur Beesley

M & S
Tesco
Dunnes Stores
Supervalu for the odd item on the way home from work e.g. Bread, Milk etc.

SaveOurLyric

Rabbo wrote: »

I only use Marks and Spencer now. I prefer to mix with my kind of people. I dread to think of the clientele that a shop like Lidl would attract.

We had noticed you can find all types in M&S these days. Thats the recession for you I suppose.

We find it better now to pop over to London and go to Fortnums, or Waitrose. Some nice bits and pieces in Harrods Food Hall as well.

All patronised by the right sort. You can find yourself uncomfortably close to some unsavoury characters even on Aer Lingus on the way over though, so a heads up on that one. On the whole however, we find it worth that risk.

Arthur Beesley

SaveOurLyric wrote: »

We had noticed you can find all types in M&S these days. Thats the recession for you I suppose.

We find it better now to pop over to London and go to Fortnums, or Waitrose. Some nice bits and pieces in Harrods Food Hall as well.

All patronised by the right sort. You can find yourself uncomfortably close to some unsavoury characters even on Aer Lingus on the way over though, so a heads up on that one. On the whole however, we find it worth that risk.

You fly commercial? I suppose we can't all have the private jet on standby.

SaveOurLyric

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

You fly commercial? I suppose we can't all have the private jet on standby.

The NAMA people have been most unreasonable on that front. We try our best to get by however.

smellmepower

Aldi.Always good deals on fruit/veg and meat.Plus its the closest supermarket to me and they have recently started supplying baskets,so I no longer look like a really stingy shoplifter stuffing 59c bags of oranges into my backpack.

Mostly Superquinn/Supervalu because it's near where I work and where I live. I don't find it overpriced, and I think the fresh food is better quality. I don't buy much non fresh food anyway. The quality has definitely decreased since they were taken over though. Dunnes is near my house so I'll go there too sometimes. Lidl I'm not mad about, aldi is a bit far away, the Tesco near me is an absolute kip and I dread having to set foot in it. M&S is the best by far for fruit and veg but it ain't a bit cheap!

Cork Lass

Rabbo wrote: »

I only use Marks and Spencer now. I prefer to mix with my kind of people. I dread to think of the clientele that a shop like Lidl would attract.

How common. I only use Harrods now but I'm exhausted from the flights:D

131spanner

Mainly Supervalu, close to where I live and I don't find it overly expensive.

When I'm in college it's Aldi all the way, 2 tins of beans for 58c, fine dining :pac:

kfallon

Use a few of them, have M&S food hall just round the corner, SuperValu 5 mins up the road and I'm only a ten minute walk to Dublin City Centre so use Tesco, Dealz and Dunnes too.

Different Supermarkets for different things!

Heroditas

Mix of Lidl and Tesco but get all my Asian stuff in the local Eurospar in Lucan. They have a surprisingly wide selection - very canny owner!
Used to go to Superquinn all the time but once they were taken over by Musgraves they lost all the niche stuff, their selection got smaller but prices stayed high. After that, we started going to Tesco all the time but also get a good selection of stuff in Lidl.
I really don't rate Super Valu at all.

anncoates

Mixture of:
Aldi
Tesco
Asian wholesaler
Butcher

Ditch

Baxters / Centra, in town. Because it's only a €20.00 taxi run. Nearest Tesco is €30.00.

I only get a couple of turnips, few carrots and 2K bag of spuds there anyway. Only place left in town to get them.

Lidl? I wouldn't set foot in one! Even more so since I read an industry report confirming my worst suspicions :eek: Urghh!

foggy_lad

aldi mostly, online its superquinn