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Aldi... what do you recommend?

Zelda247

i have just moved into an area where there is an Aldi, i am not really familiar with the store, what do you recommend of their products.

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L1011 wrote: »

You basically have a retailer with a presence in every town in the country that acts as if we're still part of the UK and assumes they can use the UKs bloody awful consumer laws.

Effectively the customer is an irritance and they have random misinterpreted UK legislation they've been told is "the law" to quote back at you if you have any problems. !

Can you explain what the UK law bit is about?What laws are they quoting and in regards to what?

leahyl

sillysocks wrote: »

Have to say the staff in my local store are very friendly, couldn’t really say a bad word against them. And have never had an issue returning anything!

Agree, Aldi are great for returning anything - once you have your receipt, it's not an issue.

vicwatson

I recommend the Greek yoghurt granola for 99c in strawberry and mango flavours. They have a little spoon inserted under the lid too.

sillysocks

Have to say the staff in my local store are very friendly, couldn’t really say a bad word against them. And have never had an issue returning anything!

donegal_man

L1011 wrote: »

...As for my local store, the staff wouldn't survive a week working for another supermarket...Effectively the customer is an irritance and they have random misinterpreted UK legislation they've been told is "the law" to quote back at you if you have any problems. Same chain 5km away and it doesn't happen!

So it sounds like it's more a issue with your local branch than the operation as a whole.

L1011

It primarily relates to specials, yes. You basically have a retailer with a presence in every town in the country that acts as if we're still part of the UK and assumes they can use the UKs bloody awful consumer laws. There are other retailers that are as bad but we don't have one in every medium sized town!

As for my local store, the staff wouldn't survive a week working for another supermarket - they'd be sacked, as would the management. Cesspool. Effectively the customer is an irritance and they have random misinterpreted UK legislation they've been told is "the law" to quote back at you if you have any problems. Same chain 5km away and it doesn't happen!

wonski

In fairness I don't even recall ever having to speak to someone in store when doing my grocery run. And definitely not about what law applies where... So not sure what your rant is about tbh.

As for specials the food items are usually poor value anyway, or just average. Their food specials are just cans of Carlsberg or something else that is a well known brand unlike 95% of other stuff they sell.

I never buy tv's or paddling boats in supermarkets so can't comment on non food items

L1011

Aldi seem to go out of their way to piss customers off.

They kept up the limited stock specials thing long after Lidl realised it was bad for customer retention. They still train their staff that vaguely nonsensical interpretations of UK law (Scottish law specifically) are valid in Ireland. They make you deal with the UK for online customer care who neither know nor care about Irish specifics.

I don't use my nominally local store due to ignorant staff and even worse management (the staff didn't pick it up off the ground - or more realistically they would have been fired by anyone more suited to the job); basically the only shop in existence I avoid for that reason. The next town over has a branch so far outside the town its actually closer to me; but I'm often beside the "local" one and won't touch it.

Both Lidl and Aldi have adapted to Ireland over time but I suspect Aldi have adapted to the worst of small town retailer nonsense a lot of the time.

donegal_man

freshpopcorn wrote: »

...You used be able to nip in and out and even skip an isle to get the basics. Now you've to go on a big walk around it.

And right there is the reason for remodeling the stores

freshpopcorn

DavyD_83 wrote: »

A lot of things moved around, new shelving and fridge units.
Result is somewhere between Tesco and Lidl, and to me strips away all the simplicity of Aldi.

Personally I think they ruined our local Aldi when they did it up.
You used be able to nip in and out and even skip an isle to get the basics. Now you've to go on a big walk around it.

charlietheminxx

freshpopcorn wrote: »

The fresh chips, funky monkey spices, Ballyvourney puddings, Mama Bear foods sauce, bespoke pizza based and some kind of natural drink are the six items chosen to be on the shelves for the next year.(From want I know)

Those chips were amazing if they're the ones I'm thinking of!

EDIT: Yes they are, the Walls Honest Chips - they were amazing.

Garlinge

Nutgrove is my regular shop. The upgrade is done a good while now. You will get used to it if in frequently. It is small enough to get about if you have to backtrack... trouble might be finding an assistant to help.

freshpopcorn

The fresh chips, funky monkey spices, Ballyvourney puddings, Mama Bear foods sauce, bespoke pizza based and some kind of natural drink are the six items chosen to be on the shelves for the next year.(From want I know)

Alun

You'll get used to it eventually, but it's not logical at all.

DavyD_83

charlietheminxx wrote: »

What have they changed? Is it that drastic?

A lot of things moved around, new shelving and fridge units.
Result is somewhere between Tesco and Lidl, and to me strips away all the simplicity of Aldi.

Ryath

Yea the layout is very different. It's been switched around a lot I'd nearly say it's illogical. I liked the old layout I knew where everything was and could get everything in one lap. I often find I have to go double back to get something I missed in the newer one.

I'm sure I'll get used to it but at the moment I mostly shop in two different stores, one that has been updated so harder get used to it. Lidl have done the same in some of their new stores but it's not as drastic a change.

charlietheminxx

DavyD_83 wrote: »

Aldi Nutgrove has just been refurbished (first time I saw it yesterday anyway), I hate everything about it.
I've been doing vat majority of my appoint Aldi for years, but if this is the way they are going to 'upgrade' all shops, I might have to reconsider Lidl.
I still do most of my Aldi shop on Sandyford, which hasn't changed (yet?) thankfully.

What have they changed? Is it that drastic?

DavyD_83

Aldi Nutgrove has just been refurbished (first time I saw it yesterday anyway), I hate everything about it.
I've been doing vat majority of my appoint Aldi for years, but if this is the way they are going to 'upgrade' all shops, I might have to reconsider Lidl.
I still do most of my Aldi shop on Sandyford, which hasn't changed (yet?) thankfully.

donegal_man

The vegan "no beef burgers" in the freezer are delicious

_Godot_

My mam used to work for Jacobs in the factory, only leaving to start a family. Once we came home to find a bag of broken biscuits left at our front door by one of her friends.

Monumental

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

In the 1930s my mother would be sent to the shop with an empty jar and they'd fill it up with broken biscuits (the broken ones were cheaper)

We've come on a bit since then!

Roll on the 60's broken biscuits were such a treat from the local grocer if your mum had the funds ,if you were lucky enough to know someone from the biscuit factory ,every Friday was a treat day Happy days

JMMCapital

Proteins - drained Tuna,Cod fillets (frozen), 5% lean beef, chicken fillets, Salmon fillets (lovely), Sushi (Unreal, half price of Supervalu), Protein Milk, Eggs, Skimmed milk
Carbs - Brown rice, Brown pasta, Almonds,
Veggies - Asparagus, Broccoli, Frozen Mix Veg, Ready made Salad bowls, Spinach
Fruit - Bananas, Red Apple, Kiwi

freshpopcorn

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

In the 1930s my mother would be sent to the shop with an empty jar and they'd fill it up with broken biscuits (the broken ones were cheaper)

We've come on a bit since then!

Iceland sells a box of broken biscuits!

The Nal

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

In the 1930s my mother would be sent to the shop with an empty jar and they'd fill it up with broken biscuits (the broken ones were cheaper)

We've come on a bit since then!

We're going back to that, sort of, with fruit and veg. Less waste.

I can see this catching on. ASDA, Lidl UK and Alsi UK are doing it.

Asda trials 'wonky veg' boxes in response to Jamie Oliver challenge

inforfun

And talking about disapeared....

Those merguez sausages were quite hard to find but did they up the challenge to find them or are they just not there anymore?
None of my 3 frequently visited Aldi's (who all 3 stored them at different spots) have them anymore which makes me sad.

thenightman

Have the frozen sweet potato fries disappeared for anyone else? Haven't had them for weeks in my local. They were handy and delicious!

Hotblack Desiato

In the 1930s my mother would be sent to the shop with an empty jar and they'd fill it up with broken biscuits (the broken ones were cheaper)

We've come on a bit since then!

rubadub

Discodog wrote: »

The milk chocolate ones are too.

and remarkable cheap, as they are in other supermarkets too.

As a kid chocolate digestives were a rare enough treat, they were relatively expensive and we would have rich tea and other fairly plain biscuits in the house which I would not be bothered much with, the likes of fig rolls or plain digestives.

tesco chocolate digestives are €1.30 per kilo, tesco rich tea are 90cent per kilo. This is meant to be due to price matching. I saw tesco garibaldi biscuits which were relatively cheap years back but at €6 per kilo they seem outrageously priced for tesco own brand biscuits. Tesco fig rolls are €4 per kilo.

Discodog

tv3tg4 wrote: »

Their rich tea / digestive biscuits are very good.

The milk chocolate ones are too.

tv3tg4

Their rich tea / digestive biscuits are very good.