Tesco price match Lidl&Aldi

sweetie · 27-10-2013 01:42AM

got 28c back on this today!

casio4 · 27-10-2013 09:56AM

spent €60 got 7c back

vicwatson · 27-10-2013 10:03AM

casio4 wrote: »

spent €60 got 7c back

Bargain eh:rolleyes:

wmpdd3 · 27-10-2013 10:21AM

Got 7.45 back on about 20 items, there's an aldi within walking distance of me so I usually pop up there for a small shop. I would have an idea of the prices. I put thought all the shopping except the nappies and wipes, then I used the voucher to get the nappies and wipes for 2 euro.

I use the card vouchers for my gas bill.

snubbleste · 27-10-2013 10:40AM

Well done for pre-planning your shop wmpdd3

wmpdd3 · 27-10-2013 10:53AM

Not even, I want sure if I had the money on me for the nappies so left then for last.

Kinikie · 27-10-2013 10:59AM

vicwatson wrote: »

Bargain eh:rolleyes:

its less about a bargain, more a comfort that you can get the equivalent prices in Tesco with the convenience of all of the other brands and stuff from Tesco...

a few cent saving as opposed to a huge saving shows that maybe the price gap between the discount shops and the likes of tesco is as big as is made out.

Sam Kade · 27-10-2013 11:02AM

Great incentive to shop at tesco :rolleyes:
My wife got a voucher for 52 cent

L1011 · 27-10-2013 02:33PM

Kinikie wrote: »

a few cent saving as opposed to a huge saving shows that maybe the price gap between the discount shops and the likes of tesco is as big as is made out.

It really doesn't. They've very carefully chosen what items to match on.

mailburner · 27-10-2013 03:10PM

I use both

I shop in aldi I throw items into the trolley, the price
rarely changes and there's no trickery
fantastic fruit and veg offers but the quality is always the same (good)
Once you get to the till you can get all your shopping on
the belt and it takes minutes to get out of there

I shop in tesco I look at everything carefully and am looking
at the receipt on the way out to the car

L1011 · 27-10-2013 04:46PM

Allegedly Tesco were 4c cheaper than either Lidl or Aldi today for me but I don't know if that was before or after the €11 voucher they shoved through the door during the week...

brokenarms · 27-10-2013 05:19PM

I wonder what branded goods they are price matching.
I know they cant tell us for legal reasons, but has anyone been able to work which ones it is?

Pang · 27-10-2013 05:33PM

Spent 125 on a huge cupboard/stock up shop and apparently only saved 9c.

wmpdd3 · 27-10-2013 05:53PM

The aldi near me only has coca Cola that's the only branded product I can think of. And even the petrol station across the road is cheaper for coke. I know Lidl has more but I never go there.

Tugboats · 27-10-2013 05:59PM

I just got 50c back on a whole chicken and 30c back on a bag of carrots:cool::D

ted1 · 27-10-2013 06:41PM

The quality if Tesco food is brutal. The fruit and Veg is extremely poor quality and goes before you leave the car park.
The chicken is brutal, pumped with water and other crap.
Meat, not great.
Aldi has great quality and beats them in price no need for all the silly nonsense Tesco does to trick people into shopping there

brokenarms · 27-10-2013 06:44PM

ted1 wrote: »

The quality if Tesco food is brutal. The fruit and Veg is extremely poor quality and goes before you leave the car park.
The chicken is brutal, pumped with water and other crap.
Meat, not great.
Aldi has great quality and beats them in price no need for all the silly nonsense Tesco does to trick people into shopping there

Any proof of these claims? There seems to be alot of suggestions of better quality in Aldi but I have yet to see any proof .
I would have thought all budget chicken breasts had been injected with water to raise weight. Aldi included.

There seems to be all different types and grade of chicken fillets in Tesco.
The Everyday (value) breasts
Tesco Every Day Value Chicken Fillets 541G
The Better quality fillets Tesco Chicken Fillets 500G
And the Moy Park Fillets Mp Special Buy Chicken Fillets 450G

Aldi on the other hand have one product that could be compared. Irish Chicken Breast Fillets

I cant seem to find ingredients on any of the products online.

Im guessing the more expensive Tesco products have not been pumped, while the aldi and tesco everday fillets have been.

I would also think that the Tesco price promise was done between the Everyday fillets

brinks_18476 · 27-10-2013 06:48PM

Spent €279 on food today in Tesco. Saved 99 cents apparently...........
Wow that's great

ted1 · 27-10-2013 07:07PM

brokenarms wrote: »

Any proof of these claims? I would have thought all budget chicken breasts had been injected with water to raise weight. Aldi included.

Stick one on a pan and see for yourself. Chickens don't come that size. Tescos ones are absolute Mingin

Aldi don't use anywhere near the amount Tesco do.

Best proof is self proof. Buy a packet from each shop and check for yourself

maynooth_rules · 27-10-2013 07:08PM

brokenarms wrote: »

Any proof of these claims? I would have thought all budget chicken breasts had been injected with water to raise weight. Aldi included.

There seems to be all different types and grade of chicken fillets in Tesco.
The Everyday (value) breasts
Tesco Every Day Value Chicken Fillets 541G
The Better quality fillets Tesco Chicken Fillets 500G
And the Moy Park Fillets Mp Special Buy Chicken Fillets 450G

Aldi on the other hand have one product that could be compared. Irish Chicken Breast Fillets

I cant seem to find ingredients on any of the products online.

Im guessing the more expensive Tesco products have not been pumped, while the aldi and tesco everday fillets have been.

I would also think that the Tesco price promise was done between the Everyday fillets

I assume his proof is from his own experience in both supermarkets. For what it is worth I agree 100% with ted

ted1 · 27-10-2013 07:08PM

brinks_18476 wrote: »

Spent €279 on food today in Tesco. Saved 99 cents apparently...........
Wow that's great

You feeding an army? How often do you shop? If its weekly how the hell do you spend 40 euro a day on food?

brokenarms · 27-10-2013 07:13PM

maynooth_rules wrote: »

I assume his proof is from his own experience in both supermarkets. For what it is worth I agree 100% with brokenarms

A photo of ingredients on each pack would be a better form of proof. Anything other that that is simply hot air and unfounded.
There are so many anti Tesco posters on here its hard to find an unbiased review . Also a sweeping statement of the chicken being pumped without saying what product is again a fairly wear review. What chicken product. MP,everyday or finest?

Personally. I buy the more expensive free range chicken products as I tend not to purchace any bargain meats. I dont agree how the animals are treated . But that's a whole different subject.

L1011 · 27-10-2013 07:27PM

Even Aldi is overpriced for meat compared to a decent butchers...

brokenarms · 27-10-2013 07:31PM

MYOB wrote: »

Even Aldi is overpriced for meat compared to a decent butchers...

Would agree with you 100% there.

Pity so many have been going out of business. I have lost my two local Butchers recently due to Tesco and Aldi chopping the prices of lesser quality meats.

mailburner · 27-10-2013 07:41PM

ted1 wrote: »

The quality if Tesco food is brutal. The fruit and Veg is extremely poor quality and goes before you leave the car park.
The chicken is brutal, pumped with water and other crap.
Meat, not great.
Aldi has great quality and beats them in price no need for all the silly nonsense Tesco does to trick people into shopping there

agree with that
fruit can be awful yet the most expensive out there

got a round roast there a few weeks ago and it was inedible compared
to supervalu for one and not the first time I chanced it but definitely
the last
pork joints no better in my experience
lamb there I find good

27-10-2013 07:47PM

brinks_18476 wrote: »

Spent €279 on food today in Tesco. Saved 99 cents apparently...........
Wow that's great

You don't actually get just money back. If some products are cheaper in Aldi/Lidl you get the difference. But if you buy toothpaste that is on offer in Tesco for 1 euro, and in Lidl for 3 euro, they also count that and they take 2e off. So I wouldn't expect big coupons if you spend 100+.
Some items are cheaper in Tesco (mostly stuff thats on offer) so that might bring value of final coupon down.

I spend 15e and got 75c coupon.

Crazy Eye · 27-10-2013 09:23PM

i found the pumpkins to be a bit cheaper in tesco than in lidl , about 25 cents cheaper for the larger sized ones . lidl are charging by the kilo and have poorly labled price signs and that is confusing people at the checkout tills

Access · 27-10-2013 11:48PM

Slave1 said it spot on on the first page of this thread...

Tesco are banking on people just going with them for their groceries after seeing this price match crap.

No messing about tesco... just lower your prices or see your irish customer share leaving to shop in lidl and aldi.

It is true though when chatting to mates and family... they always say when you have been a regular customer in lidl and aldi now and you do go into tesco to get a few bits, you always come out and say something like... "how the hell did i just just drop €60 on these few bits?"

mailburner · 28-10-2013 12:00AM

Access wrote: »

It is true though when chatting to mates and family... they always say when you have been a regular customer in lidl and aldi now and you do go into tesco to get a few bits, you always come out and say something like... "how the hell did i just just drop €60 on these few bits?"

That's it exactly

In all the years i've shopped in aldi I never once got a shock
when the cashier told me the total
I always feel like I got a lot for the money spent

Then I fill a basket in tesco and pay maybe 40 euro for
example compared to 60/70 max in aldi for what seems
like a trolley full of groceries

I find dunnes so much better than tesco in terms of quality
and price so much so that I've often done my full shop there and
that's something I haven't done in years in tesco except for
when I get a voucher from work at xmas

TireeTerror · 28-10-2013 01:32AM

I wouldnt trust a single word from Tesco. I still buy stuff there because often they have what I cannot get in Aldi or Lidl, but Im ultra ultra cautious and have to check weights and volume all the time because they have such a history of misleading promotions.

I see it as my mission to ensure they never get an extra cent of me. Its such a shame, because years ago I really used to love Tesco and thought they were great on price.

Tesco price match Lidl&Aldi

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