Thanks.
Click & Collect is bad for Aldi business model IMO.
It ties up 1 member of staff exclusively for the service where as in store staff rotate between checkouts & stock taking, etc as needed.
I suppose if you're buying your groceries online it's unlikely you're going to be tempted into buying a speedboat from the middle aisle 😂.
We didn't have C&C where I am but the site was handy for browsing new stuff. Would be good if they kept that going.
I personally use Aldi at Newlands Cross, but it applies to all stores. It's up on their website now.
Which store do you use if you don’t mind me asking? I didn’t get this email and use two Dublin stores for C&C.
I am very surprised by the move, as it was always fully booked, as far as I could see. Its not like it was free either (unlike Dunnes and Tesco). It was €6.49 per slot.
But now that I think about it, I should have seen it coming as I've noticed a lot of things on their website lately marked "in store only".
I guess Aldi reckon get the customers into the store, and they'll spend more - and the few they'll lose, they can afford.
I never used the click and collect. But used the website for checking stock many times. Feck.
Seems like a bit of a backwards move in the current environment especially as Dunnes, Tesco & SuperValu will even deliver to your door. Click and Collect is much easier to do and good for customers.
Just received an email from Aldi Ireland.
They are ceasing their Click and Collect grocery service from 19th August 2024.
Oh well, all the more for Dunnes and Tesco.
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The muffins appear the same size as before, but the hashbrowns were gone.
Has anyone tried the Wagu beef steaks from Aldi? Have gone in 3 separate occasions in past 2 weeks around Aldi’s in Galway and always gone. Plenty of the wagu beef burgers and meatballs though
Given the sheer number of thanks on your post, I suspect someone will confirm in the coming days :) (I do remember them being not huge, just right, smaller than the ones I make myself)
I might be wrong or have a bad memory but these ones seem smaller than the original ones.
yaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssss, and there's the potato hashbrowns, and vegan sausage patties… (which I bought but didn't try as I've the end of a box of tesco pork ones)
I tried these new icecreams this week..
The white chocolate is super sweet, and the coconut flavour overwhelms everything else.
Sadly, I do not recommend unless you like really sweet.
They have the wheat muffins back in stock in a 6 pk, 3 in each side. Fakeaway McMuffins are back on the menu!
The new Angus 6oz low fat burgers (currently on special - super 6) are nice. very good size unlike the normal low fat options
No! This is like saying "ketchup is ketchup" or "mayo is mayo"
Sriracha is sriracha. I’ve had some of their speciality varieties and they’re nice. Think I had their regular one previously. I thought it was fine. Truth be told I haven’t come across any so far I thought were meh.
Is their Sriracha any good? Only €1.49 at the moment but if it's rank i won't bother.
@Discodog
I can confirm stock of salted caramel fake magnums in Aldi, Belgard Road, this evening. ;)
I was talking with a staff member about the pizzas. He went & got a box to show me. Three varieties are package together - spicy meat feast, the excellent barbecue chicken & bacon & cheese. The majority of the box is just Cheese - so they end up with a freezer full of pizza that few people want.
Edit: I just received this from Aldi
Thanks for getting in touch about your visit to our store. I'm sorry you couldn't find what you wanted. We try to ensure we don't run out of anything, but some of our lines come in mixed cases, and we have to sell everything in the case before we get a new one. So, if everyone's scrambling for the chocolate cookies, but no one touches the raisin ones, it could take a while before we can order a new batch. Thanks for letting us know about this, though. Hopefully, the sourdough chicken and bacon pizzas and other items you need will be in stock by your next visit. Thank you for understanding.
Worst thing about the way they do stock or the one that annoys me the most and has done for years now is the chocolate peanuts/raisins. They come in the same box, the peanuts sell out on day one but the box of raisins hangs around for weeks because nobody wants them but they wont restock until its gone, this has been going on for years now.
First world problems I know.
I got the Aldi one this time. I mostly use it for mixing with whey protein powder in a shake, so I don't suppose flavour matters much - but if it's nice i occasionally have it on a cracker so hope this one is nice!
The Aldi is very close to meridian (possibly made by them). Find the Lidl a bit more flavoursome - but also a manilife and pip & nut convert. Worth the extra if you really like PB imo.
Perfectly good for normal people though! 😁
They're excellent imo. 100% nuts, I add my own flaked sea salt to taste.
Aldi's I've found has a slightly over-roasted taste at times, but there's always some variance with batches I think
Even worse there are hot dishes mixed with mild in similar packaging.
The frozen pizzas are so mixed up. The producers sensibly put the variety on the side of the box. Aldi display them so have to physically remove the ones you don't want in the hope of finding the ones you want.
For example the new sour dough pizzas only have the plain cheese variety in stock because the others are popular & get snapped up.
I don't believe that simple proper merchandising would increase costs.
I think the Aldi stuff is really bland and not worth the calories. Haven't tried the Lidl PB. Tbh, I only buy Pip & Nut these days, it's a bit more expensive but much nicer than the others (including Meridian).
I have knocked the occasional one over.
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