Aldi and Lidl

bnt · 22-02-2013 10:36pm

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

I love how they give you 8 seconds to pack up and pay

And that's why the queues move quicker than Tesco's. Keep your box/basket/trolley, just use it to get your groceries to the packing bench, and then you can take your time to pack your stuff properly. :cool:

gurramok · 22-02-2013 11:05pm

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

I bought 2 steaks in Aldi today thanks to this thread, I will give my verdict later

Thats if you cook them properly!

Aldi fish is quite delicious and quite cheap compared to what Tesco\Dunnes sell.

snubbleste · 13-04-2013 6:35pm

Aldi have ~100 stores & Lidl have ~125 stores in the country.
That's a huge amount of stores! Yet their market share of the grocery market is only about 12% combined. Go figure.

13-04-2013 6:40pm

snubbleste wrote: »

Aldi have ~100 stores & Lidl have ~125 stores in the country.
That's a huge amount of stores! Yet their market share of the grocery market is only about 12% combined. Go figure.

How many stores do Dunnes, Tesco etc have, that "huge" number of stores may account for about 10% of the retail space taken up by supermarkets. Their stores are smaller than those of the leaders as well.

kneemos · 13-04-2013 6:40pm

snubbleste wrote: »

Aldi have ~100 stores & Lidl have ~125 stores in the country.
That's a huge amount of stores! Yet their market share of the grocery market is only about 12% combined. Go figure.

Can't go figure unless I know how many other stores there are and their share of the market.

Daveysil15 · 13-04-2013 6:42pm

They are generally good value. I don't really like their meat, but they have some great bread and produce. Their condoms, lubes, baby oil and baby wipes are competitively priced too.

snubbleste · 13-04-2013 6:43pm

Deleted User wrote: »

How many stores do Dunnes, Tesco etc have, that "huge" number of stores may account for about 10% of the retail space taken up by supermarkets. Their stores are smaller than those of the leaders as well.

Well Tesco has 141 stores and Dunnes have 116 stores and Supervale have ~190 stores.
But you'd think that Aldi & Lidl market share would be much higher. Their car parks are full every weekend.

Chop Chop · 13-04-2013 6:52pm

snubbleste wrote: »

Well Tesco has 141 stores and Dunnes have 116 stores and Supervale have ~190 stores.
But you'd think that Aldi & Lidl market share would be much higher. Their car parks are full every weekend.

Full of the white knuckle brigade pretending to be looking for tools, then getting a few "bits" while their at it. All I see these days is posh cars and people pretending to be looking for tools, all dressed up getting their shopping.

kneemos · 13-04-2013 6:53pm

Daveysil15 wrote: »

They are generally good value. I don't really like their meat, but they have some great bread and produce. Their condoms, lubes, baby oil and baby wipes are competitively priced too.

Their steaks are quite good the rest of it I agree is not great.Are you sure the condoms are good value considering you're buying baby wipes.

Daveysil15 · 13-04-2013 6:58pm

kneemos wrote: »

Their steaks are quite good the rest of it I agree is not great.Are you sure the condoms are good value considering you're buying baby wipes.

Of course. The baby wipes are for the baby. The condoms are to reduce the risk of having another one.

Chop Chop · 13-04-2013 7:00pm

kneemos wrote: »

Their steaks are quite good the rest of it I agree is not great.Are you sure the condoms are good value considering you're buying baby wipes.

Their steaks, meat, biscuits, cereal, tea bags, chocolate, toilet roll, toothpaste, bleach, wine and beer are made by the same big names that provide dunnes, Tesco and supervalue.

The crisps are made by largo foods that make tayto, the peanuts are made by manhattan and KP. The rubbers are made by durex.

The rubbers are fine. If you're going to sink the banana, aldi are not going to give you inferior rubbers, their not going to open to litegation.

kneemos · 13-04-2013 7:11pm

snubbleste wrote: »

Well Tesco has 141 stores and Dunnes have 116 stores and Supervale have ~190 stores.
But you'd think that Aldi & Lidl market share would be much higher. Their car parks are full every weekend.

They're stores are given over to a lot of non grocery items also if it's calculated monetarily you get a lot more for your buck.

Daveysil15 · 13-04-2013 7:15pm

Lidl do sell some incredibly random things at times, like microscopes and hiking boots.

shopaholic01 · 13-04-2013 7:17pm

Daveysil15 wrote: »

They are generally good value. I don't really like their meat, but they have some great bread and produce. Their condoms, lubes, baby oil and baby wipes are competitively priced too.

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Lidl do sell some incredibly random things at times, like microscopes and hiking boots.

Your shopping trolley must be very interesting!

Daveysil15 · 13-04-2013 7:23pm

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Your shopping trolley must be very interesting!

I never said I bought the scopes and boots, but the sexual aids do come in handy.

Cantona's Collars · 13-04-2013 7:24pm

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Your shopping trolley must be very interesting!

I think he's actually Lady Gaga:pac:

Daveysil15 · 13-04-2013 7:32pm

zerks wrote: »

I think he's actually Lady Gaga:pac:

Damn, my secret is out. I'll have to go to Aldi now instead of Lidl. :mad:

Pumpkinseeds · 13-04-2013 8:27pm

Lidl's instant decaff coffee is much nicer than the more expensive brands. Their bread and rolls are really tasty and I like the fact that they do a good range of vegetarian friendly cheeses. I don't like their fruit or veg though. I buy a lot of plants there and I noticed that Hellmans mayo was almost 30 cent cheaper in there today than in tesco.

danslevent · 13-04-2013 8:30pm

I find the only downfall really is their fruit, it just tastes like water most of the time, especially the blueberries.

Other than that, all their stuff is just as good and so much cheaper

Chop Chop · 13-04-2013 8:31pm

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Lidl's instant decaff coffee is much nicer than the more expensive brands. Their bread and rolls are really tasty and I like the fact that they do a good range of vegetarian friendly cheeses. I don't like their fruit or veg though. I buy a lot of plants there and I noticed that Hellmans mayo was almost 30 cent cheaper in there today than in tesco.

Their fruit and veg, is Imported and distributed by the same companies that supply Tesco and dunnes, exactly the same source, it's all in your head.

Pumpkinseeds · 13-04-2013 8:47pm

Chop Chop wrote: »

Their fruit and veg, is Imported and distributed by the same companies that supply Tesco and dunnes, exactly the same source, it's all in your head.

Nope, it really isn't all in my head. Likewise Dunnes large bags of potatoes are often awful so I gave up buying potatoes from them. I don't like the taste of fruit from Lidl because it doesn't taste great and their soft fruit often rots within a day of purchase.

ABajaninCork · 13-04-2013 8:47pm

If it's the same company that supplies Tesco and Dunnes, then why is the quality of the fruit and veg much worse than Lidl's? Anything I buy from Tesco's and Dunnes tends to spoil very quickly. I find the fruit and veg is cheaper and of better quality than either Tesco or Dunnes. I have to admit Aldi's quality isn't great and I don't buy F & V there.

hyperborean · 13-04-2013 8:48pm

Lidl is gone to feck, I would rank it with tesco...Aldi is yer only man

ABajaninCork · 13-04-2013 8:49pm

dodderangler wrote: »

As a person that actually works for Brennan's bread and so does some members of my family I'd like to know can you back up your comment about Brennan's bread not being healthy?!

Brennan's bread may be healthy, but still Godawful! Give me O'Keeffe's any time!

hyperborean · 13-04-2013 8:52pm

ABajaninCork wrote: »

Brennan's bread may be healthy, !

LOL, brennans bread aint healthy

ABajaninCork · 13-04-2013 8:55pm

hyperborean wrote: »

LOL, brennans bread aint healthy

Tastes like sh1t If I'm honest. It's worse than the bread we have at home (UK), and that's saying something. My husband would leave if I brought it into the house!

Chop Chop · 13-04-2013 8:55pm

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Nope, it really isn't all in my head. Likewise Dunnes large bags of potatoes are often awful so I gave up buying potatoes from them. I don't like the taste of fruit from Lidl because it doesn't taste great and their soft fruit often rots within a day of purchase.

Ha ha, you haven't a clue, it all comes from the same place, the contracts differ that's all..

Enjoy dreaming.

Galwayguy35 · 13-04-2013 8:57pm

ABajaninCork wrote: »

If it's the same company that supplies Tesco and Dunnes, then why is the quality of the fruit and veg much worse than Lidl's? Anything I buy from Tesco's and Dunnes tends to spoil very quickly. I find the fruit and veg is cheaper and of better quality than either Tesco or Dunnes. I have to admit Aldi's quality isn't great and I don't buy F & V there.

Depends on the store, there is 2 aldi that I go to and the fruit is alot better in one of them compared to the other one.

jam_mac_jam · 13-04-2013 8:58pm

ABajaninCork wrote: »

Brennan's bread may be healthy, but still Godawful! Give me O'Keeffe's any time!

Its not healthy, its junk food. ****e, you would be better have a chocolate bar.

hyperborean · 13-04-2013 9:00pm

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

Its not healthy, its junk food. ****e, you would be better have a chocolate bar.

154 calories per slice,

ManMade · 13-04-2013 9:01pm

hyperborean wrote: »

154 calories per slice,

Say what?! Does that include my packet of taytos?

hyperborean · 13-04-2013 9:06pm

ManMade wrote: »

Say what?! Does that include my packet of taytos?

A pack of Tayto is only 184 calories, you might be as well to wrap your packet of Tayto in another packet of Tayto :-() instead of Brennans bread

kneemos · 13-04-2013 9:07pm

Chop Chop wrote: »

Ha ha, you haven't a clue, it all comes from the same place, the contracts differ that's all..

Enjoy dreaming.

The fruit always tastes a lot better from Aldi,maybe the wholesaler is buying from different suppliers?

Chop Chop · 13-04-2013 9:18pm

kneemos wrote: »

The fruit always tastes a lot better from Aldi,maybe the wholesaler is buying from different suppliers?

The fruit comes mostly from Israel, and a lot of the herbs, same supplier and distributer as dunnes and Tesco. Jacobs fruit field have the contract for biscuits and crackers. These were made in Tallaght until the place folded, these are now made in Liverpool, Malta, and Eastern Europe.

The Malta factory manufactures all chef sauces, which are some off the bramwell brand, the mayo is made by heinze etc..

Same way the toothbrushes are made by Colgate.

NuckingFacker · 13-04-2013 9:49pm

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Depends on the store, there is 2 aldi that I go to and the fruit is alot better in one of them compared to the other one.

Highly unlikely, all comes from a central distribution warehouse. Individual store orders get sent into the DC then it gets picked from the warehouse stock and dispatched to the stores. The same pool of stock is picked for all stores, nothing is done for just one store- what one gets they all get. All that varies is the quantity sent to the store, depending on predicted sales.

ManMade · 13-04-2013 10:30pm

hyperborean wrote: »

A pack of Tayto is only 184 calories, you might be as well to wrap your packet of Tayto in another packet of Tayto :-() instead of Brennans bread

Just checked and there only 133. I might butter it with mighty munch.

kneemos · 13-04-2013 10:50pm

hyperborean wrote: »

154 calories per slice,

How can they get that many calories into a slice of bread,it's only flour and water.

jinxremoving · 13-04-2013 11:09pm

kneemos wrote: »

How can they get that many calories into a slice of bread,it's only flour and water.

The list of ingredients is a lot longer than that!

FTA69 · 13-04-2013 11:12pm

ABajaninCork wrote: »

Tastes like sh1t If I'm honest. It's worse than the bread we have at home (UK), and that's saying something. My husband would leave if I brought it into the house!

It's all dogsh*t. Brennans, Pat the Baker, Kingsmills etc, all sh*te. If you want decent bread make it yourself with wholemeal flour or else buy a decent loaf from a good bakery. All of that white sliced pan crap is loaded full of preservatives and additives; just have a look at the ingredients like.

It's a type of junk food, nothing more.

ABajaninCork · 13-04-2013 11:14pm

We do. See above...

FTA69 · 13-04-2013 11:16pm

I'm from Cork myself and I used to love a brown soda from O'Keefe's! It was also stale after two days, which is how bread should be to be honest! I'm suspicious of anything that lasts too long outside the freezer these days.

Chop Chop · 13-04-2013 11:17pm

FTA69 wrote: »

It's all dogsh*t. Brennans, Pat the Baker, Kingsmills etc, all sh*te. If you want decent bread make it yourself with wholemeal flour or else buy a decent loaf from a good bakery. All of that white sliced pan crap is loaded full of preservatives and additives; just have a look at the ingredients like.

It's a type of junk food, nothing more.

The Missus works in an artisan bakery, fresh real bread goes off the next day, it actually turns hard.

jam_mac_jam · 13-04-2013 11:22pm

hyperborean wrote: »

154 calories per slice,

Does that mean its healthy? 154 for no nutrition at all? Its absolute junk

FTA69 · 13-04-2013 11:24pm

I'm all in favour of cheap quality produce and it's clear that Aldi and Lidl have that in abundance; however I'm not too fond of the way that these large outlets open up and end up killing off the small businesses in the traditional town and village centres. Macroom in Co Cork is an example of this; a Lidl opened up on the outskirts offering free and easy parking in a town notorious for congestion as well as cheap and convenient shopping and it led to the demise of the town centre itself. There are closed properties up and down the main street and it's a bit sad to see to be honest. Personally I hate to see complete standardisation in terms of shopping when all food purchases etc is concentrated into large outlets belonging to multinationals.

Chop Chop · 13-04-2013 11:31pm

FTA69 wrote: »

I'm all in favour of cheap quality produce and it's clear that Aldi and Lidl have that in abundance; however I'm not too fond of the way that these large outlets open up and end up killing off the small businesses in the traditional town and village centres. Macroom in Co Cork is an example of this; a Lidl opened up on the outskirts offering free and easy parking in a town notorious for congestion as well as cheap and convenient shopping and it led to the demise of the town centre itself. There are closed properties up and down the main street and it's a bit sad to see to be honest. Personally I hate to see complete standardisation in terms of shopping when all food purchases etc is concentrated into large outlets belonging to multinationals.

I would agree with that, I still go to my local butcher for meat, only because the fecker is there 80 years and owns the premises, he can afford to compete with aldi and lidl.

mrswalton · 14-04-2013 12:06am

Apart from the great value, good quality, straightforward unchanging layouts, speedy checkouts and all the other positives already mentioned. One of the reasons i prefer to give my grocery money to Aldi/Lidl is quite simply that they do not lie to me.

If they offer a price reduction or special deal ....it is a genuine one. I don't have to check, i don't have to spend 10mins trying to work out if its a scam. I trust these supermarkets in a way that I absolutely do not trust Tesco or Dunnes.

Lidl and Aldi do not shift more expensive product onto shelves with lower prices and then blame customers for moving products. Dunnes and Tesco do this all the time.

I love Aldi, and i tell them that frequently.

will.i.am · 14-04-2013 12:14am

hfallada wrote: »

It's kinda like coca cola and Pepsi. Put them in 2 diffentent glasses and 9/10 people wont tell the different. Same with the German supermarkets food. Majority of big companies view aldi and lidl as a way of making money from the lower income consumer

If you can't tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi there is something wrong with your taste buds!

paddy147 · 14-04-2013 12:48am

will.i.am wrote: »

If you can't tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi there is something wrong with your taste buds!

Dr Pepper....:pac::pac:

true · 14-04-2013 1:13am

the non-food stuff in the centre visles in lidl is pure cr*p. A few times I have bought stuff and regretted it. i once bought something back but lidl's after sales was pathetic. never again

April O Neill · 14-04-2013 2:23am

starviewadams wrote: »

I would call all cereals and soft drinks rubbish!

Me too. Except coke WHICH I WON'T HEAR A WORD AGAINST!* :pac:

* Nah, it's pure shíte, sadly.

Aldi and Lidl

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