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What products would you like to see Aldi and Lidl sell?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,143 ✭✭✭D-FENS


    “Bath Salts”, Automatic Handguns and Superquinn Sausages


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,960 ✭✭✭DeanAustin


    SV wrote: »
    The reason they're so successful is because they sell the products they do so cheaply. Aldi is great btw, Lidl can go shíte.

    I think Lidl are pursuing a very dangerous strategy. They seem to be going more down the branded route which is putting them in competition with Dunnes and Tesco. That shouldn't be their market and they'll lose out to those stores.

    Aldi, on the other hand, do what they do very, very well by stocking mainly unfamiliar brands at lower prices with no real difference in quality.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭zl1whqvjs75cdy


    A nexus 5 would be nice.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    Big bags of basmati rice, 10 kg +.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Essien


    Greek yoghurt. Not 'Greek style' yoghurt.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    It's not so much what i'd want to see more of, but I just can't get my head around their obsession with fúcking chainsaws and chainsaw related equipment. When's the last time you seen a chainsaw in dunnes!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,244 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    cnocbui wrote: »
    That crap 'system' only works if you have a trolly - and for Aldi that means having a €2 coin - might as well be hen's teeth. If you are using a shopping bag, you have to pack at the checkout and Aldi's sucks for that.
    Well, the ones I use the most (Parnell St., Dublin) have baskets now. Before that, I would grab a cardboard tray as I went in - there are always some around, since they're always restocking some shelves.

    My first experience of this kind of shop was on a trip to Germany, and it was one of the most depressing shops I'd ever seen, perhaps because it was in a rundown area (Ratingen, outslde Düsseldorf). I only needed to buy a few things, thankfully.

    I sometimes wish that you could pick up a decent laptop computer in these shops, but I know that wouldn't work, since any high-tech products require support ... and what kind of technical support would you expect from Lidl or Aldi? :cool:

    Government resting upon the will and universal suffrage of the people has no anchorage except in the people's intelligence.

    — Grover Cleveland



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    ArtyC wrote: »
    My gigantic box takes up my whole apt :(

    :eek::eek::eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    bnt wrote: »

    I sometimes wish that you could pick up a decent laptop computer in these shops, but I know that wouldn't work, since any high-tech products require support ... and what kind of technical support would you expect from Lidl or Aldi? :cool:

    They do sell computers from time to time,Medion afaik & they are usually pretty high spec.

    I'm lucky in a way that my local Aldi & Lidl are literally beside each other so if I can't get something in one,I'll find it in the other.The only downside is that they stock certain things for a limited time & they then disappear.

    Don't mind the checkouts as they fly through stuff on the scanners unless some eejit tries to hold the whole place up.My local Dunnes should send their staff up for training on how to run a till.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,533 ✭✭✭SV


    It's not so much what i'd want to see more of, but I just can't get my head around their obsession with fúcking chainsaws and chainsaw related equipment. When's the last time you seen a chainsaw in dunnes!

    When was the last time you seen a forest in a town centre? Thank Aldi.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    Would like to see cigarette at the register. Elsewhere in Europe they have cabinets above each register for cigarettes. Like that they have finally got baskets in their stores. It was something of a pet hate of mine to have to free a cardboard box from somewhere so I could carry everything. Assumed it was just one of those things, their way of doing things. When I saw they had baskets in other countries I was suddenly confused by the lack of baskets.The lack of baskets meant I spent less. Only so much could be carried in those box. Will be interested to see what aldi on Parnell st will look like after the refit.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,678 ✭✭✭I Heart Internet


    ArtyC wrote: »
    Flat screen Tvs .... My gigantic box takes up my whole apt :(

    Giggidy Goo!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    Pickelhaubes.

    fgh05.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    Cuban cigars, playboy and fish eggs


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    Mint Aero wrote: »
    Cuban cigars, playboy and fish eggs

    I'm sure I saw them selling those a while back ... caviar?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    Shenshen wrote: »
    I'm sure I saw them selling those a while back ... caviar?

    Have they? My god they have everything :eek:

    except cigars and playboy.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    I keep hoping I will see them when i go, but no they are never there. :(
    Why are they gone?

    No idea, but they were the best. They were cheap as hell too, I'd get loads of meals out of them. I really, really miss them :(

    Another thing I really wish Aldi would do is Gluten Free cereal. Their gluten free bread is absolutely amazing for the price, and it's astonishing what GF bread goes for. GF cereals are insanely expensive sometimes, so I really wish they'd do a good cereal too


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Kittens


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    Kitten mittens


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭tin79


    ArtyC wrote: »
    My gigantic box takes up my whole apt :(

    :D One too many babies?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭gobnaitolunacy


    Angle grinders for kittens.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,979 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    DeanAustin wrote: »
    I think Lidl are pursuing a very dangerous strategy. They seem to be going more down the branded route which is putting them in competition with Dunnes and Tesco. That shouldn't be their market and they'll lose out to those stores.

    Aldi, on the other hand, do what they do very, very well by stocking mainly unfamiliar brands at lower prices with no real difference in quality.
    OR.....

    Lidl is trying to strike a balance between own brands and common big brands to keep everyone (somewhat) happy. This though is the way they have been as long as I remember them.

    Its not just lidl though.
    Even Marks and Spencer has finally relented and allowed some of the common big brands into their food shops.


  • Posts: 24,867 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Salt and Vinegar Pringles. Every time I'm in there they only have the rank Sour Cream and Onion ones.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    Automatic weapons
    Coke
    Hookers


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,062 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    Really quick checkout?? Every time I go in I'm standing in the same queue for 10 minutes whilst ready to pummel somebody in the face for not having more checkouts open

    the lines move lightening quick compared to other supermarkets though


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 915 ✭✭✭hansfrei


    Agricola wrote: »
    Automatic weapons
    Coke
    Hookers

    I'd queue for those.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 346 ✭✭Paddy Fields


    Salt and Vinegar Pringles. Every time I'm in there they only have the rank Sour Cream and Onion ones.

    I like Aldi's own brand salt & vinegar Stackers... Only €1.25 I think they are.

    302815.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    A line of ashtrays for my motorcycle.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    hansfrei wrote: »
    I'd queue for those.

    Coke would be in on Sundays along with other food products, Guns would be in on Thursdays along with tools and DIY stuff. Not sure which category hookers fall into :D


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