Tesco price match Lidl&Aldi

Crazy Eye · 01-11-2013 05:54PM

the fallout from tesco failing so badly in the usa is having a bad effect on the tesco empire as a whole .its like a virus slowly spreading to other parts of the tesco world .
i think tesco thought they could never be beaten or toppled in the uk or ireland .

how wrong they were and how wrong that have got it .

ted1 · 01-11-2013 05:55PM

The_Conductor wrote: »

As for alcohol- its not all the UK versions- they do as many European and artisan beers and spirits, as many specialist shops. And if they do stock UK versions- so what- you're still paying Irish VAT and excise to the Irish Revenue Commissioners- not to the UK authorities. If you imagine we have bottling lines in Ireland for most of the alcohol sold here- that differ from the bottling lines, for the UK sold product- nope, not a chance.

but there no longer employing irish staff through the distribution channels. its all down through the UK

cathy427 · 01-11-2013 06:54PM

1.19 voucher with the trick or treat crap - someit I suppose.
Know have to spend it in tesco but I use tesco cause ...............
............ if often suits me!!!

brokenarms · 01-11-2013 07:28PM

campo wrote: »

Check my post I'm unemployed who shops at aldi

Who do you work for

I think he is with German Luftwaffe, the way he is throwing him self into a Aldi/Tesco fight. :pac:

The_Conductor · 01-11-2013 08:57PM

ted1 wrote: »

but there no longer employing irish staff through the distribution channels. its all down through the UK

Its not all through the UK- there are plenty of local deliveries- and indeed- look at the entire range of Tesco Finest Products that they launched today- all Irish, every single one of them (and some of them look pretty nice too!)

mrsoundie · 01-11-2013 09:01PM

Crazy Eye wrote: »

the fallout from tesco failing so badly in the usa is having a bad effect on the tesco empire as a whole .its like a virus slowly spreading to other parts of the tesco world .
i think tesco thought they could never be beaten or toppled in the uk or ireland .

how wrong they were and how wrong that have got it .

There is one rule in life, that can never be ignored

"Everyone falls".

vibe666 · 01-11-2013 09:08PM

So they will give you Tesco vouchers to spend in their shop.

I'd still rather give my money to lidl and aldi thanks.

Tesco has been raping the Irish consumer and producers for years and they are finally reaping what they have sewn and I'm delighted tbh.

campo · 01-11-2013 09:11PM

vibe666 wrote: »

So they will give you Tesco vouchers to spend in their shop.

I'd still rather give my money to lidl and aldi thanks.

Tesco has been raping the Irish consumer and producers for years and they are finally reaping what they have sewn and I'm delighted tbh.

Can't see them closing down anytime soon to be honest...last I heard they are running a healthy profit but I could be incorrect in that

the groutch · 01-11-2013 09:12PM

Crazy Eye · 01-11-2013 09:20PM

the groutch wrote: »

every little helps ?

Crazy Eye · 01-11-2013 09:21PM

campo wrote: »

Can't see them closing down anytime soon to be honest...last I heard they are running a healthy profit but I could be incorrect in that

don't think Tesco actually show their profits from irish market .
wasn't there a big hoo haa over this last year when Tesco was asked about its irish profit margins .

snubbleste · 01-11-2013 09:23PM

Today you saved
€0.20
at Tesco compared to shopping at Aldi or Lidl.
Every little helps

campo · 01-11-2013 09:30PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Today you saved
€0.20
at Tesco compared to shopping at Aldi or Lidl.
Every little helps

can you use as many receipts during one shop as you like, if so wouldnt it be great if we could hand a load into say SVP who can go into Tesco and use them to get a load of free stuff that they can then pass on to the people who need it...

The_Conductor · 01-11-2013 09:34PM

campo wrote: »

can you use as many receipts during one shop as you like, if so wouldnt it be great if we could hand a load into say SVP who can go into Tesco and use them to get a load of free stuff that they can then pass on to the people who need it...

At the low rate they're handing out vouchers- you'd be far better off just giving the SVdP a donation (of either money, food or literally anything at all). I got 6c off, after spending E30 on various fruit and nuts for Halloween....... Pah......

uck51js9zml2yt · 01-11-2013 09:37PM

the groutch wrote: »

Be careful how you spend that.:D

campo · 01-11-2013 09:38PM

The_Conductor wrote: »

At the low rate they're handing out vouchers- you'd be far better off just giving the SVdP a donation (of either money, food or literally anything at all). I got 6c off, after spending E30 on various fruit and nuts for Halloween....... Pah......

people may not be able to afford a donation , thousands shop in Tesco every day so even the low amounts all add up...

ted1 · 01-11-2013 09:53PM

campo wrote: »

can you use as many receipts during one shop as you like, if so wouldnt it be great if we could hand a load into say SVP who can go into Tesco and use them to get a load of free stuff that they can then pass on to the people who need it...

Or if SVP shop in ALDI its cheaper

The_Conductor · 01-11-2013 10:02PM

campo wrote: »

people may not be able to afford a donation , thousands shop in Tesco every day so even the low amounts all add up...

If you can gather up the receipts that is. It looks like they are by and large for pathetically small amounts- akin to people not bothering to pick up copper off the floor. Certainly- thousands would add up nicely- the issue is collecting them though.........

brokenarms · 01-11-2013 10:24PM

Crazy Eye wrote: »

don't think Tesco actually show their profits from irish market .
wasn't there a big hoo haa over this last year when Tesco was asked about its irish profit margins .

They run a very healthy profit in Ireland. Best sales by far in the east. Still in a decline on grocery products.

I personally think it was kept low key because we are doing better than Tesco UK (per population) . But that is understandable as Tesco Ireland only really compete with Dunne s and Superquinn and recently Aldi/lidl.
Threads like this and public perception can only make things improve .

Budget shoppers are going German . Tesco will respond. As will the other big players.

More competition would benefit us as consumers for sure.

Crazy Eye · 01-11-2013 10:45PM

brokenarms wrote: »

They run a very healthy profit in Ireland. Best sales by far in the east. Still in a decline on grocery products.

I personally think it was kept low key because we are doing better than Tesco UK (per population) . But that is understandable as Tesco Ireland only really compete with Dunne s and Superquinn and recently Aldi/lidl.
Threads like this and public perception can only make things improve .

Budget shoppers are going German . Tesco will respond. As will the other big players.

More competition would benefit us as consumers for sure.

if tesco just cut out all the crap and had propper prices that are low all the time and not jumped up then people would shop in tesco again.
this artificial inflating of prices and then saying reduced by 25% just doesnt wash with customers any more .
people aint thick and people are very savvy with money nowadays.

heres 2 words for any tesco big wigs who might be reading this , cop on .

Crazy Eye · 01-11-2013 10:50PM

brokenarms wrote: »

They run a very healthy profit in Ireland. Best sales by far in the east. Still in a decline on grocery products.

I personally think it was kept low key because we are doing better than Tesco UK (per population) . But that is understandable as Tesco Ireland only really compete with Dunne s and Superquinn and recently Aldi/lidl.
Threads like this and public perception can only make things improve .

Budget shoppers are going German . Tesco will respond. As will the other big players.

More competition would benefit us as consumers for sure.

oh and its quite unfair to say that "budget shoppers" going german and shop in lidl and aldi . stereotyping infact
many people shop there because they find the choice of produce and quality better than what might be in their local tesco and also more suited to their tastes and their families tastes .
and if their pockets have more money in them after shopping in lidl and aldi then thats ever better still .

tesco can respond by not messing people around with over inflated prices anymore and stupid useless coupons that no one is interested in .
this thread proves this to be the case .

campo · 01-11-2013 10:55PM

Crazy Eye wrote: »

oh and its quite unfair to say that "budget shoppers" going german and shop in lidl and aldi . stereotyping infact
many people shop there because they find the choice of produce and quality better than what might be in their local tesco and also more suited to their tastes and their families tastes .
and if their pockets have more money in them after shopping in lidl and aldi then thats ever better still .

tesco can respond by not messing people around with over inflated prices anymore and stupid useless coupons that no one is interested in .
this thread proves this to be the case .

Then which is it there over inflated prices or the quality of the food...

01-11-2013 10:57PM

campo wrote: »

can you use as many receipts during one shop as you like, if so wouldnt it be great if we could hand a load into say SVP who can go into Tesco and use them to get a load of free stuff that they can then pass on to the people who need it...

You can only use one voucher at a time. I got one for 3 cent today!

campo · 01-11-2013 11:00PM

I reckon all the people who are getting a small amount in vouchers must be buying Tesco own brand as the price difference between own brand and Aldi would not be a lot ( however I believe the quality of Tesco own brand would be much worse )

But if you are buying branded items then you would get more cash back in voucher form

casio4 · 01-11-2013 11:05PM

campo wrote: »

I reckon all the people who are getting a small amount in vouchers must be buying Tesco own brand as the price difference between own brand and Aldi would not be a lot ( however I believe the quality of Tesco own brand would be much worse )

But if you are buying branded items then you would get more cash back in voucher form

I did a €60 shop and got 7c back and very little of that was Tesco own brand products:(

Crazy Eye · 01-11-2013 11:06PM

campo wrote: »

Then which is it there over inflated prices or the quality of the food...

personally for me its a bit of both . years ago i used to work for tesco so i naturally did my food shopping there . but i noticed over the last year they were hiking up prices of things on a weekly basis . if they ran out of an item you would be lucky to see it back on the shelves a week or 2 later and not in the same place either . also the shelves and their layouts were allways being changed around so it was taking longer to do the weekly shopping in my local tesco .
started to do a small food shop in lidl and also in aldi and have nothing but good words to say about both of them based on quality shop layout and price too .
tesco need to seriously cop on if they want to get their customers back .

campo · 01-11-2013 11:10PM

Crazy Eye wrote: »

personally for me its a bit of both . years ago i used to work for tesco so i naturally did my food shopping there . but i noticed over the last year they were hiking up prices of things on a weekly basis . if they ran out iof an item you would be lucky to see it back on the shelves a week or 2 later and not in the same place either . also the shelves and their layouts were allways being changed around so it was taking longer to do the weekly shopping in my local tesco .
started to do a small food shop in lidl and also in aldi and have nothing but good words to say about both of them based on quality shop layout and price too .
tesco need to seriously cop on if they want to get their customer back .

I tend to agree when it comes to Tesco own brand it is complete rubbish..

Personally I do my weekly shop in Aldi, but I also go to Tesco to pick up my favorite branded products like coca-cola, doritos and cheese dip for my Saturday night in.

I also look frequently at the Tesco bargain thread especially for toys, during the past few weeks I picked up a load of Mike the Knight stuff for 12e which Santa will then bring to my 2yr old, as an unemployed parent I was very grateful for those bargains

Glenbhoy · 01-11-2013 11:16PM

I've got two discounts thusfar, one for €1.70 and one for €1.35.

Checking why online, the €1.70 I got yesterday was for:

Grapes 500g. €3.39 tesco and €1.99 in lidl

Tesco finest coleslaw €1.53 as opposed to €0.79 (there was a special 25% off the coleslaw too).

What I don't get is the absolute lack of transparency prior to shopping, I had no idea that they would compare tesco finest coleslaw with lidl's offering (which is really not to my taste in any case, and I would never compare the two products).

The difference in the grapes was ludicrous and serves only to highlight the lack of value so often offered by tesco.

Still, it was a pleasant surprise as I only bought the grapes there due to time constraints (and orders to arrive home with same).

Glenbhoy · 01-11-2013 11:18PM

brokenarms wrote: »

They run a very healthy profit in Ireland. Best sales by far in the east. Still in a decline on grocery products.

I personally think it was kept low key because we are doing better than Tesco UK (per population) . But that is understandable as Tesco Ireland only really compete with Dunne s and Superquinn and recently Aldi/lidl.
Threads like this and public perception can only make things improve .

Budget shoppers are going German . Tesco will respond. As will the other big players.

More competition would benefit us as consumers for sure.

Hmm.....

Glenbhoy · 01-11-2013 11:21PM

campo wrote: »

Personally I do my weekly shop in Aldi, but I also go to Tesco to pick up my favorite branded products like coca-cola, doritos and cheese dip for my Saturday night in.

I also look frequently at the Tesco bargain thread especially for toys, during the past few weeks I picked up a load of Mike the Knight stuff for 12e which Santa will then bring to my 2yr old, as an unemployed parent I was very grateful for those bargains

Not wanting to stray too far off topic, but I agree about the bargain thread, there are some excellent bargains from time to time in Tesco (although Santa is already up in the attic thanks to Argos' excellent 3 for 2 offer there a few weeks ago). All in for 3 kids for €108 (they're still young and don't know any better).

Secondly, what is your preferred cheese dip, I have a craving for a decent one, but never really see any on the shelves.

Tesco price match Lidl&Aldi

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